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Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… 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
El Comadante Fidel Castro, Presidente
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, the iconic revolutionary leader, beloved by many and hated by few, has passed away Friday (11-25-2016) at the ripe old age of 90 in his homeland of Cuba. The news… Full Transcript
9/11: Fifteen Years After
Message in French for A la fête de l’Humanité
Message in English for A la fête de l’Humanité
The Rise of the Imperial Feminine
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If Democratic hopes are fulfilled, Hillary Rodham Clinton will shortly become the 45th President of the United States, the first of her gender in history. While that is indeed remarkable, it should be noted that… Full Transcript
America’s So-Called Humanitarian Intervention Wars are an Utter Failure
Solidarity
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
Gazing out on a Field of Blood
Clarity in our Use of the Term “Racism”: Part 3
Lamenting the Corruption of Empire
Murders of the World Arrive in America
Madiba Nelson Mandela
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On December 5, 2003, former political prisoner and former South African President Nelson Mandela—affectionately referred to as “Madiba” (Father) by the South African people—has made his transition to the other side to be with our… 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