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Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
My inmate number is NB7568. The title of this recording is “Free Mumia Abu-Jamal.” This is Kenjuan Congo Jr., calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. Mumia has been incarcerated for over 40 years.… 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
Russell “Maroon” Shoatz Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Maroon Free.” Black nationalist revolutionary leader Russell “Maroon” Shoatz. After 49 years in prison and now suffering from stage four cancer, Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is now resting with his family, trying to salvage his ebbing… Full Transcript
Panther Solidarity Movement
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
This is Comrade Pitt, the Minister of Labor for the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, so this is an essay by a fellow comrade Kevin Rashid Johnson titled “Join the PSM, the Panther Solidarity Movement.”… Full Transcript
Significance Of Taking Direct Action
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Hey, uh, this is comrade Pitt, Peter Kamau Mukuria, calling you from Red Onion State Prison. Um, so this piece right here, this commentary is regarding the, uh, uh, the IWW/IWOC, um, and, uh, it’s… Full Transcript
The Perils of Reform
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Perils of Reform.” For years, indeed for decades, we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered… Full Transcript
Violence and Hypocrisy: As American as Apple Pie
Dontie Mitchell
Violence and hypocrisy: as American as apple pie. I was watching the house of managers giving their closing arguments during the impeachment trial. I couldn’t help but sit and wonder about how corrupt our political… Full Transcript
December in Chicago
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“December in Chicago.” It was an early morning in December, 1969. When a joint FBI-Chicago Police crew raided an apartment building ostensibly for weapons charges. In fact, they came to kill Fred Hampton, Chairman of… Full Transcript
Open Letter to My Brother Mysonne
Dontie Mitchell
“Open Letter to My Brother Mysonne.” Mysonne, peace king. This is your brother, Mfalme Don S. Sikivu. I don’t know if you remember me, but you and I were in [inaudible] in 2000, 2001. I… Full Transcript
Toni Morrison, Master Writer — 1931-2019
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Toni Morrison, Master Writer, 1931-2019.” Her name, Toni Morrison, evokes something close to veneration for readers. Her book most rooted in the savagery of the U.S. South during slavery days gave names, faces, and voices… Full Transcript
FBI Spies and Spying
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Of FBI Spies and Spying.” In light of the empty dud of the fall of the Mueller report, we have heard repeated charges of outrage that alleged FBI spying of the Trump campaign and administration.… Full Transcript
America Addicted to Trauma
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford prison in Pennsylvania. And the name of my, uh, essay is “America Addicted to Trauma, Cncompromising Violence, and Abuse.” In 1968, and before a pattern of… Full Transcript
Jericho Freedom Movement
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Jericho Freedom Movements.” For several centuries, black captives in America’s slave quarters used Bible stories to support their long struggle for freedom. In the long and dark night of bondage, people turned Bible stories into… Full Transcript
Huey for the Love of the People
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Huey for the Love of the People.” Dr. Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA, began the organization along with Bobby Seale as a body focused on the people,… Full Transcript
The Black Panther Party on Film
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When the Black Panther Party emerged in northern California, Oct. 1966, the images that were projected from that early period were arresting. Young, attractive Black men and women, armed for self and communal defense, openly… Full Transcript
James Baldwin: Word Warrior
Mumia Abu-Jamal
He was born in Harlem Hospital, New York, August 2nd, 1924; oddly enough, the same year that my mother was born in the South. His name, at birth, was James Arthur Jones, to a mother… Full Transcript
Lynne Stewart, People’s Lawyer Freedom Fighter Presente!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Lynne Stewart, People’s Lawyer, Freedom Fighter, Presente! Lynne Stewart, after 78 weathers in America, has died after battling for years against breast cancer. But that was just some of her battles, and like most of… Full Transcript
On Other Prisoners Compilation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Last of Angola Three Free.” Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola Three, walked free. Albert Woodfox has the dubious distinction of having spent 43 years in the hole—solitary confinement—in the infamous prison farm and… Full Transcript
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