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Remembering MOVE on Film
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Remembering MOVE on film and in life. How do we remember MOVE? Well, it depends on how we met them, or first learned about them. By that I mean, what form of media did you… Full Transcript
No Place For Old Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Quite recently during the hight of the ravaging Covid-19 crisis an American health care agency announced a series of projects and programs designed to ease human suffering and indeed to advocate for the abolition of… Full Transcript
A Two Tiered Justice System?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A two-tiered justice system? As soon as the latest charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump were announced, Trumpist acolytes began making claims about a two-tiered justice system ostensibly against Republicans. Such a claim can… Full Transcript
Wars Against Black History
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Wars against Black history. And now we see, perhaps in the first time in modern days, states like Florida waging war against Black history by passing laws against what teachers can teach, and, perhaps more… Full Transcript
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Presente
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Presente. His name was Mutulu Shakur. Dr. Mutulu Shakur. A lifetime freedom fighter for Black people for most of his life. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, as Jeral Wayne Williams on August 8,… Full Transcript
Death Row: Then and Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Death Row: Then and Now. It is a daunting task to describe death row. That peculiarly American institution of ultimate excellence, where men, women, were sent to rot, to sit, to die. In the beginning,… Full Transcript
Red Horizons
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The images were startling: New York City, summer 2023. Its horizon lit by a ruby-red sky, as sun light tries to shine through smoke and ash from Canada’s roaring fire season. First came the shock… Full Transcript
Rising Up With Sonali Interviewing Noelle Hanrahan
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sonali: This is Rising Up with Sonali and I’m your host Sonali Kolhatkar. You can watch this program on Free Speech TV and listen to it on community and independent radio stations nationwide. The injustice… Full Transcript
Greetings to the UN Delegation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Greetings to the UN delegation. Initially, I wish to thank the members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, who prepared and filed an amicus brief in my case. And, of… Full Transcript
Support Dr. Shakur
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Support Mutulu Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a legend in the Black liberation movement. As a former member of both the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, he’s widely known as a defender of… Full Transcript
Cracks in the Abode of Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Cracks in the Abode of Death” Few people really know the nature of death rows. It is used as a political prop by politicians and is thus a stepping stone to their gateway of power.… Full Transcript
Trump Indicted
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump indicted.” The news that former U.S. president Donald J. Trump was indicted by New York grand jury related to the Stormy Daniels controversy hit like a thunderclap. Few saw it coming, especially after earlier… Full Transcript
Noelle’s Legal Update on Mumia’s Case 4/4/23
Mumia Abu-Jamal
So I can just talk in generalities because I don’t know specifically what Mumia’s legal team, Sam Spital from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Judith Ritter, and Bret Grote from Abolition Law Center are going… Full Transcript
The Wages of Deregulation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The wages of deregulation.” A train races through the cool wintry air, its wheels turning on iron rails until sparks burst into flames, and in the blink of an eye, a city in western Ohio… Full Transcript
Idiocy of Original Intent
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The idiocies of original intent.” For several decades, right wing ideologues and lawyers have argued that the U.S. Constitution must only be interpreted according to what they call original intent—or according to how the Founding… Full Transcript
Women of the Party
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Women of the party. Today, after over a half century, we can speak out in open praise of female members of the Black Panther Party, members who served with heart honor and distinction. Whom did… Full Transcript
Straight Out of Memphis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Straight out of Memphis. It could have been anywhere, but fate chose Memphis, Tennessee, the place where Martin Luther King, Jr. breathed his last breath, and a musician named Elvis was crowned king. Memphis. In… Full Transcript
Message to Human Rights Council
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To members, affiliates and supporters of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, Your Excellencies ambassadors, foreign ministers and representatives of 54 African member states, We thank you for your attempts to protect African… Full Transcript
Noelle’s Interview with KMUD
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Tanya HorlickToday, being Giving Tuesday, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our media affiliate Prison Radio, who needs individual contributions to continue their commentaries from Mumia Abu-Jamal and others incarcerated in America, whose… Full Transcript
In August of 1978, I took a summer school class in filmmaking at Temple University. The film MOVE: Confrontation in Philadelphia was the result. One of the people I met in the process of making… Full Transcript