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Lynne Stewart Reads “Prisoners Voices Blocked and Censorship of US Prisons”
Jaan Laaman
The United States is often called the country of prisons because we are five percent of the world’s population, but the U.S. holds 25 percent of all the prisoners in the world. Recently we have… Full Transcript
Voting: The Final Fig Leaf
Mumia Abu-Jamal
As elections near, voters face the choices before them with something like dread: Donald Trump: loud, bombastic, bellicose, rich as Croesus, and xenophobic; or the presumptive Democratic nominee (unless Vermont’s Bernie Sanders manages to upend… 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
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
We’re the Barbarians
Kenneth Hartman
We’re the barbarians. The mainstream media rarely broadcasts something so powerful it calls into question conventional narratives. But on April 3, CBS’ 60 Minutes ran a segment about how prisoners are treated in Germany, that… Full Transcript
It Turns Out We’re the Barbarians
Kenneth Hartman
It turns out, we’re the barbarians. It’s not often the mainstream corporate media broadcasts something so powerful it shatters preconceptions and calls into question conventionally accepted narratives. But on April 3rd, CBS’s 60 Minutes ran… 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
Clintonism Laid Bare
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Bill Clinton, perhaps the best raw political animal of his generation, said a mouthful recently, especially when he confronted activists from the ubiquitous Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. There, the primary political architect of the… Full Transcript
Ehrlichman: War on Drugs Really War on Blacks and Hippies
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For the youth of today, the name John Ehrlichman rings no bells. For people who lived through the ’60s, it is either famous or notorious. The name references a former high-ranking member of the White… Full Transcript
Judicial Fury
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Montgomery v. Louisiana decision, ruled that its earlier 2012 ruling in the Miller v. Alabama case, (limiting life sentences when it came to juvenile defendants) was indeed retroactive… Full Transcript
A Radical Revolution of Values
Occupy and Expose
President Obama 13th Amendment
The Hardest Time
Kenneth Hartman
This is the hardest time to be in prison. At least it is for me.bIt starts with Thanksgiving with all its appeals, the family gatherings and reflections on all we should be grateful for in… Full Transcript
Speech to the National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Kenneth Hartman
Speech to the National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, delivered November 13, 2015 via telephone from the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California. Greetings, from inside California’s prison… Full Transcript
Immigration Policy is Mass Incarcaration
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Since the re-election of President Barack Obama to the White Hose, there has been a gearing up to possibly introduce an Immigration Reform Bill to Congress for its enactment as statutory law, but what says… Full Transcript
Electing Enemies
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The U.S. Presidential elections are over a year from now, but if you relied on national media accounts, you’d think that they were all but imminent. But this isn’t the elections; it’s like an obstacle… Full Transcript
What Are They Hiding?
Kenneth Hartman
What are they hiding? There’s been a lot of talk recently about outfitting the police with body cameras, an idea made possible by advances in technology, and by the failure of the police to advance… Full Transcript
