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Political Police
Mumia Abu-Jamal: I said in, We Want Freedom, that the FBI are political police. I’ve never felt that more than now, and there’s not a political fix if it’s political police, because that’s their function.… Full Transcript
Organized Crime and The State
How y’all doing today. This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. I know normally I get on the religious kick, or I talk about politics, but today I wanted to inform you… Full Transcript
For Simon City
Hello folks, how y’all doing today? This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters, you can get me on any major book vendors, Amazon, Barnes and Noble. So, we’ve had a lot going… Full Transcript
Education and Emotional Stability
Greetings, friends and fellow travelers. It’s me Faluch Bigsby, the author of “God Uses Gangsters” and today on the show, I want to go ahead and give you a quote that I got from Miss… Full Transcript
Beyond the Polls
“Beyond the Polls.” In a few days, the roiling elections of 2020 will be history, but what kind of history will it be? No one really knows, for certainty is but a feeling, not a… Full Transcript
FBI Spies and Spying
“Of FBI Spies and Spying.” In light of the empty dud of the fall of the Mueller report, we have heard repeated charges of outrage that alleged FBI spying of the Trump campaign and administration.… Full Transcript
Remembering Martin King
“Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.” On the MOVE! I greet you as you rally in remembrance Martin Luther King. I join you. In the 20th century, few names, especially a black people, ring louder than… Full Transcript
Reality Winner American Hero
“The imprisonment of Reality Winner, a real American hero from national security state to police state,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. Her name is Reality Winner, a 26-year-old Georgia woman, and a commended Air Force veteran… Full Transcript
The Movement For Justice Against Police Violence
“The Movement for Justice Against Police Violence,” published by City Lights, an Open Media series. What makes a movement a movement? What social forces come together to make it cohere, to build it into something… Full Transcript
40 Years in the Wilderness
August 13, 2003, an essay from the new collection, Writing on the Wall. It has been 40 long years since the much heralded March on Washington, almost half a century. And what is our condition… Full Transcript
Reflections on The Reintroduction of Common Dreams
Long live John Africa. On first read of the materials related to the FOP [Fraternal Order of Police]/Fox News’s attack on the Oakland School District’s website, “Urban Dreams’, containing teacher created lesson plans on social justice… Full Transcript
May 13th, 1985
Soon, May 13th will pass by, and most will see it as just another day, but for others who know its significance, it is a day that shall live in infamy. For on May 13th,… Full Transcript
Memories of a Panther Martyr: Fred Hampton (Version B)
The late Black Panther martyr Fred Hampton once said, “You can jail a revolutionary, but you can’t jail the revolution.” I never had the pleasure of meeting Chairman Fred Hampton in life. I read numerous… Full Transcript
Memories of a Panther Martyr: Fred Hampton
Español (English below)Memorias de un mártir de los Panteras Negras: Fred Hampton Por Mumia Abu-Jamal “Puedes encarcelar a un revolucionario, pero no puedes encarcelar la revolución…Puedes asesinar a un libertador, pero no puedes asesinar la… Full Transcript
Forty Years In The Wilderness
It’s been 40 long years since the much-heralded “March on Washington.” Almost half a century, and what is our condition today? Our communities are ravaged from crushing poverty, crumbling schools, bumbling politicians, and brutal cops.… Full Transcript

It was in the context of the Black Power movement that the Black Panther Party was formed in Oakland, California. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panthers in 1966 to unite, educate,… Full Transcript