Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.
We discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, new bombshell evidence related to the case against Trump, and the limiting of media access to senators throughout this process. We also discuss the last Democratic Debate, including the apparent split between the two progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Also, the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Trump's story keeps shifting as to why the U.S. assassinated general Qassem Soleimani. Meanwhile, in Iran, tens of thousands heard from their Supreme Leader, who called the U.S. strike an act of terror. Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Dr. Gerald Horne and Laura Carlsen.
Jackie Goldberg is a governing board member for the Los Angeles School Board - District 5. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. Goldberg had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on, and was later president of, the Los Angeles School Board.
Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.
Laura Carlsen is the Director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy. Based in Mexico City, she is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Fortune, Americas Updater, Foreign Policy in Focus, and several Spanish-language publications. Laura is also a television host and commentator on NAFTA, the Drug War, immigration and gender issues for various international news outlets.
