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Tears of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Tears Of Empire.” It happened with a suddenness that was stunning. The Taliban taking town by town, village by village, province by province until Kabul itself toppled all without virtually firing a shot. The… Full Transcript
Turkish Winter Over Kurdistan
Mumia Abu-Jamal
At the time of the Iraq war when Bush II unleashed a war of shock and awe over Saddam Hussein’s country extensively in search of weapons of mass destruction, the northern territory of the Kurds,… Full Transcript
Biden His Time
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Biden His Time.” The candidacy of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. for president of the United States has caused multiple reactions across the land. Biden, who enters his 77th year of life, draws warm feelings from… Full Transcript
The Wrath of Khan
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Democratic National Convention (otherwise known as ‘The Clinton Show’) is over. The balloons have all burst, and the bunting has been bundled into the trash. The TV cameras have turned their hungry lenses to… Full Transcript
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
Flint: Crimes of Capital
Mumia Abu-Jamal
From the beginning of human communal time, people built cities adjacent to rivers, for water, fresh water, was the source of life. Cairo (and before it grew into Cairo, Fustat), relied on the Nile; London… Full Transcript
Rogue States & Broken Nations
Mumia Abu-Jamal
As the global news outlets flick from crisis to crisis, and as consumers attention has drawn from crisis site to crisis site, the now unattended stories of yesterday continue to bubble and fester, uncovered and… Full Transcript
Interruptus in Iraq (Short)
Interruptus in Iraq (Long)
Bullets or Bucks (Long Version)
Bullets or Bucks (Short Version)
Lessons Lost (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been generations since the Vietnam War, or what may be called the war that most Americans want to forget. In part, that’s because the U.S. lost to Vietnam. At the time, it was almost… Full Transcript
Lessons Lost (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been generations since the Vietnam War, or what may be called the war that most Americans want to forget. In part, that’s because the U.S. lost to Vietnam. At the time, it was almost… Full Transcript
Fall of the House of Labor (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Fall of The House of Labor. When Gordon Brown surrendered the post of Prime Minister to his Conservative opponent, David Cameron, he signaled the fall of the Labor Party from its heady days of… Full Transcript
Fall of the House of Labor (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When Gordon Brown surrendered the post of Prime Minister to his Conservative opponent, David Cameron, he signaled the fall of the Labor Party from its heady days of the 90s, when Margaret Thatcher stepped down.… Full Transcript
Hey, Venezuela, this is a stick up. It is time for all of us to say what we see right before us. An empire attacks a poor, weaker state and demands the lion’s share of… Full Transcript