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Thank You Sisters!
National Disaster and Prisoners
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
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
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
Call to Action Iman Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
The Work Begins
Mumia Speaks
Running Down the Walls 2016
Maroon Prevails
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
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
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
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