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The Problem With “Black Skin, White Masks”

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Here’s the problem with Black Skin, White Masks. In my study and read and reflection of Black Skin, White Masks and then The Wretched of the Earth, A Dying Colonialism, and other works by Fanon,… Full Transcript

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Genocide in Urban Communities

Eddy Treadwell

Hello, how you doing? This is Mr. Eddie Treadwell from Cotton Correctional Facility here in Michigan prison. And I just want to talk a little bit about genocide, right, in our urban community, right? And… Full Transcript

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Hard To Stay Motivated

Karen Brown

There’s a new trend in Kentucky, and I’m sure the other states also on this: called ‘death by incarceration.’ 44% of inmates here in Kentucky that are doing life are over 55 years old. In… Full Transcript

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Mumia’s Message For Abolitionist Law Center Fundraiser

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Dear friends, forgive me if I don’t mention everybody’s name because, guess what? I’m 71 y’all [laughs]. I can’t remember everything. But I know Martha’s there, also Marcus, old friend, all of you, Jules, right?… Full Transcript

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Honoring Our Revolutionaries: Mumia on Fanon

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Noelle Hanrahan: Four questions for Mumia. In Fanon, how to dialectize the relation between subjectivity and objectivity. Mumia Abu-Jamal: Hmm, well, when I think about Fanon, he speaks of subjectivity from the context of colonial… Full Transcript

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Conscious Outlook: Conscious Initiative Issue 1

Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey

This is Charlie Hughes, better known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey. I’m housed at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This piece is called Conscious Outlook. It is the first issue of my newsletter… Full Transcript

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COVID at Toledo, Ohio

Travis Nettles (Seven)

Peaceful blessings. My name Seven. You can find me up under Travis Nettles. I’m at Toledo prison in Toledo, Ohio. I’m serving a 20-year-to-life prison sentence. My inmate number is 735142, Travis Nettles, N, E,… Full Transcript

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CDCR’s Longer Term Offenders Program

Kenneth Lee Taylor

I’m Mr. Kenneth Lee Taylor, Abu Sabr is my Muslim name, J89634, at CHCF, California Health Care Facility E2A116 Low. I’m stating good news about CDCR, California Department of Correctional Rehabilitation, that’s important to me,… Full Transcript

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It Gets Real

Dontie Mitchell

Currently, I have seven young guys here at Great Meadow under my wing as fraternal members of UFD [Ujaamaa Fraternal Dynasty]. There’s Dolo – 21, RP – 21, Leaky – 20, Zero – 19, Jay… Full Transcript

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The Stolen 30 Months from the Corrupt Berrien County Court System

Edward Pinkney

Reverend Edward Pinkney from Marquette Branch Prison, over 500 miles from my home. The title, “The Stolen 30 Months by Corrupt Berrien County Court System.”  Some of my personal suffering over the last few years,… Full Transcript

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Goddard Commencement Speech

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Dear fellow Goddardites, students, graduates, parents, professors, I thank you for your kind invitation to join you in voice today.  I’ve been away from Goddard College perhaps longer than most of you have been alive.… Full Transcript

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Forty Years In The Wilderness

Mumia Abu-Jamal

It’s been 40 long years since the much-heralded “March on Washington.” Almost half a century, and what is our condition today? Our communities are ravaged from crushing poverty, crumbling schools, bumbling politicians, and brutal cops.… Full Transcript

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