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Counterspin Interview with Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia’s Denial of Retrial
Mumia Abu-Jamal
CounterSpinTV snake oil salesman and Republican Pennsylvania candidate Mehmet Oz began a recent debate with opponent John Fetterman with reference to Maureen Faulkner, the widow of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Fetterman, Oz claimed, “has… Full Transcript
The Death of The Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The death of the death penalty. In a stunning surprise, the jury, hearing sentencing arguments in the case of Nicholas Cruz at the Stoneman Douglas School, Parkland, FL for the killing of 17 people, recommended… Full Transcript
The Wisdom of Frantz Fanon
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Wisdom of Frantz Fanon. His name was Frantz Fanon, born in Martinique, in the West Indies, 1925. At the time of his death 36 years later, his words would inspire freedom movements around the… Full Transcript
Assange, Palestine, and Other Freedom Struggles
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Assange, Palestine, and Other Freedom Struggles. Julian Assange, a journalist and publisher for the internet agency known as WikiLeaks, faces a frightening regime of U.S. torture if he’s extradited to America on false espionage charges.… Full Transcript
Julia Wright Speaks on Mumia with Black Power Media
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Assata is so healing when she says, “The dead are gratefully dead. Let’s take care of the living.” So let’s take care of Mumia. And there’s such a time factor here. And that’s where Joanna… Full Transcript
Black Power Media Interview with Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kalonji ChangaFirst of all, we happy to hear you on deck. How’s everything going out there? Mumia Abu-JamalHaha, as well as can be expected. I mean, you know, it’s like, “How are you in what… Full Transcript
When The Environment Turns
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When the environment turns. Floods are ravishing Mississippi, while expensive droughts are occurring out West. The areas in between are held in the sweaty grip of a heatwave. In Europe, hundreds of people die from… Full Transcript
Welcome Back
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Welcome back. Brothers and sisters, comrades, former members of the Black Panther Party, we welcome sister Charlotte O’Neal, wife and comrade of brother captain Pete O’Neal of the Kansas City branch of the Black Panther… Full Transcript
Albert Woodfox: Angola Three Warrior Passes
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Albert Woodfox, Angola Three Warrior Passes. Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison… Full Transcript
Nichelle Nichols: Aiming For The Stars
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Nichelle Nichols: Aiming for the Stars Almost nine decades ago, a few years shy of a century, in fact, a Black girl was born in Robbins, Illinois. The year: 1932. That girl was actor Nichelle… Full Transcript
Uvalde: What It Means
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Uvalde: What It Means It has been weeks since the harrowing events of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Weeks since 19 children and two of their teachers were mowed down by a young man… Full Transcript
Half The Nations, Half Citizens
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Half the nation, half citizens.” The recent Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a half century of legal precedent has sent shockwaves throughs millions of American women. A week ago,… Full Transcript
Message for Paris
When The Empire Calls
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Workers’ Summit of the Americas is organized to counteract the Summit of the Americas organized by the US Department of State in Los Angeles, California. Our conference is a place where the countries that… Full Transcript
A Welcome To The Oppressed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“A welcome to the oppressed. Dear friends, I greet you all at the People’s Forum in New York City. As we reason and reflect on the plight of Palestine, let us not forget the recent… Full Transcript
Willy’s Way
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Willy’s Way.” For well over 30 years, Willy Stokes was a lifer in Pennsylvania, or a man serving a life sentence which only ended in death. During these long bitter years, he filed plenty of… Full Transcript
Another Life, Another Loss
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Another Life, Another Loss.” They came to America to escape from inter-ethnic wars in the DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Central Africa. Like many refugees of war, they thought that America was the… Full Transcript
Askia Muhammad: Black Journalist
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Askia Muhammad: Black Journalist He was known as Askia Muhammad, and in his 76 years of life, he was principally known, and indeed renowned, as a Black journalist. But he was also a poet, a… Full Transcript
A New Freedom Now Movement
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“A New Freedom Now Movement.” The great Caribbean revolutionary Franz Fanon wrote in his now classic work, The Wretched of the Earth, the following call to action: “Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover… Full Transcript
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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“Voting one’s rage.” As of now, the nation’s midterm elections are not yet over. But this much is clear: one major political party—shall we call it the Trump party—suffered from a massive miscalculation. For months,… Full Transcript