Dear Friend,
Political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal is one of Prison Radio’s most beloved and prolific contributors. His brilliant commentaries blend precise political analysis with vital calls for action. Check out four of his commentaries on current events–ranging from hopeful to anguishing–from the first five weeks of 2025.
The Betrayal of Gaza – Mumia Abu-Jamal
“It was by any measure a stunning moment. An American president essentially offering to gentrify the Gaza Strip, suggesting that they, should they resist, be forced to leave their historical homeland by the Armed Forces of the United States. “They’re living in hell,” Trump said as he sat next to the man who ordered the hell bombed into hell, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mumia Reflects on Biden Commutations: “Not Enough”
“History will not look kindly on this mass incarceration. So, in his last week in office, he tried to decarcerate, and he would have been in the history books for the greatest number of commutations. I think history will have to tell both sides of that story.”
A Mad Dash to the Right – Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Today fear breeds more fear. And fear of what? Fear of Blacks, smart women, fear of trans people. Politicians who know about how to motivate populations know well the pull and power of deep emotions, like fear. They use it the way a violinist uses his strings. Many people are so engaged in fear of “the other” that they don’t really see the game behind the curtain. That is because fear disrupts our ability to analyze and think things all the way through.”
Mumia’s Reaction to Peltier’s Commutation
“it is a wonderful and joyful thing to hear that Leonard Peltier will now spend his last days outside of the iron cage, that iron cage that held him for almost five decades. He will breathe the air that he breathed as a young man.”
In solidarity,
Madeleine
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