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On Juneteenth
Christopher Trotter
This is Chris Trotter, live from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility inside the belly of the beast. And, um, I feel good today. Uh, we’re celebrating Juneteenth, uh it’s the federal holiday, uh, and it marks… Full Transcript
Still Hope
Joadanus Olivas
I call this “Still Hope.” The common thing in prison is that it’s 90% mental and 10% physical. I’ve heard this a myriad of times, especially during exercise routines. The majority of my time spent… Full Transcript
Revolutionary Shout Out
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Yeah, revolutionary greetings. So I want to- first of all, this is comrade Peter calling in from Red Onion Resort. I want to, first of all, give a special revolutionary shout out to New Afrikan… Full Transcript
I Can’t Breathe (We Are All George Floyd)
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
My name is Khalfani Malik Khaldun. I am calling from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. This is my cry of support [], in celebration [] for George Floyd; power to the people and all those that… Full Transcript
Toppling White Supremacy
Sergio Hyland
Toppling white supremacy. I have to admit I was cautiously optimistic when protests and other acts of resistance sprang up across the nation this past month. Mainly, I was worried that the people’s energy would… Full Transcript
How Do You Fight an Unjust Racist System?
Dontie Mitchell
How do you fight an unjust and racist system? Definitely not by being their good nigga. How do you find an unjust and racist system that uses the power of the state to grind people… Full Transcript
Police and Prison Guards
Sergio Hyland
My name is Sergio Hyland, and I’m from Philadelphia. Like the rest of America, prisoners across the nation have been glued to their television sets watching coverage of the uprising which resulted from the murder… Full Transcript
When Good People Do Nothing, Tyranny Reigns
Dontie Mitchell
When good people do nothing, tyranny reigns. Let us analyze why people are looting and rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It’s because people lose respect for law when the very people responsible… Full Transcript
George Floyd: What Do You Expect To Happen
Dontie Mitchell
George Floyd and state power: what do you expect to happen? The death of George Floyd is on a long list of unarmed black people murdered by the police. His death is sad and tragic.… Full Transcript
Phone Wars 4: Organizing Against Mass Incarceration
Dontie Mitchell
Organizing against mass incarceration. I was reading the interview of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, who I never heard of until now. She wrote a book entitled “Golden Gulag,” which analyzes the buildup of the California prison… Full Transcript
Phone Wars 3
Dontie Mitchell
I was in the prison yard this morning, trying to get my young [] together to have a discussion about their future, when two of them were pulled away by guys from their town to… Full Transcript
The Fight to Staying Alive
Dontie Mitchell
There are those who think I should give up my fight for UFD, and I should just accept the fact that these people who run the New York state prison system don’t want UFD to… Full Transcript
A Message to Black, Brown, and Poor People in Age of COVID-19
Dontie Mitchell
A message to Black, Hispanic, and poor people in this age of COVID-19 from Mfalme Sikivu, Executive Minister of UFD. Here we are, in 2020, still faced with the reality of racism and classism. The… Full Transcript
My New Message to No New Jails
Dontie Mitchell
My new message to No New Jails. I did a previous commentary about the organization called No New Jails, NYC, which is a grassroots campaign committed to closing Rikers Island. Now, without building new jails… Full Transcript
Born On The Move
Boom! That’s the sound of a hydraulic cherry picker smashing through the side of a house. A house filled with men, women, children, and animals. (Imitates automatic rifle gunshot sounds.) Gunshots firing. Hundreds of rounds… Full Transcript
Free Dontie Mitchell: More Clemency
Dontie Mitchell
“#FreeDontieMitchell: More Clemency.” Once again, Governor Cuomo has passed me over for clemency, and many other deserving men and women who have more than paid their debt to society, but have been in prison excessively… Full Transcript
A Message to No New Jail NYC
Dontie Mitchell
“A Message to No New Jails NYC.” In September, New York city prison abolitionists organized the coalition known as No New Jails NYC. One of the group’s goals is to promote a vision of a… Full Transcript
Free Lamar Johnson Now
Keith Malik Washington
This piece is entitled “Free Lamar Johnson Now.” My name is Keith Malik Washington, and I’m the chief spokesperson for the End Prison Slavery in Texas movement. Peace and blessing, sisters and brothers. For 24… Full Transcript
There Is Nothing Like the Human Rights Coalition
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“There is nothing like the Human Rights Coalition organization,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The Human Rights Coalition, HRC, in Pennsylvania is the most dynamic organization in America. The HRC began the current criminal justice reform… Full Transcript
This is Peter Kamal Mukuria, currently here at Red Onion Resort in Pound, VA. So my dear friend of mine, Rebecca, has been passed away. Her and I used to share a lot of articles… Full Transcript