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As a 24 year old radio journalist working at WHYY and WURD Mumia Abu-Jamal interviewed Robert Meeropol, the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in a Philadelphia broadcast studio. 

In a chilling foreshadowing, Mumia asked Robert: Could a judicially sanctioned, politically motivated killing, like what happened to the Rosenbergs, happen again? 

Robert answered “Given the racism, class bias and political orientation of the U.S. courts, yes it could happen.” Just a few short years later Mumia Abu-Jamal would become the first political prisoner in the country to face execution since Robert’s parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1953.

Robert Meeropol, Rosenberg Fund for Children founder, with daughter Jennifer Meeropol, RFC Executive Director.

Jenn Meeropol, pictured above, is the granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, executed by the U.S. government at the height of McCarthyism. Jenn carries within her family history a deep understanding of what it means to be targeted, silenced and made an example of the state. 

Jenn is a donor to Prison Radio and her support is the continuation of solidarity and moral clarity forged in the long shadow of state violence. 

A commitment to Prison Radio is an investment in the right to speak, to resist, to remain human even while facing the most dehumanizing repression. It allows us to continue doing the work of remembering when the state demands forgetting, speaking when the state demands silence, and building networks of care and resistance when the state isolates. 

Jennifer Meeropol’s generosity ensures that the people like Mumia Abu-Jamal – a thinker, storyteller, historian, and critic living behind its walls – remains powerfully and defiantly audible.

Abolitionist Law Center, Rosenberg Fund for Children, Prison Radio and friends in Northampton, MA. Saleem Holbrook, Lois Ahrens, Jenn Meeropol, Jennifer Black, and Joy James.

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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