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Mumia Speaks to Columbia Student Organizers for Palestine

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mick:  This is Mick, from the Columbia Encampment. It’s an honor to have you on here. Your message was so powerful. We played it at the encampment. I guess I’m just wondering if you have… Full Transcript

Mumia Greets Noted Panther Artist Emory Douglas

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Hey brother, I remember you with sheer joy because every time I saw you there was a smile on your face, you were chewing bubble gum like it was going out of style, and you… Full Transcript

Bilal Sunni Ali Joins the Ancestors / Bilal Sunni Ali se une a los antepasados*

Mumia Abu-Jamal

When he was born on 13th July, 1948, his parents named him William R. Johnson, by father Lloyd Johnson and mother Lois Ethel Johnson. His name would later become Bilal Sunni Ali and it would… Full Transcript

Leonard Leaves Prison

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Just a few hours ago Leonard Peltier left the U.S. prison cell, what Indigenous people call the Iron House, and began the long trek home to North Dakota, where he was busted in 1975. His… Full Transcript

Mumia Reflects on Biden Commutations: “Not Enough”

Mumia Abu-Jamal

How do you create an institution that dehumanizes, incarcerates and destroys the soul of tens of thousands of people? How do you do that? You don’t undo that by, in your last week, giving more… Full Transcript

Because Uhuru Means Freedom

Mumia Abu-Jamal

When the U. S. government brought charges against the Black Liberation group known as the Uhuru House and its movement, the African Peoples Socialist Party, FBI agents raided homes and offices of its leaders and… Full Transcript

Sally O’Brien: Journalist for Justice

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Sally O’Brien, a radio reporter for New York’s public radio WBAI FM, has given her final broadcast. In 1988 she began her signature show Where We Live, often co-hosted with Black Liberationist Safia Bukhari, herself… Full Transcript

James Earl Carter American President

Mumia Abu-Jamal

James Earl Carter (1924-2024). His name James Earl Carter junior was not a famous one, for few knew him by that name. But millions knew him by his nickname, his high-voltage smile and his Georgia accent as… Full Transcript