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Mumia Reviews David Gilbert’s “Of Love and Struggle”
Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, CA: PM Press, forthcoming—December 2011). Perhaps it is the times: the election of a Black president. The renewal of… Full Transcript
Mumia Reads “Of Idiots and Sages”
How much is your child worth? How much is your grandchild worth? These are not trick questions. They arise from the news that North Carolina Recently announced cash compensation to thousands of survivors of their… Full Transcript
We Are All Doing Time
Throughout our childhood we are conditioned to believe that life’s rewards can be found in toys and tokens. As we grow older, these notions of pursuing pacifiers are reinforced commercially; only the toys become bigger,… Full Transcript
Whose King
For media and the political class the erection of the massive 30-foot statue of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. is a cause for celebration. The sculpture showing Dr. King with his arms folded across… Full Transcript
Rosa Our Rosa
For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Goldie, his daughter. For Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Frances Goldin. We gather today over 140 years after the birthday of Rosa Luxemburg – The brilliant thinker, writer, activist and revolutionary… Full Transcript