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Standing in Solidarity
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Visitation at Solano State Prison
Final Update, Release August 29th, 2025
The Warden
Hunger Strike
Frantz Fanon, 100 Years
Mumia Abu-Jamal
We have lived and seen the passing of a century. The life of Frantz Fanon, also known as Omar in his Algerian life. This remarkable intellectual, this truly world-changing figure, this man of many personalities… Full Transcript
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Archie Bunker Without the Chuckles
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If I just say what’s on my mind, I know that people of a certain generation, shall we say under 40, will not get the reference that I’m about to make. But, if you’re 50… Full Transcript
Clemency
The Death of Pensions
Mumia Abu-Jamal
With the judicial seal of approval of the United Airlines plan to ditch its pensions, comes another battle in the long war of capital against labor. By this attack on those who have spent their… Full Transcript
40 Years After the Black Panther Party
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Amazingly, it has been 40 years since the Black Panther Party was founded. Some sticklers to detail will point to the fact that it was in October, not May of 1966, that the Black Panther… Full Transcript
On The MOVE: Long Live John Africa
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If history teaches us anything it’s that war changes everything, for wars by their very nature are both external and internal affairs. The Civil War, the most violent war in U.S. history, brought us the… Full Transcript
THE BARBARITY OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA (2025) (text)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Both the United Nations and Courts all over have recognized that continuous confinement inside a cell for even brief periods is torture and has proven in extensive psychological studies to cause mental illness and organic… Full Transcript
Robert Smith’s Own Words
David Annarelli
Hello, my name is David Annarelli, contributing writer for PrisonJournalismProject.org. Today is July 7th. It is a Monday, and this piece is entitled, “In Robert Smith’s Own Words.” In several of my previous commentaries for… Full Transcript
Curved
Virginia Model Threats to Safety
David Annarelli
Hello. My name is David Annarelli, contributing writer for The Prison Journalism Project. This piece is entitled “Virginia DOC, Lawrenceville: The ‘Virginia Model’ Threats to Safety, Part One.’” Today is July 2nd. It is a… Full Transcript
Living in Chains on July 4th (2025) (text)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson How does your celebration relate to me?Confined in a concrete box—can’t hear, can’t seeMy life is solitaryHow for me is this day honorary?Or let’s go back to its origin days…As your… Full Transcript
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