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Justice or Else
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Justice or Else: Direct Action and Economic Withdrawal by Shakaboona. On October the 10th, 2015, African American, Latino and Latina, and Indigenous peoples gather over one million strong in the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C.,… Full Transcript
Epiphanies
Dortell Williams
Dortell Williams, prison in Los Angeles County. The epiphanies. In the 80’s, American demagogues birth an epiphany. Their tough on crime ideals that led the way to a shameful historic leveling over of our nation’s… 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
Ferguson Two: Contradictions Of The State
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On August 9th, 2015, at the anniversary of the police murder of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown, at the Ferguson Rebellion, a militarized state of emergency has yet again been declared on the county of… Full Transcript
Yemen Resignations of State
Mumia Abu-Jamal
With the resignations of Yemen’s president, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Prime Minister and the presidential cabinet, Yemen shows the limits of U.S. support for its allies and the gathering strength of rebels opposed to the… Full Transcript
Ticking Time Bombs
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For many, the very mention of bombs puts one in mind of attacks by terrorists. Although, in fact, the most well-known such attack, 9/11, wasn’t a bombing at all, but a plane hijacking used to… Full Transcript
Apollonia Jordan & Mumia
Rosa and the Rest of Us (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
There was something eerily unsettling about the national outpouring of mourning for the late Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The flood of official faces, those of politicians, makes me uneasy. To look at the pinched… Full Transcript
Rosa and the Rest of Us (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
There was something eerily unsettling about the national outpouring of mourning for the late Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The flood of official faces, those of politicians, makes me uneasy. To look at the pinched… Full Transcript
Venezuela After the Referendum (Version A)
Venezuela After the Referendum (Version B)
War on The Poor
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In every phase and facet of national life, there’s a war being waged on America’s poor. In social policy, poor mothers are targeted for criminal sanctions for acts, if committed by mothers of higher economic… Full Transcript
In a post-police brutality time, the United States boldly admits the brutal torture tactics placed upon so called terrorists via the hands of the CIA. This seems to be more and more of a slap… Full Transcript