Today on Sojourner Truth:
With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month starting April 1, some renters in several cities including New York, Oakland, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and others are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Our guest is Elizabeth Blaney is a member and co-founder of Union de Vecinos, Eastside local of the LA Tenants Union. She has been a community organizer for 25 years. She works with tenants in building networks of neighborhood and building committees addressing the right to housing and the right to healthy neighborhoods. She is a member of various international collectives and organizations including Ultrared and International Assembly of Pueblos.
For our Campaigners for Black Lives series, the struggle for justice in the police killing of Christopher Deandre Mitchell. Our guest is Sheila Bates, an organizer with Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles who currently leads the Torrance Team in the struggle for justice for Christopher Deandre Mitchell. She works as a doula and education tutor.
Also, an update on political persecution and what is happening on the ground in Haiti. Our guest is Pacha Vorbe. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Fanmi Lavalas, the largest political party on the ground in Haiti headed by former President Jean Bertrand Aristide.
