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Not The Last Days Of The Republic
Kenneth Hartman
These are not the last days of the republic. It seems I’m having a lot of conversations with otherwise rational people that quickly slip into an irrational “these are the last days of the republic”… Full Transcript
Interview on The Other Death Penality Project
“Ok Now What”
Kenneth Hartman
“Okay, now what?” So the wrong guy won after the right guy failed to secure a nomination, and we’re all bummed out about the whole podgy mess of an election we just suffered through. Okay,… Full Transcript
The Work Begins
Kenneth Hartman
It said that P.T. Barnum, circus man and snake oil salesman, coined the phrase, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” It looks like pretty close to 60 million were hatched on Election Day as they… Full Transcript
What If The Prison System Is All Wrong
The Cost of Loss
When the Masks Come Off and the Riot Gear Comes Out
If You Die in Prison, It’s the Death Penalty
Don’t Let The Perfect Be The Enemy of The Good
From In Here
Kenneth Hartman
Sometimes, after 36 years imprisoned, the view from in here is shrouded in mists of confusion and despair. Violence and death, repression and resistance, and the growing recognition there are fundamental issues still unresolved after… Full Transcript
We’re the Barbarians
It Turns Out We’re the Barbarians
We Don’t Need Another Moderate
Kenneth Hartman
With the passing of the hard-right ideologue Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia, President Obama has an opportunity to shape and sharpen the debate in the coming presidential election. But he’ll need to resist the corporate… Full Transcript
The Hardest Time
Speech to the National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
You Will Know Them By Their Actions
Kenneth Hartman
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, It’s not the actions of our enemies that we’ll remember, it’s the silence of our friends.” While he said this in a wholly different context, the principle… Full Transcript
This is Kenneth E. Hartman calling from the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California. “Affirmation” by Assata Shakur. I believe in living.I believe in the spectrumof Beta days and Gamma people.I believe… Full Transcript