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When the Masks Come Off and the Riot Gear Comes Out
The Policy of Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It has happened again. And again. And again. And again. And again. A cop arrives on a scene. An order is barked (or oinked) And, in a flash, a person is dead. More than likely,… Full Transcript
Oh, Baltimore Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
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
August 8th, 1978
Mumia Abu-Jamal
August has barely broken its first week, when police gunfire shattered the tense early morning air. It was West Philadelphia, 1978, just blocks from Drexel University. For over a year, Philadelphia police occupied the neighborhood… Full Transcript
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
A Silent War Being Waged on African Americans
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In the wake of the July 4th weekend, rogue police officers committed cold-blooded murder of three African American men in separate incidents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and St. Paul, Minnesota. The world… 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
Another One Gone
Mumia Abu-Jamal
And now, comes another. Alton Sterling, father, husband, beloved of his family and friends, joins a tragic train of death: Mike Brown, Rekiah Boyd, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, and on; and on; and… Full Transcript
Who’s Running?
Wilbert Sanders
This is “Who’s Running,” by Wilbert Saunders, also known as Jazz the Poet. Politicians are drawing massive crowds With empty promises and talking loud. Grand ideas of uplifting the economy, But actually promote modernized slavery.… Full Transcript
2nd Amendment Anti-Black Police Violence Left Forum
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To the Left Forum, 2016. Friends, sisters, brothers, comrades, as you meet today on the issue of the 2nd Amendment, self defense, and the left, I am in contemplation over an editorial cartoon from that… 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 U.S. Government’s Conspiracy to Destroy Black Communities
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Since the 1980s, Africans in America have known of the United States government’s criminal, genocidal conspiracy to destroy the minority Black national community through its infamous domestic War on Drugs policy against Black people, which… Full Transcript
Now I Know
Edward Pinkney
Now I know. You would never, ever see Reverend Edward Pickney on The Oprah Winfrey Show. You would never, ever see or hear about Oprah Winfrey interviewing Reverend Edward Pinkney because she can’t handle the… Full Transcript
Hillary in Harlem
The Fruit of a Poisonous Tree
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In legal theory there is something known as ‘the -fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree’ doctrine, which holds that an illegal search, arrest or interrogation ‘poisons’ -or taints – all that follows, and as such, it may not be used… Full Transcript
The Killing Fields
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with a piece I call “The Killing Fields.” Instead of providing safety to communities, Police are executing Blacks and minorities. Inner cities are concrete killing fields With… Full Transcript
All Life is Precious
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was late 1973 or ’74, Eddie Africa recalls, when MOVE began their waves of protests against the animal industries; industries, yes, money-making industries. I’d have to admit, I never thought of it that way.… Full Transcript
Sundiata Sadiq Gentle Warrior
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name was Sundiata, and for over 40 years, he fought for the freedom of his people. Headquartered in Ossining, New York, Sundiata worked in, or led, a number of groups working for Black Liberation… Full Transcript
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Rotten System Must Go
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Far too often politicians think they can just say, “I’m sorry,” after they are busted for doing wrong to Black people, and everything will reset and return to business as usual. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,… Full Transcript
