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The Problem With “Black Skin, White Masks”

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Here’s the problem with Black Skin, White Masks. In my study and read and reflection of Black Skin, White Masks and then The Wretched of the Earth, A Dying Colonialism, and other works by Fanon,… Full Transcript

Saint-Denis 20th Anniversary (English)

Mumia Abu-Jamal

To my friends in Saint-Denis. Hello, greetings and congratulations for the people of Saint-Denis. For 20 years, it has been 20 years since the naming of the street in Saint-Denis given the name of Mumia… Full Transcript

WEB Du Bois Abolition School Spring 26 Salutation

Mumia Abu-Jamal

I really wanted to really thank the students and the teachers of the Abolitionist school, and congratulate you on the subjects that you’ve studied, and the fact that you’ve completed your studies. I also want… Full Transcript

Israel: The Rise of the Garrison State

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The Israeli war machine is amok. I would say run amok, but perhaps the proper term is fly amok, given their air power. Like the Americans after 9/11, Israel is engulfed in a war-fever sparked… Full Transcript

What We Must Do In the Wake of the PA Supreme Court Decision on Derrick Lee

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Dear friends, brothers and sisters, many of you, if not most of you, have heard about the court decision regarding Derrick Lee and the overturning of his mandatory life sentence by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.… Full Transcript

Bob Law – Master Griot

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The name Bob Law truly needs no introduction, yet I’ll try. Tall, outspoken, and well-opinioned, he was a star of talk radio, notably Black talk radio. As such, he took up issues great and small,… Full Transcript

A Historic Win for Derrick Lee and the Abolitionist Law Center 

Mumia Abu-Jamal

https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/2026/03/26/in-historic-ruling-pa-supreme-court-abolishes-mandatory-life-without-parole-for-felony-murder/ March 26, 2026, Pittsburgh – Today, in a landmark ruling in Commonwealth v. Derek Lee, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found mandatory life without parole for felony murder an unconstitutional punishment. The justices ruled that because… Full Transcript

Finding Fanon at Robin’s Bookstore in Philly

Mumia Abu-Jamal

I’m reminded of being a young guy, a teenager, and I was fascinated with books, but I couldn’t afford many of them because they were so expensive. So I would go into Robin’s bookstore in… Full Transcript

The War Before The War

Mumia Abu-Jamal

As bombs explode and wreak havoc across the Middle East, one wonders, what will come of this? This question arises because of events that happened over seventy years ago, 1953 to be exact. When spies… Full Transcript

Normalizing Troops in U.S. Streets

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Well, I think the danger comes from normalizing the visuals of military, masked, heavily armed troops on American streets. And you know, this is a man who has a fixation about the military, even though… Full Transcript

Good Morning in America (Version B)

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Good Morning in America.  Noelle Hanrahan: It’s frightening and terrifying, and time to step up.  Mumia Abu-Jamal: Yeah, absolutely, you heard about that Don Lemon?  Noelle Hanrahan: Yes, I did.  Mumia Abu-Jamal: [Chuckling]… Full Transcript