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Message to Human Rights Council
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To members, affiliates and supporters of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, Your Excellencies ambassadors, foreign ministers and representatives of 54 African member states, We thank you for your attempts to protect African… Full Transcript
The Women of Huron Valley
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
My inmate number in ND7568. The title of this piece is “The women at Huron Valley.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. It been brought to my attention… Full Transcript
Schools
Spoon Jackson
I think of the children of Angola given no fresh water but sold Coca-Cola. Kids killing kids in school, out of loneliness, out of despair, out of wanting the spotlight there. Who feels sad? It’s… Full Transcript
Thank You Sisters!
National Disaster and Prisoners
Charles Karim Diggs
Good evening. My name is Charles Karim Diggs. Once again, I’m at Graterford prison in Pennsylvania. My number is AK7945. I want to talk about, uh, the, the hurricane that’s going on in the country… Full Transcript
Hepatitis C Wars Widen
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When our recent hepatitis C case was decided (Jan. 3,2017), we thought that the state, known widely for its repressive penal attitudes and its cold resistance to the principle that prisoners were, after all, human… Full Transcript
Duplicitous Batts II Decision
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On June 26, 2017, in a unanimous decision to bamboozle the public in the Batts II case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices have released another duplicitous ruling against the fair and humane sentencing of children… Full Transcript
Farewell Thoughts to My Friend, Lynne Stewart
Jaan Laaman
Farewell thoughts to my friend Lynne Stewart from Jaan Laaman, political prisoner. International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2017. With a sunny sky outside and, a quote, unquote, day without women’s strikes and other very positive… Full Transcript
Call to Action Iman Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
“The magic of black music.” As the deaths of two musicians recently demonstrates, black music is an art form that radiates freedom, and that radiation flows around the world. The death of Sharon Jones, lead… Full Transcript
The Work Begins
Kenneth Hartman
It said that P.T. Barnum, circus man and snake oil salesman, coined the phrase, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” It looks like pretty close to 60 million were hatched on Election Day as they… Full Transcript
Mumia Speaks
Running Down the Walls 2016
Maroon Prevails
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Russell Maroon Shoatz, a Black Liberation fighter since his youth, after many years of struggle, has prevailed in his action to bar the Pa. Dept. of Corrections (DOC) from ever holding him in isolation again.… Full Transcript
2nd Amendment Anti-Black Police Violence Left Forum
Boorish and Boring
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Watching political debates is not my thing. First of all, they’re hardly really debates; they are, more often than not, a series of sound-bites; often, of promises that both speakers and listeners know won’t be… Full Transcript
Holiday Message PDC
The Power of the People
Prison Censoring Thought Control Police
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In States across the country we have State departmental agencies like the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) acting as government “thought control” police over prisoners in… Full Transcript
Alright, I’m Matthew Garcia, EG5999, calling in from SCI Chester. So, “How Much Does It Take?” Freedom comes to mind for the majority, but it’s undoubtedly much more complicated than that. We lose our identity.… Full Transcript