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Before BP
Mumia Abu-Jamal
BP didn’t begin as BP. Indeed, it didn’t begin as British Petroleum. In 1908 it was known as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and it exploited Iranian natural resources and labor ruthlessly. Majority shares in the… Full Transcript
John Africa on Water & Pollution (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was after the first major MOVE confrontation, August 8, 1978, when John Africa dictated the judge’s letter. Fifteen pages of outrage, not only of MOVES treatment by the government, but of corporate and state… Full Transcript
John Africa on Water & Pollution (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was after the first major MOVE confrontation, August 8, 1978, when John Africa dictated the judge’s letter. Fifteen pages of outrage, not only of MOVE’s treatment by the government, but of corporate and state… Full Transcript
As the global news outlets flick from crisis to crisis, and as consumers attention has drawn from crisis site to crisis site, the now unattended stories of yesterday continue to bubble and fester, uncovered and… Full Transcript