On a move, Long Live John Africa. Dear brothers and sisters against the Empire, I greet you all from America’s death row or Guantanamo North. As you gather today against the carnage in hell brought to both Afghanistan and Iraq, know that the rumblings and warnings of dissent of the voices of millions back in Spring, 2003, have come true. Many people said the war would wreak destruction, not just abroad, but here at home, as the economy would crumble.
It’s now 2009. Look around you and you can almost see things falling. The stock market is a jack-in-the-box, and I needn’t even mention the foreclosure crisis, the latest bubble to burst. And, joblessness–but as bad as things are here, they pale in comparison to the hell lived by millions under U.S. occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why should anyone be surprised that the most popular man in Iraq is Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the journalist who launched a pair of size 10s at U.S. President George Bush, and not the US puppet installed as Prime Minister. In Afghanistan, the President is little more than the mayor of Kabul and also the leader of the biggest heroin ring on Earth. Isn’t it time to say goodbye to empire? I thank you for your kind invitation. Down with Imperial wars. On a move. Long Live John Africa. From death row, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
