Everybody’s Child
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A youngster goes out for a snack, simply something to munch on, and a sweet drink to wash it down with. A man nearby sees him, and ‘suspicion’ arises. In a matter of moments, the… Full Transcript
Son Of Haditha
Mumia Abu-Jamal
or those in on the carnage that is the Iraq War, the term Haditha tells it all. Haditha is not a person, it is a place. A village in Iraq where American soldiers went on… Full Transcript
Souls on Ice
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When I heard of the call, just raised In Oakland, California, to “Occupy the Prisons”, I gasped. It was not an especially radical call, but it was right on time. For prisons have become a… Full Transcript
Incarceration Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Fellow students, Dr. Mark Lewis Taylor; I think you for this rare opportunity to join you, if only on paper. For the first time in nearly 3 decades, I join you, free from a death… Full Transcript
From State Pens To Penn State
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The shocking child sex scandal rocking Penn State University in State College, PA is an explosion of almost nuclear proportions. It has all the elements designed to produce a media firestorm: fame, money, illicit sex,… Full Transcript
Journalism in Hell
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal: Journalism in hellby Staff on June 10th, 2009 at 10:45 AMhttps://www.straight.com/article-229492/mumia-abujamal-journalism-hellBy Mumia Abu-Jamal While a young reporter for a local NPR affiliate, housing was my beat. In a city which was the oldest… Full Transcript
Angela Davis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Chela Simone: Angela Davis, the constant in the quest for liberation, our struggle, consciousness, resistance, and the will to realize freedom. Angela Davis’s journey has been forged through her commitment to prisoners; those men and… Full Transcript
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: Profiles in Excellence
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, known later by various names, was remarkable for many reasons. Born to a wealthy merchant family, he was kidnapped and… Full Transcript
POCC Block Report with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2009)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
J.R.: This is another edition of The Block Report with the Minister of Information J.R. and West Coast Chairwoman Rashida of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee. Today we’re talking to political prisoner and a prolific… Full Transcript
The Foreign Policy of Fools
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It is impossible to look at recent US diplomacy without discovering that it is one based more on whim and fancy, than reason. That’s because much of what passes for diplomacy and foreign policy is… Full Transcript
The Black Panther Party: The Reign of Youth
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Black Panther Party, the Reign of Youth. For many people, while the name Black Panther Party may be familiar, few facts beyond it are. There may be some hazy familiarity with the black and… Full Transcript
Blair’s Britain
Mumia Abu-Jamal
With the announcement of his imminent stepping down from the post of Prime Minister, Britain’s Tony Blair has proven that politicians, even the most gifted, are not immune to public opinion. Blair’s gifts of gab… Full Transcript
Congress Your Money and Your Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
With congressional passage of the administration’s supplemental money bill, the president threatens a veto because of his aversion to timetables. But whether he vetoes it or not, the die is cast. More money for… Full Transcript
Induced Failure
Siddique Abdullah Hasan
The current penal system in America is not working. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion, that it predisposes prisoners to recidivism, a relapse into a life of crime. Since man… Full Transcript
What “War on Terror?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Have you ever thought, but were afraid to admit, there really wasn’t such a thing as a “war on terror”? Well, worry no more — England’s top prosecutor has set the record straight. Britain’s Director of… Full Transcript
Malcolm’s Meanings
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is Malcolm’s meanings. The Malcolm X that we see represented in today’s mass media is a Malcolm that Malcolm himself wouldn’t recognize. He’s portrayed today as a civil rights activist, a kind of Martin… Full Transcript
The Milwaukee Maulers
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The case of three Milwaukee, Wisconsin ex-cops has ended in a verdict of acquittal. The case stems from the brutal beating of a young Black man, Frank Jude, who ventured to the home of one… Full Transcript
Writings From the Other Side of the Cage
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When I think of prison writings, I think, not of my own work, but of those I read as a teenager, years ago, which fed me and sustained me as a young revolutionary. I think,… Full Transcript
Targeting Lynne Stewart (version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal: The conviction of civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart and her co defendants, translator Mohammed Yousry and paralegal Ahmed Sattar is a triumph of fear over reason. The three legal workers were charged and… Full Transcript
As the national fever of mass incarceration continues across America. every so often, a break occurs. This was such from the unlikeliest of places: Mississippi. For there, quite recently, a U.S. federal court issued a… Full Transcript