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The Gift of Fanon
Mumia Abu-Jamal
My friends, I want to welcome all of you from the W. E. B. Du Bois Abolitionist School, and I invite you to hear my words about the late, great revolutionary, Dr. Frantz Fanon, “The… Full Transcript
Message in French for A la fête de l’Humanité
Message in English for A la fête de l’Humanité
Black August 2004
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was a sweaty, steaming night in August, when a group of African captives gathered in the forests of Marne Rouge, in Le Cap, San Domingue. It was August, 1791. Among these men was a… Full Transcript
Message to the French Communist Congress
Message to the French Communist Congress
States of Fear
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Within hours of the terror strikes in Paris, governors representing nearly half the United States, 23 states in all, bum rush the mic to announce that they’re issuing orders to ban refugees from Syria into… Full Transcript
When Empires End (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, there was published an extraordinary article in the journal, Foreign Affairs, penned by the conservative historian Niall Ferguson of Harvard and Oxford Universities. He surveys the trends that spelled an end to half a… Full Transcript
When Empires End (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, there was published an extraordinary article in the journal, Foreign Affairs, penned by the conservative historian Niall Ferguson of Harvard and Oxford Universities. He surveys the trends that spelled an end to half a… Full Transcript
Is the UN Still Relevant?
Frying The French
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The great French thinker, Alexis de Tocqueville, once said, “In politics, a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships.” The American people, through the corporate media, have been exposed to an unprecedented… Full Transcript
To Be Young Gifted and Simone
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To be young, gifted and Simone. About Nina. The British poet Shelley once said, “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.” When the historical record of the 20th century is finally written,… Full Transcript
Here’s the problem with Black Skin, White Masks. In my study and read and reflection of Black Skin, White Masks and then The Wretched of the Earth, A Dying Colonialism, and other works by Fanon,… Full Transcript