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Life As An Innocent Prisoner
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
A lot of people know me as an innocent prisoner who served sixteen and a half years before a federal court vacated my life sentence and sent me home, only for the United States Supreme… Full Transcript
Decarcerate Rally Against Silencing Act Harrisburg May 4th
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Greetings to you all. Hello. My name is Shakaboona. I am one of the prisoner plaintiffs in the federal civil lawsuit seeking to abolish the unlawful Silencing Act. Additionally, I am a child life-without-parole sentence… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Response to First Amendment Attack
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The press ignores prisons, as a rule. Most of what happens in prisons are never or rarely reported in the press. I would say this: if you wish, read Live From Death Row and find… Full Transcript
America’s Race Problem
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Herein lie buried many things, which, if read with patience, may show the strange meaning of being Black here in the dawning of the 20th century. This meaning is not without interest to you, gentle… Full Transcript
The Palestianization of Blacks in the U.S.
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
With more than three weeks of brutal Israeli ground attacks, Israel and the Palestinians have entered yet another temporary cease fire in this latest conflict. How long this cease fire will last is anyone’s guess.… Full Transcript
Signs of the Times
Safir Chuma Asafo
This piece is called “Signs of the Times,” by Safir Chuma Asafo, reporting from Pennsylvania Penitentiary at Huntington. Beware, the beginning of the end is here. So, prepare for Tiananmen Square Everywhere, in total fear… Full Transcript
Message: Celebration of Resistance May 2nd-6th
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear brothers, sisters, friends, and comrades; On the MOVE! We greet you all who are there in California, and wish we could join you in the flesh. I join you in spirit here and in… Full Transcript
Innocent but Rapidly Falling Victim to the Machinery of Death
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
This is Lorenzo Johnson, and this is my latest article titled, “Innocent but Rapidly Falling Victim to the Machine of Death.” “Innocent until proven guilty” barely holds any weight when it comes down to African… Full Transcript
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear friends in Sydney, on the move! I’m tempted to give that common Aussie greeting “G’day,” but it’s not a good day. It hasn’t been a good day for many, many years for me or… Full Transcript
Greetings. This is Sundiata Acoli sending the MOVE 9 solidarity greetings in their 30 year struggle against their unjust incarceration. Not only MOVE 9, but too many other people of color, other poor and progressive… Full Transcript