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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Doctor Interviewed on KPFA’s “Flashpoints”
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dennis Bernstein: We have got a very difficult situation still facing, perhaps one of the most famous political prisoners in the world, Mumia Abu-Jamal. We know how many different ways, let us count the ways,… Full Transcript
The Children of Perdition
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Montgomery v. Louisiana (which made its previous Miller v. Alabama ruling (regarding life terms for juveniles retroactive), shined a harsh light on the systems which utilized… Full Transcript
Abu-Jamal v. Kerestes: Transcript Interview
Mumia Abu-Jamal
[Abu-Jamal v. Kerestes was an amended complaint that was filed seeking injunctive relief for prison medical staff’s failure to treat Abu-Jamal’s active hepatitis C.] Mumia Abu-Jamal: Yeah, yeah, I mean, it’s just, this is going to… Full Transcript
Savior’s Day Speech 2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear Brothers & Sisters: I greet you as taught by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, with the words of peace: As-Salaam Alaykum! I thank Brother Minister Farrakhan for his generosity and kindness: for his invitation that… Full Transcript
Freedom and Med Care for Leonard Peltier
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For 40 years, former American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier has been in the clutches of the U.S. prison system –The Iron House of the whites, as indigenous people call them – on trumped… Full Transcript
Medications for the Money, Not Patients
Politicians = Corporate Whores of Babylon
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sometimes, sometimes, the primaries, the silliest season of American political life, yields fruit fresher than the candidates intended. This was seen when the majority of presidential candidates went, “No way!” when asked about the minimum… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Message to the Movement
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Statement to supporters. Hey, on the move y’all. I know that you’ve heard about my situation, and I can’t thank y’all enough for your messages of love and support. Thanks to your love, I’m healing… Full Transcript
Statistics
Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney from Benton Harbor, Michigan, now located in Marquette, Michigan penitentiary, Michigan Branch Prison, just across Lake Superior from Canada. Hundreds of years ago, our nation put these considered less than human in… Full Transcript
The Pennsylvania DOC Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal,” by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall Many people may question the government’s attempt to murder political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal while in prison, but such people just aren’t… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Condition & His Reaction to DOC Lies and Stonewalling
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Noelle Hanrahan: Ready? Mumia Abu-Jamal: Go ahead. Noelle Hanrahan: Are you receiving hydrocortisone creams for your skin condition? Mumia Abu-Jamal: Getting hydrocortisone cream, but I was instructed by the nurse at Geisinger to use it only on… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Reaction to PA DOC Denial of Care
Lethal Substandard Medical Care Provided in the PA DOC
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) best kept secret from the public, is its dreadful alliance with Wexford Health Corporation in providing lethal sub-standard medical care to prisoners. Since the PDOC handed its healthcare sector… Full Transcript
The great Black activist and artist, Paul Robeson, in 1958, in Carnegie Hall, sang the gospel song, ‘Balm in Gilead’: ♪Therrre is a balmmm in Gileaaad,♪To make the wounded who–oole!♪…. His full, magnificent baritone filled… Full Transcript