“President Chaos.”
This country is a complex place. This world is a complex world. To govern such a place, indeed such an empire, takes wisdom, insight, and knowledge from the finest minds. And even then, nothing is guaranteed, as shown by the great debacle in Iraq. Iraq was driven by emotion, and emotions can lead to disaster.
In America today, the country is led by a man who is led by emotions. It is led by hatred, insecurity, and ego—emotions. Like a child, it can turn on a dime, raging like a wildfire or as cold as a glacier. Emotions are ultimately unstable. They turn and twist like a weather bay in the wind. President Trump is that weather bay turning, twisting, blowing. All those who do not embrace him are enemies. All the rest: servants of an unstable mind.
Meanwhile, the world looks on in sometimes silent wonder. A few weeks ago, Trump brought his reality show to the general assembly of United Nations. In the midst of one of his campaign speeches, the UN burst into laughter not with him but at him. These men and women, the world’s most esteemed diplomats, were laughing at the president of the United States.
We’ve seen a leader who ignores or berates his advisors, a leader who damns and dogs the press, a leader who treats the constitution with unbridled contempt, a man at war with his own government, a man at war with himself.
A few days ago, millions of Americans delivered a massive rebuke led mostly by women. I think more will be seen before this is over while the president stirs the cauldron of chaos.
From imprisoned nation, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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