It has been eight years now since the massacre; eight years since the carnage on Osage Avenue; eight years since an urban Holocaust which stole 11 human lives; eight years since the unjust encagement of… Full Transcript
Read by Willam Kunstler When I hear politicians bellow about getting rough on crime and barking out, “Three strikes, you’re out!” several images come to mind. I think of how quickly the tune changes when… Full Transcript
Emcee: William Kunstler is a longtime civil rights activist. He has long been active in First Amendment and civil rights cases. William Kunstler: Before I read my portion, I just want to indicate a couple… Full Transcript
Relatively tall, mountainous cheek bones, dimples like donuts and skin the color of Indian corn. She left life in the South for what was then the promised land up North. Although she lived, loved, raised… Full Transcript
That’s what capital punishment really means. “Those that ain’t got the capital gets the punishment,” is the old saying. Once again, we see the inherent truths that lie in the proverbs of the poor. That… Full Transcript
This is Howard Zinn. Slavery is back. In fact, it was never abolished. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, except in prison. At the current rate of incarceration, by the… Full Transcript
In a case known as Strickland v. Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court drastically narrowed the range of challenges to the effectiveness and competence of counsel at criminal trials. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution… Full Transcript
This is Cornel West. Will we ever listen to and learn from our bloodstained prophets? After over 15 years of nightmarish jail conditions, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s soul is not only intact, but still flourishing, just as… Full Transcript
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