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Brokenness, but I’m Still Winning the War
Edward Pinkney
The title is brokenness, but I’m still winning the war. I read the book, Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy. And the story seems very similar to mine. I would like to quote you from his… Full Transcript
Shorty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For Jimmy Shorty-Dennis, freedom, even from the bowels of death row, had a taste somewhat bittersweet. He’s free, yes, for the first time in 26 years, from the dark funk of Pennsylvania’s capital case unit,… Full Transcript
The Fall
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It has been exceedingly difficult to write about the Trump presidency seemingly crumbling before our eyes. In part, that’s because of the sheer pace of new revelations: scandals, superseded by new scandals, the inane utterances… Full Transcript
Palestinian Prisoners: Your Hunger is Resistance
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Palestinian Prisoners Day, April 17th, was marked by 1500 Palestinian prisoners beginning an open hunger strike in a movement for what is called the struggle of freedom and dignity within Israeli prisons. The hunger strike… Full Transcript
America Is Watching Israel’s Prisons
Prisoner’s Families Give Krasner the Win
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
No city poll, political commentator, or newspaper editor will tell the public that candidate Larry Krasner won the primary elections for District Attorney, not because of billionaire George Soros’ $1.5 million check, and not because… Full Transcript
On Contact, Chris Hedges interviews Mumia
Politics and the Will to Power
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s easy to damn the realm of politics; it’s dirty; distrustful, and generally a rather greasy business. It is telling that the average politician today runs on the proposition that s/he isn’t a politician! Among… Full Transcript
Affirmation read by Melvin Ray
Revolutionary greetings. Peace and blessings to everyone. My name is Bennu Hannibal Ra Sun, formally known as Melvin Ray. I’m currently incarcerated in the Alabama Department of Corrections, William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in solitary… Full Transcript
Neoliberal Utopias and Nightmares
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Neoliberal Utopias and Nightmares.” Acclaimed science fiction writer Ursula K. LeGuin, in her book The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, crafts a tale that crackles with the electricity of life. This is not a… Full Transcript
Rochester, NY and the John Africa Trial
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Long live John Africa. On the MOVE, y’all. Sister Mona asked that I speak on two issues: Rochester, New York and the John Africa trial. So, what Mona wants, Mona gets, right? It was spring… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Message for the MOVE Conference
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To you all, long live John Africa. This is your brother, Mumia Abu-Jamal, joining you the only way I can right now—on the phone. But I want you to know that all of you, MOVE… Full Transcript
Message for Lynne Stewart Event
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Long live John Africa. On the MOVE, y’all. I greet you all from slow death row. We join you today in memory of Lynne Stewart Esq., a people’s lawyer in the finest tradition of that… Full Transcript
The Court and the Contract
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For those who are familiar with this writer’s work, the name Dennis ‘Solo’ McKeithan should come as no surprise, for it surfaced in my first book (Live From Death Row), and also was a subject… Full Transcript
Educated in Hell, The Imprisonment of Lorenzo Cat Johnson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Educated in Hell: The Imprisonment of Lorenzo Cat Johnson.” He was barely 20 when he was in prison by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, sent to prison on a trumped-up murder charge, sentenced to life on… Full Transcript
Phil Africa: Move Member
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Phil Africa: MOVE Member.” Early in 1956, a brown baby boy was born and named William Phillips. Who knew he would grow into a man known widely as Phil Africa? For those who knew him,… Full Transcript
Message to Temple Students
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Hey y’all, on the MOVE. Thanks Brandon for inviting me back to Temple. You know, years ago, I sold Black Panther newspapers here. I also worked on Temple’s radio station, the jazz icon known as… Full Transcript
Is the Religious Political?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Is the religious political?” In the academy, one is confronted with a plethora of departments, disciplines which, while ostensibly united under the aegis of the institution we call the university, these very sectional divisions betray… Full Transcript
Weapons of Deflection
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The biggest scandal of the Clinton years, at least according to the press, was the sexual scandal involving his young intern, a woman not his wife. When the scandal almost engulfed his presidency, he ordered… Full Transcript
My name is Ozzie Mann Wright, and I’m at the Summit County Jail in Akron, Ohio. Ever see an assembly line in a big factory where various parts are being ushered down the line and… Full Transcript