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40 Years After the Black Panther Party
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Amazingly, it has been 40 years since the Black Panther Party was founded. Some sticklers to detail will point to the fact that it was in October, not May of 1966, that the Black Panther… Full Transcript
What Kids are Really Learning in School (Version D)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On November 2, 2005, kids across the nation joined protests organized by The World Can’t Wait, which called for walkouts to support the demand for an end to the Bush regime. One of those who… Full Transcript
What Kids are Really Learning in School (Version C)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On November 2, 2005, kids across the nation joined protests organized by The World Can’t Wait, which called for walkouts to support the demand for an end to the Bush regime. One of those who… Full Transcript
What Kids are Really Learning in School (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
At this time of the nation’s life, what is the lesson that kids should be learning in schools today? If the kids in California are any answer, the lesson is obedience. On November 2, 2005,… Full Transcript
What Kids are Really Learning in School (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
At this time of the nation’s life, what is the lesson that kids should be learning in schools today? If the kids in California are any answer, the lesson is obedience. On November 2, 2005,… Full Transcript
What Kids are Really Learning in School
“Some of Us Are Brave” with Thandisizwe Chimurenga (from KPFK)
Assata Shakur – Speech About Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal In Conversation With Fred Hampton Jr. (2005)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Fred Hampton Jr: Okay, this Chairman Fred, coming to you not from no TNT or no NBC, but live and direct from POCC [Prisoners of Conscience Committee]. On the Block Report. We’ll be doing a… Full Transcript
Allen Ginsberg – The Freedom to Write (Man is Bastard 9)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is Allen Ginsberg speaking. The promise of death is not enough. The state of Pennsylvania wants to shut out Mumia Abu-Jamal’s voice and enforce his silence. For 15 years, Mumia has been fighting not… Full Transcript
August History (Man is Bastard 6)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
George Jackson was my hero. He set a standard for prisoners, political prisoners, for people. He showed the love, the strength, the revolutionary fervor that’s characteristic of any soldier for the people. He inspired prisoners, whom I later… Full Transcript
1. Dorothy Allison – Speaks
Mumia Abu-Jamal
I cannot imagine what it must feel like to have your son in prison.To know that he could be murdered by the state, legitimately, legally. And all you would have left are your memories. To… Full Transcript
On a move! Long live John Africa! The Troops Out Now Coalition is making one of the boldest calls yet, since the war began in March, 2003. It calls for folks to go beyond protest,… Full Transcript