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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
Amiri Baraka Poet on Fire, 1934-2014
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The name Amiri Baraka has been known to me since my teens, when I was a member of the Black Panther Party. His name was often linked with that of Dr. Maulana Karenga, credited with… Full Transcript
Father Paul
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is Father Paul. Brothers, sisters, on the move. All power to the people. Thank you for sharing some of your precious time with me. I can’t think of Father Paul Washington and the Church… Full Transcript
Pam Africa Tribute Essay
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Pam Africa is the rarest of beings, a living legend. Her energy, her fire, her anger, and her fighting spirit is as strong now as it was in 1976. She is an organizer of the… Full Transcript
Men of the Cloth?
On The MOVE: Long Live John Africa
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If history teaches us anything it’s that war changes everything, for wars by their very nature are both external and internal affairs. The Civil War, the most violent war in U.S. history, brought us the… Full Transcript
John Africa on Water & Pollution (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was after the first major MOVE confrontation, August 8, 1978, when John Africa dictated the judge’s letter. Fifteen pages of outrage, not only of MOVES treatment by the government, but of corporate and state… Full Transcript
John Africa on Water & Pollution (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was after the first major MOVE confrontation, August 8, 1978, when John Africa dictated the judge’s letter. Fifteen pages of outrage, not only of MOVE’s treatment by the government, but of corporate and state… Full Transcript
Cornel West & Mumia
August 8th
August 8th (Version A)
Jamming Up Janet Africa
Black August (Version A)
Black August (Version B)
MOVE Message for England
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On the MOVE: Long live John Africa. I want to thank you our good friends in Britain, sisters and brothers, who have worked against the barbaric death penalty and in favor of human rights, justice… Full Transcript
Failed System (Man is Bastard 4)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The muted public response to the mass murder of MOVE members has set the stage for acceptable state violence against radicals, against Blacks, and against all those deemed socially unacceptable. In the 60s and 70s,… Full Transcript
August History (Man is Bastard 6)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
George Jackson was my hero. He set a standard for prisoners, political prisoners, for people. He showed the love, the strength, the revolutionary fervor that’s characteristic of any soldier for the people. He inspired prisoners, whom I later… Full Transcript
A message for MOVE on the anniversary of the May 13, 1985, bombing. On behalf of the Central Committee of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, we want to say: All power to the people,… Full Transcript