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Rapping with a Rapper
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Rapping with a Rapper.” For the last few years, in light of the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, then the arresting images from Ferguson, MO, rappers have created songs that rap not about… Full Transcript
Goode Street
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Goode Street.” Just a few days ago, a street in West Philadelphia was renamed W. Wilson Goode Senior Way. Members of Philadelphia City Council approved the change months ago in honor of the city’s first… Full Transcript
Erica Garner: Death By Broken Heart?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Erica Garner: Death By Broken Heart.” Her name rang with similarity: Erica, Erica Garner. One could not say her name without thinking about her fallen father, Eric Garner. Eric Garner, attacked by a cop for… Full Transcript
Stop The Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Jaan Laaman
“Australia, 2015. The Struggle Continues. Stop the forced closures of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and all across Australia.” These were the opening words of a solidarity statement political prisoners in the United States recently… Full Transcript
Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Like a fever, the news broke, but unlike a fever, it brought no relief, for the news, from the perspective of the National Black community, wasn’t good. The twelve member grand jury in Ferguson, investigating… Full Transcript
Images From Ferguson
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Images from Ferguson by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall. In the wake of the police murder of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown, there are powerful images emerging from the Ferguson Missouri Rebellion, images reminiscent of the Black… Full Transcript
NAFTA Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Remember NAFTA? It’s little talked about now. It’s almost as outdated a subject as, well, Monica Lewinsky. But while it’s no longer on the nation’s news pages, or on the lips of the latest political… Full Transcript
When Democracy Equals Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Get a dictionary. Open it to democracy, it says, “Noun, Greek democratia, démos: people, and kratos: strength or power. That form of government in which the supreme power rests with the people.” Every American president,… Full Transcript
LA Outlaw
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The federal trial of four Los Angeles cops, forced by the public orgy of rebellion and rage, which rocked the city a year before in response to acquittal stemming from the brutal Rodney King beating,… Full Transcript
Peace, this is KnowlegeBorn GodAllah, calling from Pelican Bay State Prison. I want to change the topic for a moment, and I want to talk about what Donald Trump told the people. He told the… Full Transcript