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The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Steven Nicholson
This poem is called “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. This could be about my family. Easily, It could be about your family. This could be about American democracy And how it’s constructed currently,… Full Transcript
A Call for Justice: Leonard Peltier’s Release
Donald Hooker (C-Note)
Hello. This is Donald C-Note Hooker, foundational Black American, prison artist and advocate for justice. Today, I want to speak about Leonard Peltier, a man who like me, will face a parole board in 2026.… Full Transcript
Unshackling Our Future
Donald Hooker (C-Note)
Unshackling Our Future: My Fight Against Involuntary Servitude In Prisons. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is C-Note. I am a California state prisoner. For nearly 40 years, I have lived behind the prison walls of… Full Transcript
Coach Walz
Clifford Lea (Black Messiah)
Okay, the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has tried to sell the public on her running mate Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, as a competent leader of people. And to convince us of this… Full Transcript
Stillwater SOS
Clifford Lea (Black Messiah)
Inmates broadcasting from Stillwater, as we’ve been on the news lately, and the information that you’re getting is incomplete, and some of it’s just downright incorrect. They say still waters run deep. That’s because on… Full Transcript
Memories in Spring
Clifford Lea (Black Messiah)
These are the generic memories of the lost loved ones, whose flowering souls realm, seemingly between orchid fields. Abloom, transfixed in a mind and the bodies of a thousand hearts of memories and moments never… Full Transcript
Self Immolation in Virginia Prisons
The Truth About Columbus
Faluch Bigsby
Hello. How are you guys doing out there? This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I want to tell you guys about some things that have happened in our country. When… Full Transcript
Unseen
Silver Linings
Faluch Bigsby
Hello, how you guys doing out there? Well, this is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. I’ve been in Toledo Correctional probably two to three weeks now, and yes, a lot of things… Full Transcript
Why Do We Feel Worry
Raymond Eugene Jenkins
Hi. This is Mr. Jenkins from Corcoran State Prison. Today is October 10, 2024. My topic will be, ‘When do we feel we are worth it, but do not act on it, deserve it? Okay,… Full Transcript
Bariki Hall: Maestra of Music
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Her name was Bariki Hall Shabazz, but I knew her as “Maestra,” my music teacher. Her community knew her as “Sister Bariki” or “Mama Bariki,” a Black woman who, as the old saying goes, was… Full Transcript
Moving Mountains
Raymond White
This poem is called “Moving Mountains.” I am this mountain. Can you see me? See me? See me? See me? I’ve seen mountains move for agesMy eyes scanning through the rocky brown and dark green peaks… Full Transcript
Support the MS Five
Antoine “Indy” Walker
Hey, what’s up y’all? This is Antoine Walker, Number KG7791, calling now out of SCI Pine Grove. I want y’all to know me as in Indy though, but the main reason that I’m calling tonight… Full Transcript
Sacred Ground
Darren Stanley (KnowledgeBorn GodAllah)
Peace, this is KnowledgeBorn calling from CSP Solano. I’m coming from the dark side of the [unclear], you know what I’m saying, and letting y’all know that I send a message to the warden. Warden… Full Transcript
Transfer and Hospital Release
Faluch Bigsby
Greetings. This is Faluch Bigsby, author of “God Uses Gangsters.” How you guys doing out there, citizens? Well, I have successfully been transferred to Toledo correctional unit. My new address is PO Box, 80033, Toledo,… Full Transcript
Julian Assange Goes Home
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Julian Assange finally goes home. Julian Assange of the online news agency known as Wikileaks had to wonder if this day would ever come, for he faced not only the enmity of governments including, of… Full Transcript
A Philly Boy And A Philly Band
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Philly boy, a Philly band, and Maze makes magic. Frankie Beverly is his name, and Maze became his band, and together they made beautiful and magical music that flowed through cookouts, family reunions, and… Full Transcript
Partial Victory For Uhuru
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The proposed political frame up of leaders and supporters of the African Peoples Socialist Party, perhaps best known as the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida, has ended with a federal jury rejecting the government’s… Full Transcript
I started my hunger strike Monday, October 21st. Once everybody refused a breakfast tray, the CO came to my door and said, “Why? Why you messing up the spot? This is a good spot.” He … Full Transcript