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Capital Gains

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The primaries have ended, and America’s general election begins anew — and voila! — a billionaire is pitted against a millionaire! The Trump-Clinton battle (what I’ve earlier termed ‘The Nasty vs The crafty’) is a… Full Transcript

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Voting: The Final Fig Leaf

Mumia Abu-Jamal

As elections near, voters face the choices before them with something like dread: Donald Trump: loud, bombastic, bellicose, rich as Croesus, and xenophobic; or the presumptive Democratic nominee (unless Vermont’s Bernie Sanders manages to upend… Full Transcript

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Clintonism Laid Bare

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Bill Clinton, perhaps the best raw political animal of his generation, said a mouthful recently, especially when he confronted activists from the ubiquitous Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. There, the primary political architect of the… Full Transcript

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Unleash The Beast

Mumia Abu-Jamal

In a recent column on the pending election, I wrote that one needn’t worry about billionaire presidential candidate, Donald Trump, who wouldn’t last. I was wrong. I seriously underestimated Trump’s ability to pummel and maim… Full Transcript

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Voting for Your Pain

Mumia Abu-Jamal

An election is occurring tonight. It’s a primary, one of dozens to come. It matters not where — or, for the most part, even who. Elections are public expressions of emotion, as in ‘who do… Full Transcript

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Trump & The Politics of Resentment

Mumia Abu-Jamal

When New York billionaire and GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump launched into his anti-immigrant tirade against Mexicans crossing the border, he was using a long known political technique of plugging into the live wire of… Full Transcript

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