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The Banquet
Spoon Jackson
All right. This is Spoon Jackson, formerly of Uncuffed, laid off for no reason at all, looking for a job in radio! Anyways, uh, I would like to dedicate this poem to my Asian sisters… Full Transcript
Anything Worth Fighting For
Lexter Almagro
Anything worth fighting for is worth killing for, and everything worth killing for is worth dying for. [Inaudible] I have made myself responsible for all of my actions and my decisions. But if you will,… Full Transcript
This Is Your World
Reginald Sinclair Lewis
I am Reginald Sinclair Lewis. “This piece is called: This Is Your World.” It is truly deeply moving to see throngs of anti-racist white Americans of all economic, educational, and social backgrounds shouting, “black lives… Full Transcript
American Victims
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Kareem Charles Diggs. I met a woman one day while sitting in the visiting room. She asked me why was the prison so large? And why there was nothing but concrete wires,… Full Transcript
Racism and United States Penal System
Donald Brown
My name’s Don Brown 468895; I’m calling from Ohio. This is called “Racism and the United States Penal System.” I’m sure that y’all are all aware of the racism that plagues our penal system within… Full Transcript
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Between A Rock And A Hard Place.” As the nation’s two major political parties scramble for supremacy of this current political season, more is at stake than mere democracy. Black America faces inchoate choices which… Full Transcript
The Other Women’s Movement
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Other Women’s Movement.” In the frenzied aftermath of the police killing asphyxiation of George Floyd, we have seen the emergence of a remarkable and sustained movement against racism and the state terror of police.… Full Transcript
Wealth and Change
Dontie Mitchell
The problem is that rich keep getting richer while the rest of us barely make ends meet. People must work two, three jobs just to live the American Dream. Many of you will have to… Full Transcript
Thanksgiving Must Die
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Thanksgiving Must Die.” Every year, for what seems like an eternity, the bane of my existence appeared like a banshee in the night: Thanksgiving. Haunting me, taunting me, like some sort of curse upon my… Full Transcript
If I Were A Rich White Kid
Dontie Mitchell
“If I Were A Rich White Kid.” In 84 days, December 24th, Christmas Eve, I’ll be 40 years old. Wow. 40 years old. From 17 to 40, I’ve been in prison. That’s 23 years behind… Full Transcript
Free Lamar Johnson Now
Keith Malik Washington
This piece is entitled “Free Lamar Johnson Now.” My name is Keith Malik Washington, and I’m the chief spokesperson for the End Prison Slavery in Texas movement. Peace and blessing, sisters and brothers. For 24… Full Transcript
El Paso and Dayton Ohio, A Brief Word
Dontie Mitchell
“El Paso in Dayton, Ohio: A Brief Word.” With the recent gun violence in El Paso in Dayton, Ohio, the previously unacknowledged pervasiveness of white domestic terrorism has now been given national attention. So much… Full Transcript
Mad at the World, Fearful of the Future
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Mad at the World, Fearful of the Future.” As an American presidents stomps in the ground in mock anger, decrying the alleged wrongs of young women, he is chilling at windmills, fighting battles he can… Full Transcript
America’s Prison System
Omar Askia Ali
The count in 2016 for life sentenced prisoners in America was almost 160,000. But out of that amount, 50,000 have life without parole. In the 1980s and 90s, President Ronald Reagan, Bush, and Clinton waged… Full Transcript
Trump, Mad at the World
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump, Mad at the World.” Donald Trump, from the first day he unleashed his venomous campaign for the U.S. presidency, has lashed out at people he considers beneath him. It began, as all now know,… Full Transcript
The Change in America
Omar Askia Ali
Change in America. My name is Omar Askia Ali aka Sistrunk. One of a number of examples that America is trying to right the wrong, is the Baltimore prosecutor’s effort to vacate pot convictions of… Full Transcript
When The Oppressed Support The Oppressed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“When the oppressed support the oppressed.” In recent weeks, prominent black leaders have been labeled quite unjustly with a tag of anti-Semitism. The best known is perhaps the iconic radical figure Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis… Full Transcript
Prison Reform Is Not About Us Versus Them
Dontie Mitchell
Prison reform isn’t about us against them. About two weeks ago, Governor Cuomo announced he’s moving to shut down three prisons in New York State, which would save 10s of millions in tax dollars, but… Full Transcript
The People’s Forum NYC, Part 1
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Announcer: You’re at the People’s Forum in Manhattan. It’s organization movement central, and you are the man of the hour right now. I’m going to pass you over to Robin Spencer, Dr. Robin Spencer, who’s the… Full Transcript
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota, inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be hurt and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you, the listeners,… Full Transcript