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If I Were A Rich White Kid
Dontie Mitchell
“If I Were A Rich White Kid.” In 84 days, December 24th, Christmas Eve, I’ll be 40 years old. Wow. 40 years old. From 17 to 40, I’ve been in prison. That’s 23 years behind… Full Transcript
The Money Scheme
Omar Askia Ali
It is becoming well known that prisons are big business, thanks to the internet and other informable output. Our society is more breadth for the schemes of the status quo to hoodwink the populace into… Full Transcript
Bryant Arroyo Speech for Fourth Annual Toxic Prison Conference
Bryant Arroyo
Fourth annual convergence, Fight Toxic Prisons, North Central College. I’d like to start off by saying that it is a great pleasure and honor to share in the fourth annual Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in… Full Transcript
Why White Supremacy Means White Male Supremacy
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Why white supremacy means white male supremacy.” When Donald Trump lamented at the loss of one of his employees’ career, a bomb of females protest erupted, for he not surprisingly ignored the suffering of his… Full Transcript
War Against the Poor and Workers
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“War against the poor and workers.” It is an era of imperial freefall, and in support, the government is openly attacking Latino immigrants from Guatemala and Honduras, lobbing tear gas canisters at moms and babies.… Full Transcript
The Rise That Couldn’t Be
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The rise that couldn’t be.” In 1952, a political scientist named Richard Hofstadter published a book that would become a classic, The Paranoid Style in American Politics. In the preface, former U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower… Full Transcript
On Politics
Class War Gone Wild
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Class war gone wild. One way of looking at American politics is through the lens of class, an area that is generally regarded as impolite, a subject that good people don’t discuss. It’s because it’s… Full Transcript
What If The Prison System Is All Wrong
Mr. Kaepernick, You Are My Hero
Oh Baltimore Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Democracy Now!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We are “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, broadcasting outside that… Full Transcript
The Fruit of a Poisonous Tree
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In legal theory there is something known as ‘the -fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree’ doctrine, which holds that an illegal search, arrest or interrogation ‘poisons’ -or taints – all that follows, and as such, it may not be used… Full Transcript
The Trump Party
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s months from the conventions, but if today is any indicator, the results are all but guaranteed. No matter the results of the election, the impact in the Republican Party is clear. After years of… Full Transcript
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism
The War Against White Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several days ago, while viewing the Sunday weekly CNN show hosted by Fareed Zakaria, I saw a segment documenting the rising death tolls of white men, especially those between the ages of 45 and 54… Full Transcript
“Prison Abolition Versus Prison Reform.” I recently was asked if I support the abolition of prisons or am I an advocate just for prison reform. My response was pretty unorthodox for a prisoner serving an… Full Transcript