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Mumia challenges the hollow rhetoric of “free press” and exposes the failures of media that bends to power:
“I don’t want to hear about a First Amendment. I don’t want to hear crowing by corporate media that knows how to bend its knee and bow to fake kings but cannot tell the story of the suffering of nearly a million people.”
At Prison Radio, we take up the cause that Mumia voices so clearly. Every commentary we record, every story we broadcast, is an act of defiance against censorship and erasure. Behind bars, our correspondents speak truth to power, about prisons, solitary confinement, ICE detention, and the carceral state. Abroad, voices like Anas al-Sharif’s risk everything to tell the truth.
Al-Sharif’s final, penetrating words, revealed in a pre-written statement made public upon the occurrence of his death, proves that despite the risks and despite the danger, he courageously continued reporting anyway.
In his words, “I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland.”
He leaves behind not just a grieving family and a war-torn country, but a legacy of bravery and commitment that reverberates around the world.
As Mumia reminds us:
“I am deeply proud to share my voice on behalf of Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues, and for the struggle in Palestine, which moves us, even though we’re miles and miles away, and united by the beats of our hearts, with love, not fear.”
Your support of Prison Radio keeps our phone lines open, our recordings on air, and these crucial correspondents connected to the outside world. At a time when journalists are killed abroad and silenced at home, our work is urgent, necessary, and life-giving.
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