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Gangsters in Blue
Mumia Abu-Jamal
An essay from the new book Writing on the Wall, “Gangsters in Blue”, July 20, 1994″. A ruthless band of criminals strikes a series of homes, robbing inhabitants of money and other valuables, threatening certain… Full Transcript
The Fallacy of Peaceful Protests
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The Fallacy of Peaceful Protests in America,” by Shakaboona. The call for peaceful protest is being made from every corporate owned, pro-government news media in America today. Sure, everyone wants protests to occur in a… Full Transcript
Unsaid at Selma
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Who can question whether President Barack Obama is a master when it comes to speeches? Such a quality literally put him on the map when he mesmerized the crowd at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.… Full Transcript
Operation Restore Trust?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The flames of Ferguson have eaten their fill, and its eerie glow has cast light on how impotent are the Black political class, who cannot solve a problem that is a bane of Black existence.… Full Transcript
The Meaning of Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Before recent days, the place name of Ferguson, Missouri, was unknown to most of us, because of what happened there; the brief but intense experience of state repression. Its name will be transmitted by millions… Full Transcript
Who Protects Whom?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A woman is stopped for a traffic violation. She tearfully explains that she is pregnant, she is bleeding, and she begs — at least a dozen times — to be taken to the hospital. She… Full Transcript
Police Corruption (Man is Bastard 7)
Allen’s Lament
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The great black writer James Baldwin once said, “They saw themselves as others had seen them. They had been formed by the images made of them by those who had had the deepest necessity to… Full Transcript
Hello everybody, this is Chad Smith #532291 from Michigan Department of Corrections, here at Macomb Correctional Facility where you can reach out to me either on jpay.com at Chad Smith 532291, but as of now… Full Transcript