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Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal: What’s up, brother? 

Speaker 1: Holding it down, bro. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: What’s happening?

Speaker 1: Not much, not much. We got three minutes left. I’m wondering, we’re trying to put out a couple albums together with Native Youth Movement Warriors Society. Wondering if you can give me a couple sound bites.

Mumia Abu-Jamal:  About?

Speaker 1: Get the word out.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Big up’s to Maya. This is Mumia Abu-Jamal. How’s that?

Speaker 1:  That’s good.

Mumia Abu-Jamal:  War club,  ride or die. Red revolution and Black revolution against racist America. Still rumbling, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal. How’s that? Native Youth Movement, the descendants of the Seminoles, of Red Cloud. Still rumbling for freedom in a land of unfreedom, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Speaker 1: Hey, bro, we got some other warriors here. They’re gonna talk to you. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal:  All right, bro.

Speaker 2:  Mumia, our prayers are with you. You know–

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Thank you, sister.

Speaker 2:  Our prayers are with the earth and …

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Thank you, sister. 

Speaker 2: We, you know our spirit, the resistance, you know, like it will live on. And you know, sending our love and our prayers with you.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Thank you, sister. 

Speaker 2: Okay, I am gonna pass on…

Facility Automated voice: You have one minute left to talk. 

Nick: Hello, Mumia? 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Yes, sir. 

Nick: It is an honor to talk to you and to speak with you. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal:  And you.

Nick: It is an honor. My name is Nick. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Nick? 

Nick:  Yes. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Okay, brother

Nick: Hey.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: You sound like you’re rolling with a good crew. 

Nick: Yes, yes, yes. Native Youth Movement. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: That’s, hey, man. That’s, it’s good to hear. 

Nick:  I’m an Aztec dancer, and when I dance, I don’t dance with shoes, and I dance on concrete for hours, and I bleed. 

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Wow. 

Nick: So that’s my offering, a little piece of me that I give back to the creator and to life and for this cause. So here’s another, here’s another sister, right here. 

Facility Automated voice: You have 15 seconds left to talk.

Mumia Abu-Jamal:  Hello, sister. 

Sochi:  Hey.

Mumia Abu-Jamal: How are you?

Sochi:  Good. My name is Sochi and I’m , I’m 16 years old, and I’m part of the Native Youth Movement. I just wanted to send out our prayers for you and stay strong in your spirits. Always free, brother.

These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.