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Akua Njeri
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Akua Njeri: Akua Njeri, Chairwoman, December 4th Committee. Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Deputy Minister of Information for the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party remains a political prisoner in this country because of his refusal… Full Transcript
Jamestown: The Lessons of Indians and Empire
Let’s Talk About Prisons
Dortell Williams
Hello, this is Dortell Williams with a prisoner’s perspective called; “Let’s Talk About Prisons.” Prisons are dark, drab, abandoned stations of miserable and taxing punishment. Prisons are filled with society’s outcasts; mainly minorities, the poor,… Full Transcript
One Strike and You’re Dead
Lessons from Virginia Tech Massacre
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The psychic echo has barely receded from the trauma unleashed at Virginia’s Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA., and the name, Seung-Hui Cho has been added to that of others who have distinguished themselves by their… Full Transcript
Jackie Robison Plus Sixty (Version B)
Jackie Robinson Plus Sixty (Version A)
Imus Amongst Us
Death in Cell #5
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Sierra Leonean refugee named Oury Jalloh burned to death in Cell No. 5 in the city of Dessau, Germany. The date: January 7, 2005 Police at the station have called it… Full Transcript
Crossing the Line Intro
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Mumia Abu-Jamal
My name is Mumia Abu-Jamal. I’m proud to be a contributor to a station where news, talk, music, and the arts play such a positive role in social and communal development. I ask you to… Full Transcript
May Day
War Games (Version A)
Memories of Safiya
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is an excerpt from an introduction to an upcoming collection of Safiya’s essays, prepared by her daughter, Wanda. It goes like this: For me, reading the thoughts of Safiya Asya Bukhari is a bittersweet… Full Transcript
War Games (Version B)
Institutionalized Racism
Siddique Abdullah Hasan
While blacks and whites in this country are murdered at relatively the same rate – about 47% blacks and 51% whites – 80% of those executed have been executed for murdering whites while only 7%… Full Transcript
Induced Failure
Siddique Abdullah Hasan
The current penal system in America is not working. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion, that it predisposes prisoners to recidivism, a relapse into a life of crime. Since man… Full Transcript
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