On Prison Abolition
Prison abolition is a brilliant way to convert strategy to utilize methods that permanently break down the ineffectiveness of prison production that’s rampant throughout all the U. S., but mostly prisons are vastly constructed in… Full Transcript
Becoming Abolitionist: A Lawyer’s Radical Vision
https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2023/07/18/abolition-lawyers-radical-vision “The only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,” says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan. More… Read More
Abolition Is Possible
This is comrade Pitt, um, this commentary titled “Abolition is Possible.” So Juneteenth is upon us: the day that the news finally reached the slaves in the Deep South long as the Union had won… Full Transcript
A Smarter Approach To Prison Abolition
A smarter approach to prison abolition. In my last commentary I reported on this new coalition of prison abolitionists called No New Jails NYC. They advocate a vision where incarceration is wiped from the American… Full Transcript
Prison Abolition vs. Reform
“Prison Abolition Versus Prison Reform.” I recently was asked if I support the abolition of prisons or am I an advocate just for prison reform. My response was pretty unorthodox for a prisoner serving an… Full Transcript
Abolition Of Repression
“Abolition of Repression.” Legates, friends, comrades, brothers, and sisters. Greetings! There can be no serious consideration of the subject of prison abolition in America without reflection on the work of black feminist scholar activist Dr.… Full Transcript
An Abolitionist Life
What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago. Then, it meant an end to what some have called ‘America’s Original Sin’–Slavery. Today? Well,… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Shout Out to Abolitionist Law Center
Abolitionist Law Center Files Lawsuit Over Censorship
Assassination Attempts against Mumia Abu-Jamal
Watch the interview on Black Power Media here Pam Africa (advocate/activist), Noel Hanrahan (JD), Ricardo Alvarez (MD) interviewed by Kalonji Changa (BPM/RSTV Founder), Joy James (author/GIU) February 12, 2024, GIU Kalonji Changa (KC): Peace good… Read More
For Bob Wells, Presente
For Bob Wells, ¡Presente! For Bob Wells, a life lived long was a life lived well, for he wore many hats, organizer, anti-racist activist, supporter and worker with the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Chicago,… Full Transcript
Preserving Stories Otherwise Lost
If you die in prison one of two things happens: the prison deletes the public record that you even existed (they disappear you). Or as in Indiana DOC they say you were “released.”Curtis McGaha was… Read More
We Believe in You and You Believe in Us
Did you know that giving Tuesday is a way for folks to take their giving and put it to use to further social change? Join the movement to use this day to support our work.Prison… Read More
Prison Radio Giving Guide
You are the reason we have survived for so many years. You and other amazing people, generous folks, true believers, from all over the world have been on this journey with us. Today, we are… Read More
Mumia Abu-Jamal Archives at Brown University
Your first thought was probably not– Rhode Island! Many of you are asking yourself, what continent is that on? I know better than most, because, yes, I grew up there. Abolitionist revolutionaries come from everywhere.… Read More
There Is Always A Back Story
As I emerge from the sterile lobby of SCI Mahanoy, I always feel drained. On my last visit I was bone tired, sad, yet undaunted. The warm hug Mumia and I shared standing in front… Read More
No Place For Old Men
Quite recently during the hight of the ravaging Covid-19 crisis an American health care agency announced a series of projects and programs designed to ease human suffering and indeed to advocate for the abolition of… Full Transcript
Black August Letter Writing
Register Here: Write On! We know that the power of the movement comes from connections to the inside. Tangible real letters, phone calls, and visits. The building blocks of trust, bonds, and family ties. We… Read More
Please Support Prison Radio
As the founder of Prison Radio and as someone who has been on this journey for decades, when a person makes a gift, I feel hope and a renewed resilience. It literally means that we have… Read More
How do we arrive at this place we call abolition? What are the roads to such a destination? We arrive from the almost-lost lessons of history, shaped by generations of ancestors who struggled their whole… Full Transcript