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Last of the Angola Three: Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several days ago, Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola 3, walked free. Albert Woodfox has the dubious distinction of having spent 43 years in the Hole — solitary confinement– in the infamous prison farm… Full Transcript
MLK Enemy of the State
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The name, Martin Luther King, Jr., has become an American talisman. Politicians, who have spent their entire careers ignoring or attacking the lives, rights or interests of African-Americans, erupt in praise of King, some even… Full Transcript
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
Mumia Abu-Jamal
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
Black Lives Matter Ramps Up Civil Resistance
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Black Lives Matter Ramps Up Civil Resistance,” by Shakaboona. Over the Christmas holiday weekend, Black Lives Matter movement members protested at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, occupied the St. Paul Minneapolis airport, and occupied… Full Transcript
Partisan Defense Committee Holiday Statement
Jaan Laaman
PDC [Partisan Defense Committee] Holiday Statement 2015. Hello to my PDC comrades and to all you good activists, organizers, revolutionaries, and PDC supporters who are here tonight for this Partisan Defense Committee holiday event. This… Full Transcript
Gazing Out On A Field Of Blood
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s Christmas season in America, circa 2015, and when we look out at the national landscape, we can hardly ignore the gore, both literal and figurative, that litters the landscape of the U.S. in this… 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
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
Another Forum to Express Injustice
Khalil Bennet
On April 28, 2015, two prison guards and a sergeant brutally assaulted a Black prisoner. The immediate response was awry within seconds. Five guards were seriously injured, and many more were physically hurt. Roughly two… 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
Free Alabama Movement
Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun
Greetings to everyone from the struggle here in Alabama, Free Alabama Movement. My name is Bennu Hannibal, and we send out greetings to all of our brothers and sisters who are incarcerated inside of the… Full Transcript
Bloodlines
Mondo We Langa
When we escaped the plantations of Florida And ran among the trees Toward swampy ground To trudge through mud and memories Of bondage and of blood, We found your arms slung open wide, As gates… Full Transcript
Corporate Rule & the Race Card
Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney, speaking from Lakeland correctional facility, the penitentiary in Coldwater, Michigan. The attack on Democracy, the vicious coward attack on Democracy in Benton Harbor, Michigan, shows that the corporation power structure is determined… Full Transcript
MOVE Bombing 30th Anniversary
Edward Pinkney
I feel that the MOVE family, the MOVE family and their soldiers, our Prisoner of War, are essential part of our fight for justice, and should be included in every activity, in every community, on… Full Transcript
Decarcerate Rally Against Silencing Act Harrisburg May 4th
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Greetings to you all. Hello. My name is Shakaboona. I am one of the prisoner plaintiffs in the federal civil lawsuit seeking to abolish the unlawful Silencing Act. Additionally, I am a child life-without-parole sentence… Full Transcript
The Spirit of Resistance, Struggle, and Death
Jaan Laaman
“Some Reflections on Comrades: The Spirit of Resistance, Struggle and Death.” This is Jaan Laaman, your political prisoner voice and editor of 4struggle Magazine. 2015 is almost a month old, and my overall outlook has been… Full Transcript
Slaying the Giant: A Story of Survival
Bryant Arroyo
Convicted under a gross miscarriage of justice and sentenced to life imprisonment, I had settled to fight the legal system, as I had been doing for 12 years. However, as if that wasn’t enough, I… Full Transcript
The Hurricane
Kevin Cooper
The Hurricane by Kevin Cooper. Back in 2004 the state of California planned to torture and to murder me in cold blood, to execute me. Mr. Rupert “Hurricane” Carter, upon a request from my attorneys… Full Transcript
Voices of the Forgotten Political Prisoners
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
I am the voice of the forgotten political prisoners. I have lived in a windowless torture chamber 24 hours a day for the last 20 years in solitary confinement. The prison cracks think I am out… Full Transcript
Solidarity. The word has been spoken for the better part of a century, at least. Like many words of such ancient vintage, what it means today may vary from what it meant at the dawn… Full Transcript