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Bowing to Bullies
Mumia Abu-Jamal
At the end of the notorious tax bill’s passage, leaders of the Republicans did everything but fall on their faces in supine servility to President Trump. They praised him with words of wonderment, almost thanking… Full Transcript
Power of Law and Sex
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A powerful political figure asks several of his female staffers a favor: “Can either of you gals have my baby? Don’t worry — I’m willing to pay y’all…” In an era in which sexual harassments,… Full Transcript
Crawl
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The video is stunning. A young white man lies on a black and white carpet, and his face and features reflect deep fear. He is on his knees, his arms stretched out to heaven, begging… Full Transcript
Because Black Minds Matter
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Because Black Minds Matter.” Her name is distinctively and deliciously black. A young scholar named Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has recently authored book that promises to open the eyes as well as minds. It’s titled “From #BlackLivesMatter… Full Transcript
False Identification
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed at, uh, Coal Township in Pennsylvania. Historically, false identifications have been the crux of criminal investigations. Now for the first time in Pennsylvania, law… Full Transcript
Frackville’s Water Crisis
Bryant Arroyo
On October 26, 2017, the town of Frackville, Pennsylvania sat down to Schuylkill County Water, Municipal water source, and switched over to SEI fright mill prison’s water preserve tank. Staff indicated the Schuylkill municipality was… Full Transcript
Love: A Message from Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear brothers, sisters, comrades, friends on the MOVE. As we meet today, we are living examples of a truly remarkable movement: a movement for life, for liberation, for resistance, and yes, for love. We have… Full Transcript
What Victims Want
Terri Harper
“What Victims Want.” Anyone in our times that believes in forgiveness has undoubtedly wondered what victims want. I have, and with every heinous crime reported on one, my desire for insight grows. You assume that… Full Transcript
Capitalism & Chaos
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Capitalism and Chaos.” As the first year begins to end for the Trump presidency, we see the emergence more of chaos than triumph. To be short a rather loathsome tax bill passed that transfers more… Full Transcript
Loaded: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Takes Aim at 2nd Amendment
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Historian Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz is known best for her award-winning work, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Beacon:2014), but lovers and readers of history know that she is a prodigious writer, who has… Full Transcript
Queen Tamika Mallory
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio. Hello, this is Indiana political prisoner Khalfani Malik Khaldun. I’m calling in from Indiana at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Uh, I’m submitting a piece called… Full Transcript
Girls to Women
Terri Harper
This is Terri Harper from SCI Muncy. This is titled “Girls to Women.” There’s a lot said about maturity, but historically the focus is how boys become men. That, of course, is most specifically linked… Full Transcript
Rape Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Rape Nation.” Let me ask you something: is it something in the water? In the last few days, we’ve seen more shocks than an electric eel. Women are popping up like dandelions after a summer… Full Transcript
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? An Introduction.” Does the title of this work seem provocative? If so, then good. That’s how it’s intended to be, for if the question is provocative, then what of the… Full Transcript
Roy: Just a Good Ole Boy
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The stunning scandal surrounding Judge Roy Moore’s Senate campaign is a tale of power, not one of sex. Nothing so engages the news media like a sex scandal, for it’s a ratings bonanza! And although… Full Transcript
Philly DA Win by Shakaboona
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m reading an article from a dear friend of mine. It doesn’t need to be repeated because it speaks for us all. It starts off: “Prisoner’s… Full Transcript
Sex Wars
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the wake of a spate of scandals bursting out of Hollywood, names–names of the rich and famous-are dropping like ripe fruit from a bush. This latest eruption stems from the growing claims against super-director/bank… Full Transcript
Mexico’s Non Candidate
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In Mexico, the existing political structure is a dizzying patchwork of corruption. Government is sometimes indistinguishable from the notorious drug cartels (if you think this is mere rhetoric, consider the recent massacre of students in… Full Transcript
Dennis Banks
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, two names emerged from the Native American and Indigenous community that stood for resistance to white repression and assaults on Native life: Russell Means and Dennis Banks. They… Full Transcript
My name is Edward Sistrunk, but I’m known as Omar Askia Ali, and I’m housed in Philadelphia in Coal Township. Today’s topic is about the ACLU endeavor to foster smart justice. The American Civil Liberties… Full Transcript