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Permanent Political Seasons
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Permanent Political Season.” It’s political season. When politicians come around and promise happy days are coming, a chicken in every pot and a dessert of iced sugar plums to come, they smile. They prance. Some… Full Transcript
The Struggle Continues
Dontie Mitchell
I’m a man of action. So it bothers me I’m stuck in prison and thus limited in the impact I can make in this world to help myself, help my family, and to help others.… Full Transcript
I See Clear Now
Dontie Mitchell
As I said in previous commentaries, the United States Supreme Court denied my petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus, declining to hear my case why the court should extend a constitutional right to rehabilitation… Full Transcript
Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted
Michael Paul Astorga
Michael Paul Astorga and my piece is titled: “Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted.” Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Hello, my name is Michael Paul Astorga. I like to start by taking the time… Full Transcript
Systematic Poisoning in CDCR
Fred Jackson
Uh, my name is uh, Fred Jackson. I’m addressing some concerns as to, uh, systematic poisoning in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at high level security uh, prisons. Uh, particularly, uh Tehachapi state… Full Transcript
Conscious Money
Dontie Mitchell
According to Bernie Sanders, 1% of Americans have more wealth than 92% of all other Americans. But even more egregious is a study published in 2016 by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Corporation… Full Transcript
Terry Daum
Dontie Mitchell
In 1997, Terry Daum was convicted after a trial, of three commercial robberies in Staten Island. The evidence against him consisted of testimony from one eyewitness for each robbery. In 2014, Terry discovered the police… Full Transcript
Unlawfully Incarcerated
Stevie Stevenson
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson, K16324. And the title of this piece is “Unlawfully Incarcerated.” I’m from Los Angeles, California. I’ve been down for the past 28 years. In 2012, I filed what is… Full Transcript
CDC Removes Lawbooks from Prisoners
Stevie Stevenson
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson. I am a California state prisoner. The title of this is “CDC Finally Gets its Chance at Taking the Lawbooks Away from Prisoners.” In 1966, over 100 inmates filed… Full Transcript
Manafort Rises
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Manafort Rises.” Much of the nation waited with bated breath on the eminent sentencing of Paul Manafort, the once powerful operator of a foreign representation firm and ally of an American president. According to the… Full Transcript
The Change in America
Omar Askia Ali
Change in America. My name is Omar Askia Ali aka Sistrunk. One of a number of examples that America is trying to right the wrong, is the Baltimore prosecutor’s effort to vacate pot convictions of… Full Transcript
Contradictions in the Rhetoric of Prison Rehabilitation, Part 4
Ivan Kilgore
My name is Ivan Kilgore, and the piece that I’ll be sharing with you today is entitled “The Glaring Contradictions and the Rhetoric of Prison Rehabilitation, Part Four.” In the previous sector, I left off discussing… Full Transcript
Cops and Klansmen … Colleagues?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Cops and Klansmen … Colleagues?” Cops survey a scene of conflict, a struggle between fascists and anti-fascists. Blood is on the ground, and webcam recordings show images of members of the Ku Klux Klan and… Full Transcript
We Been Dying
Dontie Mitchell
The name of this commentary is “We Been Dying.” Recently, in this month of February, a 24 year old prisoner died at Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie, New York, that has gotten the attention of… Full Transcript
Why Gangs Proliferate
Dontie Mitchell
Ujaama. Ujaama. Greetings, my friends. This is Dontie S. Mitchell, better known as Mfalme Sikivu, reporting to you from Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, New York. And my last three commentaries, I told you… Full Transcript
Mass Incarceration: One of the Biggest Rackets in America
Dontie Mitchell
Ujamaa. Ujamaa. Greetings, my friends. This is Dontie S. Mitchell, better known as Mfalme Sikivu, reporting to you from Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York. In this commentary, I’m going to expose the… Full Transcript
Operation Shutdown
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Operation Shutdown.” As government offices shut their doors and government workers continue to work despite no paychecks for weeks, the U.S. government shutdown marches on. If ever there was an opportunity to show the sharp… Full Transcript
Cracks In The Walls of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Cracks In The Walls of Empire.” Legates: as we gather today, we do so amid the fire and smoke of chaos both figuratively and literally. In France, the city of light, Paris, is surrounded by… Full Transcript
Cyntoia, Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Cyntoia Free.” Her name is Cyntoia Brown, and she has spent half her life in prison. Why? Because she shot and killed a man when she was 16 years old. Why? Because the men she… Full Transcript
Fourth annual convergence, Fight Toxic Prisons, North Central College. I’d like to start off by saying that it is a great pleasure and honor to share in the fourth annual Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in… Full Transcript