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The Lives That Matter
Lisa Strawn
Lisa Strawn, CMF Vacaville, G01271. “The Lives That Matter.” Just as Marvin Gaye said in his song, “What’s Going On–” “We’ve got to find a way to bring some love in here today.” When do… Full Transcript
From In Here
Kenneth Hartman
Sometimes, after 36 years imprisoned, the view from in here is shrouded in mists of confusion and despair. Violence and death, repression and resistance, and the growing recognition there are fundamental issues still unresolved after… Full Transcript
A New Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript
We Must Stop Supporting Those Who Do Not Support Our Black Community
Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney from Marquette Branch Prison, better known as the concentration camp of America. We must stop supporting LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and all others who do not support our Black community.… Full Transcript
Who’s the Real Frankenstein?
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Hello, revolutionary greetings. This is Brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, political prisoner in Indiana. Who’s the real Frankenstein? You continue to build prisons for the purpose of killing our souls and damaging our spirits and causing… Full Transcript
Obama vs. BLM: MLK vs. Obama
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On his latest trek to Britain, U.S… President Barack Obama took a slap at the youthful activists o the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. They were “really effective” at bringing attention to serious issues, he… Full Transcript
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
A Radical Revolution of Values
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“A Radical Revolution of Values,” by Shakaboona. The era of change is here, from the people’s takeover of Wisconsin State’s Capitol Building to the Occupy Wall Street movement occurring in nearly every major city throughout… Full Transcript
Poem about Mumia
Bryant Arroyo
Bryant Arroyo for Prison Radio, in collaboration with Robert Sanders, aka, Jazz the Poet Mumia Abu-Jamal Since the government fails to represent by employing officials with evil intent, Lives are destroyed, ripped apart, and torn.… Full Transcript
Black Lives Matter Ramps Up Civil Resistance
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Black Lives Matter Ramps Up Civil Resistance,” by Shakaboona. Over the Christmas holiday weekend, Black Lives Matter movement members protested at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, occupied the St. Paul Minneapolis airport, and occupied… Full Transcript
Black Lives Have Never Mattered In The United States of America And Never Will
Asar Imhotep Amen
Troy Thomas, Lancaster, California. “Black Lives Have Never Mattered in the United States of America and Never Will: A Modern Day Slave’s Perspective.” Sometimes different people can independently arrive at the same conclusion. I didn’t… Full Transcript
The Power of the People
Mutope Duguma
Mutope Duguma, I’m speaking on the power of the people. We, the People, have to realize that we have power in numbers, whereas we prisoners of all racial makeups, demonstrated in our peaceful protest to… Full Transcript
Where Was You?
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Where was you? Hugo Yogi Pinell’s life mattered. This is Brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, who met this comrade 15 years ago. He represented the best of all existing revolutionary formations in these gulag prison plantations… Full Transcript
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
Short Excerpt of “Big House Blues”
Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 5
Mondo We Langa
This is part five of “Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism.” When I began this series back in December, that is in the Omaha Star newspaper, it was with the idea that the… Full Transcript
From Katrina to Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been 10 years since the watery carnage of Katrina, and 1 year since the fiery rage lit the night skies of Ferguson Missouri, and between the two harrowing events lay the state of Black… Full Transcript
Again 50 Years Later We Are Still Here
Shaka Zulu
Again, 50 years later, we are still here. We want to first say Panther love to all of you attending the 50th anniversary of the founding of the original Black Panther Party in 1966. Many of… Full Transcript
Madiba Nelson Mandela
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On December 5, 2003, former political prisoner and former South African President Nelson Mandela—affectionately referred to as “Madiba” (Father) by the South African people—has made his transition to the other side to be with our… Full Transcript
The brilliant and beautiful Nina Simone in her classic lament, “Baltimore,” sings of a city by the sea, but one that she longs to flee from, because of its hardness and its meanness. In her… Full Transcript