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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
President Chaos
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“President Chaos.” This country is a complex place. This world is a complex world. To govern such a place, indeed such an empire, takes wisdom, insight, and knowledge from the finest minds. And even then,… Full Transcript
Polls
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Polls.” If we believe the polls on November the 6th, a political earthquake summing, reporters are almost breathless with tales of blue waves and transformation from one party to another. But if such prediction seems… Full Transcript
Fall of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Fall of Empire.” Imagine living in almost any country in the world except the United States. Imagine looking at news accounts, reporting on the U.S. presidency for the last two years. Imagine what millions of… Full Transcript
Trump Fever
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump Fever.” Are you sick yet? Major American media outlets covered U.S. President Donald Trump so much that CNN, for example, should be called TNN: Trump News Network. From morning to night, the scribbling, screeds,… Full Transcript
Using Los Ninos as a Wall
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Using Los Ninos for a wall.” The wail of babies rips like a knife through millions of hearts. Children scared, alone, torn from their mothers, weep and wail as their families try to enter Fortress… Full Transcript
Donald, King After All
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Donald, King After All.” In a formerly secret letter to the Office of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, counsel for the U.S. president argued that he, President Trump, had the inherent power to, if need be,… Full Transcript
The Trump Show
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Behind the stage of the Trump show.” Most news reports and commentaries on the Trump White House are delivered with air levity and condescension. Trump is projected as a bumbler, an uninformed jokester who isn’t… Full Transcript
Thank You Sisters!
State of Disunion
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“State of Disunion.” Like every president before him, Donald Trump announced that the state of the union is strong, his Queens accent giving double count to the last word. But this is what presidents are… Full Transcript
Bowing to Bullies
Mumia Abu-Jamal
At the end of the notorious tax bill’s passage, leaders of the Republicans did everything but fall on their faces in supine servility to President Trump. They praised him with words of wonderment, almost thanking… Full Transcript
Capitalism & Chaos
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Capitalism and Chaos.” As the first year begins to end for the Trump presidency, we see the emergence more of chaos than triumph. To be short a rather loathsome tax bill passed that transfers more… Full Transcript
Rape Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Rape Nation.” Let me ask you something: is it something in the water? In the last few days, we’ve seen more shocks than an electric eel. Women are popping up like dandelions after a summer… Full Transcript
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? An Introduction.” Does the title of this work seem provocative? If so, then good. That’s how it’s intended to be, for if the question is provocative, then what of the… Full Transcript
Sex Wars
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the wake of a spate of scandals bursting out of Hollywood, names–names of the rich and famous-are dropping like ripe fruit from a bush. This latest eruption stems from the growing claims against super-director/bank… Full Transcript
Puerto Rico: A Colony By Any Name
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Puerto Rico: A Colony By Any Name.” On Christopher Columbus’s second voyage to what was called the West Indies, he visited Puerto Rico, called Borinquen by the Arawak natives of the island. Columbus docked in… Full Transcript
Storms Over Texas
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Storms Over Texas.” Hurricane Harvey has struck the Gulf region of Texas, and it has hit with an awe and power that can scarcely be believed. Houston, which took the title to the fourth largest… Full Transcript
“Cracks In The Walls of Empire.” Legates: as we gather today, we do so amid the fire and smoke of chaos both figuratively and literally. In France, the city of light, Paris, is surrounded by… Full Transcript