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Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… Full Transcript
Gangsters in Government
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Gangsters in Government.” In a matter of days, the Whte House has gone through its latest purge. Gone are stalwarts of the GOP, men like journalist Sean Spicer and former Republican National Committee chief Reince… Full Transcript
El Comadante Fidel Castro, Presidente
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, the iconic revolutionary leader, beloved by many and hated by few, has passed away Friday (11-25-2016) at the ripe old age of 90 in his homeland of Cuba. The news… Full Transcript
9/11: Fifteen Years After
Message in French for A la fête de l’Humanité
Message in English for A la fête de l’Humanité
The Rise of the Imperial Feminine
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If Democratic hopes are fulfilled, Hillary Rodham Clinton will shortly become the 45th President of the United States, the first of her gender in history. While that is indeed remarkable, it should be noted that… Full Transcript
America’s So-Called Humanitarian Intervention Wars Are an Utter Failure
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“America’s So-Called Humanitarian Intervention Wars Are an Utter Failure,” By Shakaboona. If America’s humanitarian intervention wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria were to bring the people of those nations humanitarian aid, democracy, peace, and… 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
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism
Jaan Laaman
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations, and Republican Obstructionism from Political Prisoner, Jaan Laaman Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s recent death has again exposed the deep divisions among the elite political managers of the U.S.A.… Full Transcript
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
Gazing Out On A Field Of Blood
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s Christmas season in America, circa 2015, and when we look out at the national landscape, we can hardly ignore the gore, both literal and figurative, that litters the landscape of the U.S. in this… Full Transcript
Clarity In Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 3
Mondo We Langa
Part three of the series “Clarity in Our Use of the Term ‘Racism’.” Sometimes wearing metal helmets and/or body armor and carrying firearms and/or bringing cannons and other weaponry that was unknown to the people… Full Transcript
Lamenting the Corruption of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It may surprise you to know that there’s another book coming out. A work of history inspired by the late Howard Zinn. A work written and co-authored by myself, Mumia Abu-Jamal and my co-author Stephen… Full Transcript
Murderers of the World Arrive in America
Mumia Abu-Jamal
You’re listening to an excerpt from a new book authored by me, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and my co-author, Stephen Vittoria. Written in the spirit of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, the big title, Murder Incorporated. This is… Full Transcript
Madiba Nelson Mandela
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On December 5, 2003, former political prisoner and former South African President Nelson Mandela—affectionately referred to as “Madiba” (Father) by the South African people—has made his transition to the other side to be with our… Full Transcript
Black August 2015
Jaan Laaman
Black August: August 6, August 9, Black August 2015. Hiroshima, 70 years later, and the bomb still burns. Hi, this is Jaan Laaman, your political prisoner voice coming to you from the federal prison in… Full Transcript
Missing Marilyn Buck
Clarity In Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 2
Mondo We Langa
This is part two of “Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism.” Looking more concretely at historical events and developments, and paying specific attention to the period from about the mid 1400s to the… Full Transcript
“Puerto Rico: A Colony By Any Name.” On Christopher Columbus’s second voyage to what was called the West Indies, he visited Puerto Rico, called Borinquen by the Arawak natives of the island. Columbus docked in… Full Transcript