No Place for Old Men ©2023 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Quite recently during the height 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 the systems of mass incarceration. The American Public Health Association, known as APHA, watching the harrowing number of deaths in prisons, is determined that the age of abolition [...]
Take a Stand Against War Crimes Against Humanity Fri. Oct. 6, 7-11 EDT Riverside Church, NYC, and livestreamed Dr. Cornel West will lead a stellar group of speakers on discussions covering the topics of genocide and war crimes against humanity that continue to this day. All of our speakers will stand in the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against the war in Vietnam before his planned march on [...]
Strategy & Soul Movement Center Presents: FREEDOM FIRST 2023 WORLD TOUR A Jazz Benefit Concert for Keith Lamar October 5th, 2023 7pm Strategy and Soul Theater 3546 Martin Luther King Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90008 Featuring Spoken Word by Keith Lamar FROM DEATH ROW Albert Marques – Piano Kazende George – Tenor Sax Yosemel Montego – Bass Zack O’Farril – Drums Keith Lamar in Conversation with Eric Mann Keith Lamar is [...]
A two-tiered justice system? © by Mumia Abu-Jamal As soon as the latest charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump were announced, Trumpist acolytes began making claims about a two-tiered justice system ostensibly against Republicans. Such a claim can only be made by those who are blind, deaf, or dumb. They seemingly are blind to the many Black and Browns, who have peopled the phenomenon known as mass incarceration for at least [...]
Medical Proof of Black Mold at WHV by Naykima Hill 08/15/23 https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/medical-proof-of-black-mold-at-whv/ My name is Naykima Hill, and I’m calling in regards to a few issues. But one I’m gonna deal with today is about my best friend Krystal Clark. When I called the radio station the first time, it was about our health and our maintain- the maintaining us here at Huron Valley Prison for women. I was telling you about [...]
I Make Promises Before I Dream [excerpt] © 2021 by Tongo Eisen-Martin No unclaimed, cremated mothers this year Nor collateral white skin No mothers folding clothes to a corporate park preamble No sons singing under the bright lights of a lumber yard Quantum reaganomics and the tap steps of turning on a friend New York trophy parts among the limbs of decent people Being an enraged artist [...]
from the Smithsonian Magazine by Meilan Solly [Excerpt -- full article at link] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/james-mccune-smith-america-first-black-physician-180977110/ James McCune Smith was not just any physician. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree, educated at the University of Glasgow in the 1830s, when no [US] university would admit him. For this groundbreaking achievement alone, Smith warrants greater appreciation. But Smith was also one of the nation’s leading abolitionists. In 1859, Frederick Douglass [...]
by Mumia Abu-Jamal Greetings to the UN delegation. Initially, I wish to thank the members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, who prepared and filed an amicus brief in my case. And, of course, the delegation of jurists, lawyers, and scholars from the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement now visiting the United States. I specifically want to greet [...]
Drop the Charges on the “Uhuru 3” Defend the Right to Free Speech! Be part of the worldwide movement denouncing the indictments of African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru solidarity leaders Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, falsely charged as “Russian agents!” Stop the U.S. government’s attempts to silence Chairman Omali Yeshitela and the Uhuru Movement that has struggled for Black Liberation and against U.S. colonial wars for more than [...]
“Cracks in the Abode of Death” by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/cracks-in-the-abode-of-death/ Few people really know the nature of death rows. It is used as a political prop by politicians and is thus a stepping stone to their gateway of power. But Death Row is really far more than that. It is a place where men and women and until recently even juveniles were sent to live and die in aching loneliness and despair. [...]
