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A Greeting From Jaan Laaman to the Boston Community Church
Jaan Laaman
Hello, Boston. Let me send warm greetings and a revolutionary salute to all of you, activists, interested people, former political prisoners, comrades and friends, gathered here in Boston in Copley Square this evening. It’s been a… Full Transcript
Moratorium
Kevin Cooper
by Kevin Cooper. I am a poor African American, innocent man on death row in America. These are three very important matters that the United States Supreme Court doesn’t acknowledge when it comes to the… Full Transcript
Justifiable American Homicide
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
My name is Brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, Indiana political prisoner. Justifiable American homicide, illegal lynching and murder of Black youth and the value of life in the Black ghetto cities all across America, in the… Full Transcript
Dennis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For former NBA star, Dennis Rodman, the world may seem to be at war with him, but it is not, for the media is hardly the world, and the world is hardly the media. It… Full Transcript
Color Blindness
Kevin Cooper
“Color Blindness,”by Kevin Cooper. Despite what certain people say and what many people actually believe, we do not live in a post racial society. This is especially true within America’s criminal justice system. What we… Full Transcript
To The Young Activists
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To my dear young brothers and sisters on the MOVE. As you listen in two cities, at the Asian Art Center in Philadelphia and [unclear] College in New York. Perhaps some of you feel powerless,… Full Transcript
Health For the People
Mumia Abu-Jamal
I propose to offer another perspective. What is public community health? I suggest it is the state whereby a collective of persons have a balanced, non antagonistic relationship with other human beings, the natural environment… Full Transcript
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The Man Called Robert Byrd (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… Full Transcript
The Man Called Robert C. Byrd (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… 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
The recent trial of 47-year-old computer tech Michael Dunn, for the killing of teenager Jordan Davis and attempted murder of three other Black youth, is a fitting reminder of the real state of Black people… Full Transcript