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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
Muhammad Ali 1942-2016
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was Jan. 1942, when the baby, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was. Born to a working-class Negro family in Louisville, Kentucky. In those days, Kentucky was famous for its distinctive blue grass, its championship horses… Full Transcript
Memorial Day 2016
America’s So-Called Humanitarian Intervention Wars are an Utter Failure
Centuries of Struggle Big House Prison Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Plus ça change …’ say the French; or ‘The more things change, of course, the more they stay the same.’ That thought, with all its despair and wisdom, resonates with particular power when we look… Full Transcript
Chelsea Manning Private Democrat
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Bradley Manning: Private Democrat. The mania that followed the release of military papers and consular communications by U.S. Army Private and intelligence officer Bradley Manning hasn’t been seen since the height of the anti-communist scares… Full Transcript
Ask Now Tell
Massacre?–What Massacre?–Haditha (Version B)
Massacre?–What Massacre?–Haditha (Version A)
Why There Is No Iran War on the Horizon (Version B)
Why There Is No Iran War on the Horizon (Version A)
Affirmative Distraction
Mumia Abu-Jamal
With a pair of cases announced days before their summer retirement, Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger, the US Supreme Court decided the constitutionality of affirmative action, at least for the next generation. The… Full Transcript
“The Puzzle of Afghanistan.” The flag of the United States rustles in the dry wind of its bases in Afghanistan, but the bases are bereft of ideas on what to do except harass and humiliate… Full Transcript