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Youth Offenders
William A. Noguera
This is William A. Noguera calling from San Quentin’s Death Row. And this piece is “Discrimination and Youth Offendership.” Discrimination is something we should all strive to eliminate. However, there is a group of teenagers,… Full Transcript
The Justice System
Omar Askia Ali
The title of this topic is the justice system. In the Philadelphia Tribune, 11-24-19, page one, Mr. Maurice Hudson was jailed for being poor. Philadephia Supreme Court freed him, calling the sentence an “egregious error.”… Full Transcript
Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… Full Transcript
What Drives Mass Incarceration?
Charles Karim Diggs
Hello everyone, my name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford prison in Pennsylvania. My number is AK7945, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426. And I wanted to speak to you today, and my little subject… Full Transcript
Prison Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Prison Nation.” When I left Death Row, I could no longer use my signature sign off: “live from death row,” which incidentally was the title of my first book. I had to find a new… Full Transcript
Street Combatant to Servant of the People
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Hello. My name is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, Indiana political prisoner. I am calling from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. This is a piece called “From Organizational Street Combatant to Revolutionary Servant of the People,” by… Full Transcript
The National Disease of America
Don’t Get Trapped
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders, also known as Jazz the Poet with one I called “Don’t Get Trapped.” Since music calms the savage beast, let’s compose a song with lyrics so strong, violence actually comes to… Full Transcript
Lifers Do Better On Parole
Omar Askia Ali
Statistics show that 85 to 90 percent of those incarcerated are in prison for economically related crimes, mostly due to poverty and lack of education and lack of employable skills. Moreover, the recidivism rate among… Full Transcript
Law Enforcement are Parasites
United Snakes of America
War on the Bronx
Mr. Kaepernick, You Are My Hero
Dark Days
Oh Baltimore Blues
“The Clinton Show”
Mumia Abu-Jamal
As the Democratic National Convention rolls out its latest episode of the long-running “The Clinton Show”. It is threatened, as are all old programs, by an audience that has grown beyond the show’s characters. Starring… Full Transcript
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Democracy Now!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We are “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, broadcasting outside that… Full Transcript
Brexit
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The national referendum determining Britain’s exit from the 28-nation body called the European Union (EU) (dubbed ‘Brexit’ by the hip British press) has sent shock waves around the world. That it has done so is… Full Transcript
What inspired you to explore the idea of creating a nonprofit or public service organization while incarcerated? What inspired me to create a nonprofit was seeing kids in poverty, unloved and misguided, to start an… Full Transcript