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Operation Shutdown
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Operation Shutdown.” As government offices shut their doors and government workers continue to work despite no paychecks for weeks, the U.S. government shutdown marches on. If ever there was an opportunity to show the sharp… Full Transcript
Howard Keylor
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Happy 93rd birthday to Howard Keylor. Dear brother, sisters, comrades, and friends of ILWU Local 10, on on the MOVE. I join you all in celebrating the remarkable life and struggle of ILWU’s longest living… Full Transcript
Giving Teachers What They Want
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Giving teachers what they want.” With right-wing politicians racing to arm teachers and making schools neighborhood fortresses, one wonders whether let’s ask teachers what they want. Teachers in West Virginia will tell you what they… Full Transcript
Teachers At Arms
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Teachers at Arms.” Teaching is one of the hardest jobs in America, for they perform one of the most challenging jobs: teaching the young, and do so while being woefully underpaid. The recent Trump cartoon… Full Transcript
Law Enforcement are Parasites
Polls
Weber’s Spirit and the Spirit of Revolution
Brexit
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The national referendum determining Britain’s exit from the 28-nation body called the European Union (EU) (dubbed ‘Brexit’ by the hip British press) has sent shock waves around the world. That it has done so is… Full Transcript
The War Against White Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several days ago, while viewing the Sunday weekly CNN show hosted by Fareed Zakaria, I saw a segment documenting the rising death tolls of white men, especially those between the ages of 45 and 54… Full Transcript
Politicians Servants of the Wealthy
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It is impossible to look at the current crop of political presidential aspirants and not be struck by their level of subservience to the wants and needs of the owner class. Like Puppies panting in… 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
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
Greetings comrades friends, brothers, sisters. As the new year dawns, it is important to view developments happening in the west with new, cool eyes. Socialists often see each critical event as a crisis in capitalism.… Full Transcript