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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
The Politics Of Fear
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Politics of Fear.” As I said previously, the recent events of Charlottesville, VA were turning points in American history, but what is its source? Its source is the source of American identity, for what… Full Transcript
White Hate Groups Cause Terror in Charlottesville
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
A multitude of white hate groups gathered to rally Friday (8-11-17) in Charlottesville, VA in opposition to a local campaign to remove a statue of Confederate civil war General Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park.… Full Transcript
President Trump At War With The World
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In the eight months since Donald Trump has been the President of the United States of America, he has intervened militarily in the nations of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and the Philippines. And he… Full Transcript
The Battles of History
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events surrounding Charlottesville, Virginia have a resonance far beyond the borders of Old Dominion. Even though they began as a strictly local affair, they quickly assumed a national character, because this strictly local event… Full Transcript
Trump’s America and Ours
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump’s America and Ours.” The shockwaves from Charlottesville, VA are resonating around the world. The boiling river of hatred that rolled through the city, featured a panorama of paranoia, stars and bars, swastikas, Nazi regalia,… Full Transcript
Gangsters in Government
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Gangsters in Government.” In a matter of days, the Whte House has gone through its latest purge. Gone are stalwarts of the GOP, men like journalist Sean Spicer and former Republican National Committee chief Reince… 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
American Jewish Lobbies’ Chickens Come Home to Roost
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“American Jewish lobbies’ chickens come home to roost,” by Shakaboona. During the presidential election campaign of 2016, Donald Trump often rhetorically asked African-Americans what do you have to lose in casting a vote for him.… Full Transcript
Trump Conspiring
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Trump Conspiring to Incarcerate Former President Barack Obama,” by Shakaboona. In the wake of Trump’s Russia scandal to influence the 2016 United States presidential elections, President Trump made a series of unsubstantiated claims and tweets… Full Transcript
Trump Russian Backed
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Donald Trump, the First Russian-Backed United States President” by Shakaboona. There is a wise saying among the African-American community that what does not come out in the wash will surely come out in the rinse.… Full Transcript
President Trump Will Not Reach Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In a press meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, president Donald Trump expressed to the world he will cut a great deal with the Israelis to bring peace by getting the Israelis… Full Transcript
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
Mean Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The regime of Donald Trump has radiated a global aura of dread, fear and the bared teeth of the state as a predator, hungry for power. From Day One the Trump Regime has used fear,… Full Transcript
President Trump’s Game of Lies
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
For ages politicians have used the art of deception on opponents and on the people. President Donald J. Trump is no exception to the rule. Since the beginning of the presidential elections, and now as… Full Transcript
The Bans of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Bans of Empire.” Remember when departing president Obama reassured the nation that everything was all right after the ascension of Donald Trump to the oval office? Well, a week has passed, and guess what?… Full Transcript
Women’s March
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Let’s face it. President Trump’s entire presidential election campaign was so mysogynistic, sexist, anti-choice, and anti-women’s rights, that women of America had no other option but to fight back against what can only be called… Full Transcript
Help Make 2017 My Last Year in Incarceration
Uhuru Rowe
This is Uhuru Rowe. Help make 2017 my last year of incarceration. Happy belated new year to all of you. I wish you all the best on your personal and professional endeavors. The beginning of… Full Transcript
Women March Against Washington
Mumia Abu-Jamal
They covered the streets like rain; women–in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands-millions. Millions marched in almost 700 cities in the US, and in world capitals. Millions Against Trump. Millions Against Trumpism. I’d… Full Transcript
“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