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Domestic Violence
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs. I’m a Pennsylvania prisoner at Phoenix, a new prison. And the name of my, uh, title is “Domestic Violence, Harassment, and Denial.” Domestic violence has taken front stage because the president and… Full Transcript
Is Administration of Justice Fair in America?
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs, and I’m at Graterford state prison. What we call it now- it’s a new jail we have called Phoenix. They just completed it, and we will have been transferred… Full Transcript
False Identification
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed at, uh, Coal Township in Pennsylvania. Historically, false identifications have been the crux of criminal investigations. Now for the first time in Pennsylvania, law… Full Transcript
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? An Introduction.” Does the title of this work seem provocative? If so, then good. That’s how it’s intended to be, for if the question is provocative, then what of the… Full Transcript
Love and Economics
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs. I’m in Graterford, Pennsylvania, Graterford State Correctional Institution. Um, my topic for this evening is “Love and Economics.” Wealth should help more than the wealthy. Riches should enrich the community. Success should… 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
An Abolitionist Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago. Then, it meant an end to what some have called ‘America’s Original Sin’–Slavery. Today? Well,… Full Transcript
Mass Incarceration
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m calling in reference to the, uh, mass incarceration. The United States imprisons more residents than any other nation in the world. Over 2.2 million individuals… Full Transcript
Criminal Cops Caught Red Handed
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Criminal Cops Caught Red Handed.” Thank God for modern technology: iPhones, street cameras, social media, and body cams. For without it, corrupt cops and police departments would have never been caught for the criminal acts… Full Transcript
President Trump At War With The World
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In the eight months since Donald Trump has been the President of the United States of America, he has intervened militarily in the nations of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and the Philippines. And he… 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
The Battles of History
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events surrounding Charlottesville, Virginia have a resonance far beyond the borders of Old Dominion. Even though they began as a strictly local affair, they quickly assumed a national character, because this strictly local event… Full Transcript
Public Health
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs, calling from, uh, Pennsylvania, Graterford prison. And, uh, this additional, uh, topic I would like to talk about public health. There is a public health problem in America, which… Full Transcript
August 8th
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Early morning. A time of rest, quiet and repose. On August 8th, 1978, only the early birds in search of worms were stirring. Also, cops assembled, heavily armed. They attacked the MOVE House in Powelton… Full Transcript
The National Disease of America
Crucial Times
Wilbert Sanders
“Crucial Times.” We reside inside a peculiar nation plagued by dark clouds of separation, overloaded from policies and restrictions deliberately causing disarray and confliction. Numerous walls are efficiently erected and showing the privilege remain protected… Full Transcript
Loving Day
Bryant Arroyo
“Landmark of Love: Loving v. Virginia.” In 1967, United State Supreme Court civil rights decision Loving v. Virginia set the precedent for interracial constitutional love. The background on loving is the family name of Mildred… Full Transcript
Rain Down on Me
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Hello, this is a poem called “Rain Down on Me” in association with the commentary “A Storm is Coming.” It symbolizes the strength of rain and God’s vastness in purifying the land of evil, racism,… Full Transcript
Not The Last Days Of The Republic
Kenneth Hartman
These are not the last days of the republic. It seems I’m having a lot of conversations with otherwise rational people that quickly slip into an irrational “these are the last days of the republic”… Full Transcript
“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