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The Magnificent 7
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The magnificent seven.” They are a cross-section of American men, black, white, Greek, and Italian. Seven men, seven guards at a county jail in Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania. Seven man who collectively face 37 counts of… Full Transcript
Support House Bill 135
Omar Askia Ali
In most states in America, there’s parole eligibility for people with a life sentence, but not in Pennsylvania. However, the remedy for Pennsylvania is a legislative bill in order to be in lockstep with the… Full Transcript
Capital Strikes Back
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Capital Strikes Back.” For the last several years, I’ve mused about the rise of the very rich in politics. To be honest, they’ve always been in politics but rarely as politicians. They saw as beneath… Full Transcript
Larry Krasner, The People’s Champ
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
An insubstantial number of right-wing conservatives of the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) and the Democratic and Republican parties in Philadelphia dread the very thought of Democratic nominee Larry Krasner winning the November 7th general election… Full Transcript
Omar Askia Ali
Omar Askia Ali
My given name is Edward Sistrunk. My Islamic name is Omar Askia Ali. My current address is one Kelly drive, Coal Township, PA 17866-1021. Also go online and review my column of a newspaper, page… Full Transcript
Jerry Sandusky: Like Father, Like Son
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Jerry Sandusky: Like Father, Like Son,” by Shakaboona. The Sandusky name is back in the news again for allegedly corrupting the morals of minors, except this time, the news is not the sins of the… Full Transcript
Court Injunction Granted to Mumia Abu-Jamal for Hep C Curative Treatment
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Court Injunction Granted to Mumia Abu-Jamal for Hep C Treatment” by Shakaboona. The detestable Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, who have been denying cures has Hep C treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal and 10,000 Hep C infected… Full Transcript
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Edward Pinkney
My name is Reverend Edward Pinkney from Benton Harbor, Michigan. I am in prison, or in a concentration camp, in Muskegon, Michigan. The Nazi Germans is operating in America. I was convicted with absolutely no… Full Transcript
Law Enforcement are Parasites
Beyond Bernie
The Stolen 30 Months from the Corrupt Berrien County Court System
Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney from Marquette Branch Prison, over 500 miles from my home. The title, “The Stolen 30 Months by Corrupt Berrien County Court System.” Some of my personal suffering over the last few years,… Full Transcript
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Now I Know
Edward Pinkney
Now I know. You would never, ever see Reverend Edward Pickney on The Oprah Winfrey Show. You would never, ever see or hear about Oprah Winfrey interviewing Reverend Edward Pinkney because she can’t handle the… Full Transcript
The Fruit of a Poisonous Tree
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In legal theory there is something known as ‘the -fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree’ doctrine, which holds that an illegal search, arrest or interrogation ‘poisons’ -or taints – all that follows, and as such, it may not be used… Full Transcript
Ehrlichman: War on Drugs Really War on Blacks and Hippies
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For the youth of today, the name John Ehrlichman rings no bells. For people who lived through the ’60s, it is either famous or notorious. The name references a former high-ranking member of the White… Full Transcript
Solidarity
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Solidarity. The word has been spoken for the better part of a century, at least. Like many words of such ancient vintage, what it means today may vary from what it meant at the dawn… Full Transcript
The Department of Justice Can’t Give Justice to Black People
Where Was You?
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Where was you? Hugo Yogi Pinell’s life mattered. This is Brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, who met this comrade 15 years ago. He represented the best of all existing revolutionary formations in these gulag prison plantations… Full Transcript
Manny’s Attempted Murder
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is a text drawn from my first book, Live from Death Row,”Manny’s Attempted Murder.” “At first glance, the guy looks like a black fire plug, short, coffee black, with a clean shaven, glistening dome.… Full Transcript
She sits in utter stillness. Her coffee-brown features, as if set an obsidian, as if a mask, barely perceptible, the tears threatening to overflow that dark proud maternal face, a face held still by rage.… Full Transcript