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, to resistance, to civil disobedience, to bringing the struggle to the halls of Congress, to bring an immediate end to an ignoble war. To force the Congress to do what they can do this very day—that’s cut off funds, now. Every dollar sent down this rat hole–is it now a billion bucks a week?– is money that is stolen from school budgets, stolen from health needs, diverted from our housing needs, and tracked towards the coffers of Halliburton, KBR, and defense contractors.
This war, in that sense, is a war against the poor of America itself. And don’t dare bring up the soldiers. You only need to look at the military ghetto called Building 18, at Walter Reed, to see they don’t give a damn. Boy, speaking about rat holes. A midterm election won’t end this damned war. Action, protest, civil disobedience will. The Troops Out Now Coalition is part of that struggle. Thank you. On a move! Long live John Africa! From death row, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
These commentaries are produced by Noelle Hanrahan for Prison Radio.
