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And Now Laquan
Mumia Abu-Jamal
And now Laquan. With a name like Laquan, we can safely assume his Blackness, of middling height, perhaps five two, with a weight of 130 pounds or so. Laquan bounces down a Chicago avenue with… Full Transcript
States of Fear
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Within hours of the terror strikes in Paris, governors representing nearly half the United States, 23 states in all, bum rush the mic to announce that they’re issuing orders to ban refugees from Syria into… Full Transcript
Prison Censoring Thought Control Police
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In States across the country we have State departmental agencies like the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) acting as government “thought control” police over prisoners in… 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
Government Torture is Old
Khalil Bennet
In a post-police brutality time, the United States boldly admits the brutal torture tactics placed upon so called terrorists via the hands of the CIA. This seems to be more and more of a slap… Full Transcript
Justice or Else
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Justice or Else: Direct Action and Economic Withdrawal by Shakaboona. On October the 10th, 2015, African American, Latino and Latina, and Indigenous peoples gather over one million strong in the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C.,… Full Transcript
Where Was You?
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Where was you? Hugo Yogi Pinell’s life mattered. This is Brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, who met this comrade 15 years ago. He represented the best of all existing revolutionary formations in these gulag prison plantations… Full Transcript
Tamir
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Question: When is a child not a child? Answer: When it’s a Black child. That question and answer came to me when I heard that the police killing of 12 – year- old Tamir Rice… Full Transcript
The Pennsylvania DOC Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Attempt to Assassinate Mumia Abu-Jamal,” by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall Many people may question the government’s attempt to murder political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal while in prison, but such people just aren’t… Full Transcript
What is PREP?
Dortell Williams
California prisoners love PREP. You know why? Because PREP offers faith and hope. PREP stands for Partnership For Re-Entry Program. What PREP does is to offer rehabiltative correspondence lessons to prisoners thristy for self-help and… Full Transcript
Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism: Part 5
Mondo We Langa
This is part five of “Clarity in Our Use of the Term Racism.” When I began this series back in December, that is in the Omaha Star newspaper, it was with the idea that the… Full Transcript
From Katrina to Ferguson
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been 10 years since the watery carnage of Katrina, and 1 year since the fiery rage lit the night skies of Ferguson Missouri, and between the two harrowing events lay the state of Black… Full Transcript
The Nation of Islam Calls for Million Man March to Demand Justice or Else
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The National Representative of the Nation of Islam, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, has called on African American, Latino/ a Native American, and Caucasian peoples to attend the coming October 10th gathering of the 20th… Full Transcript
Again 50 Years Later We Are Still Here
Shaka Zulu
Again, 50 years later, we are still here. We want to first say Panther love to all of you attending the 50th anniversary of the founding of the original Black Panther Party in 1966. Many of… Full Transcript
Madiba Nelson Mandela
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On December 5, 2003, former political prisoner and former South African President Nelson Mandela—affectionately referred to as “Madiba” (Father) by the South African people—has made his transition to the other side to be with our… Full Transcript
Black August 2015
Jaan Laaman
Black August: August 6, August 9, Black August 2015. Hiroshima, 70 years later, and the bomb still burns. Hi, this is Jaan Laaman, your political prisoner voice coming to you from the federal prison in… Full Transcript
Missing Marilyn Buck
A Message to the Black Lives Matter Movement II
Shaka Zulu
A message to the Black Lives Matter movement. The racist power structure, in a desperate move of deceit, co-option and dollar repression have unleashed a kindle of Black misleaders trained in the art of selloutism.… Full Transcript
Troy Thomas, Lancaster, California. “Black Lives Have Never Mattered in the United States of America and Never Will: A Modern Day Slave’s Perspective.” Sometimes different people can independently arrive at the same conclusion. I didn’t… Full Transcript