The Killing Fields
Wilbert Sanders
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Mondo Mourned
Mumia Abu-Jamal
He was born David Rice, and in his youth, he joined an offshoot of the Black Panther Party, a decision that would change his life’s trajectory. For, when he and another young man, Edward Poindexter,… Full Transcript
All Life is Precious
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Rotten System Must Go
Message for Black Radical Tradition Philly Conference
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
The Department of Justice Can’t Give Justice to Black People
To Serve & Protect or Ravish & Wreck
Tamir
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Question: When is a child not a child? Answer: When it’s a Black child. That question and answer came to me when I heard that the police killing of 12 – year- old Tamir Rice… Full Transcript
What Are They Hiding?
From Katrina to Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been 10 years since the watery carnage of Katrina, and 1 year since the fiery rage lit the night skies of Ferguson Missouri, and between the two harrowing events lay the state of Black… Full Transcript
Messin’ With Major
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name is Major — (his real name)–Major Tillery of West Philadelphia. Although he had a reputation as a gangster, in prison such things matter little. It’s as a jailhouse lawyer that he shook the… Full Transcript