Moving Toward Justice
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Moving Toward Justice.” We are right. For the first time in years, our forces are building again, cohering again, marching again. In California, an all-star roster of activists, writers, and revolutionaries are coming together, marking… Full Transcript
Murder Inc Excerpt: Slavery and Capitalism
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This sadistic cycle worked like a charm for the booming economies of Europe and later America. For instance, prior to the U.S. Civil War, one crop, slave-grown cotton, provided more than 50% of all American… Full Transcript
There Is Nothing Like the Human Rights Coalition
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“There is nothing like the Human Rights Coalition organization,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The Human Rights Coalition, HRC, in Pennsylvania is the most dynamic organization in America. The HRC began the current criminal justice reform… Full Transcript
Prison Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Prison Nation.” When I left Death Row, I could no longer use my signature sign off: “live from death row,” which incidentally was the title of my first book. I had to find a new… Full Transcript
Millions March For Prisoners on D.C.
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
On August 19, 2017, the city of Washington, DC will host a Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March to draw attention and national support to amend the 13th amendment of the United States Constitution for… Full Transcript
A Beginning
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“A Beginning.” It has begun. Today marks the second day since I began the treatment regimen of direct-acting antiviral drugs, or DAADs, designed to eliminate Hepatitis C from my system. You, the people, made this… Full Transcript
Stay Denied in Hep C Case
Mumia Abu-Jamal
” Stay Denied in Hep-C case.” When a U.S. District Court ruled in early January that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections had twice violated the Constitution and also ordered them to begin treating me for… Full Transcript
Hepatitis C Gets a Knock Out Punch
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Hepatitis Gets a Knock Out Punch.” Just a few hours ago, I placed a call to my civil lawyer, Bret Grote of the Pittsburgh-based Abolitionist Center. I could hear the excitement in his voice, then… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Note in Support of Prison Radio
Mumia Abu-Jamal
I call tonight to just state that we have to understand that this is a new stage in history. That’s why we need Abolitionists Law Center, Amistad Law Project, and Prison Radio. You ever think… Full Transcript
On Other Prisoners Compilation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Last of Angola Three Free.” Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola Three, walked free. Albert Woodfox has the dubious distinction of having spent 43 years in the hole—solitary confinement—in the infamous prison farm and… Full Transcript
The Reparations Case
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Ever since the end of slavery, Africans in America have been hoping for and seeking reparations, for wrongs done against Black people for centuries. Initially, after the US Civil War ended, Africans were offered 40… Full Transcript
Cetewayo Freed from the Hole
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On the white card above his cell door, the name Arthur Johnson is typed, followed by his prison number. Johnson has been held in solitary confinement in half a dozen PA prisons, since 1979, late… Full Transcript
Maroon Prevails
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Russell Maroon Shoatz, a Black Liberation fighter since his youth, after many years of struggle, has prevailed in his action to bar the Pa. Dept. of Corrections (DOC) from ever holding him in isolation again.… Full Transcript
Solitary: Arthur’s World
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name is Arthur Johnson, and he has lived in his cell, in the ‘hole’, for 37 years. You heard me right: 37 years! He was first cast into the Pa. Dept. of Corrections version… Full Transcript
We Don’t Need Another Moderate
Kenneth Hartman
With the passing of the hard-right ideologue Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia, President Obama has an opportunity to shape and sharpen the debate in the coming presidential election. But he’ll need to resist the corporate… Full Transcript
Her Name is Angela Davis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Her name, Angela Davis, is known to millions – still. After the ‘60s – era uproar over her sensational trial and subsequent acquittal, for people of a certain generation, she is remembered for rocking an… Full Transcript
You Will Know Them By Their Actions
Kenneth Hartman
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, It’s not the actions of our enemies that we’ll remember, it’s the silence of our friends.” While he said this in a wholly different context, the principle… Full Transcript
Centuries of Struggle Big House Prison Blues
Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Plus ça change …’ say the French; or ‘The more things change, of course, the more they stay the same.’ That thought, with all its despair and wisdom, resonates with particular power when we look… Full Transcript
On Constitutionality of the Silencing Act (PA SB508)
** Prisoners and Advocacy Groups Win Right to a Trial This afternoon, Chief Judge for the federal court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Christopher Conner, ruled that Plaintiffs in the cases Abu-Jamal v. Kane… Read More
“Toxic Prisons.” Several years ago, the Workers World newspaper publihed an article of mine entitled “Jailhouse Environmentalist.” It told the tale of a prisoner named Bryant Arroyo, a man who responded to the planned placement… Full Transcript