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Class War Gone Wild
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Class war gone wild. One way of looking at American politics is through the lens of class, an area that is generally regarded as impolite, a subject that good people don’t discuss. It’s because it’s… Full Transcript
The Greatest American Hypocrisy
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Good morning. My name is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun. I am calling from in Indiana Department of Corrections, Wabash Valley Corrrectional Facility, and this is the greatest American hypocrisy, all power to the people. Since… Full Transcript
A Conversation The Morning After
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Noelle: Yeah, I didn’t have one drop of liquor cause I was too- I was just like, I only drink when I’m happy. Mumia: What the hell is this? Noelle: Oh my God. He was… Full Transcript
For the Party Everything- For the People Nothing
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For the party, everything, for the people, nothing. It is, to say the least, somewhat disturbing to see how impassioned are the president and the first lady in bringing out the black vote for democratic… Full Transcript
United Snakes of America
The Party is Over
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In recent days, the presidential campaign has exploded. Videotapes of Donald J. Trump glorying in his sexual conquests (or attempts) have caused a hemorrhaging of support–especially among women, who are shocked and sickened by his… Full Transcript
Courts Ruling in Mumia Exposes PA Dept of Corrections’ Modern Tuskeegee Experiment
Donald Trump: Genius or Idiot?
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Shakaboona from SCI Rockview. “Donald Trump, Genius or Idiot?” Many political pundits were in awe of how Donald Trump manipulated the media like a maestro to have his message delivered and face plastered on every… Full Transcript
Make America White Again
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The 2016 Republican National Convention, under the ponderous pressure of Donald Trump, was, in many ways, an escape back in time – to the 1950s, and ‘60s – an era when Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon,… Full Transcript
A New Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The events of last week continue to reverberate throughout national consciousness. The unprovoked killings by cops in the streets of America’s Midwest, and the subsequent killings of cops in Texas, show us that a new… Full Transcript
Why Black and Latino Americans Won’t Vote for Trump or the Republican Party
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Lets face some truths here, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has an image problem of being racist, xenophobic, sexist, and a politically unpolished blabbering brute. Trump represents everything that is wrong with the Republican Party.… Full Transcript
A Black National Party Is Needed
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The one main thing Black people in America seem to be cognizant of, in the recent Democratic and Republican Party presidential debates, is those party’s candidates disregard of issues Black people want addressed. None of… 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
Centuries of Struggle Big House Prison Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Plus ça change …’ say the French; or ‘The more things change, of course, the more they stay the same.’ That thought, with all its despair and wisdom, resonates with particular power when we look… Full Transcript
The Representative or the Represented?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, a Black congresswoman from Florida revealed that white legislators from the state’s redistricting body changed her district to include the states overcrowded but under represented prisons, thereby insuring her defeat when the next election… 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
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
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
Ferguson Two: Contradictions Of The State
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On August 9th, 2015, at the anniversary of the police murder of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown, at the Ferguson Rebellion, a militarized state of emergency has yet again been declared on the county of… Full Transcript
America is facing dire straits ahead. Donald J. Trump is now President-Elect, the Republicans have won the majority in the House and Senate, the majority of Governors are Republicans, Trump’s Cabinet positions are being filled… Full Transcript