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    May 29, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 59:31


    May 29, 2025 by California Prison Focus

    May 8, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 58:55


    Listen up, listen in! We're back from the historic New Afrikan Unity Summit, that happened in Atlanta, Georgia on May 3, 2025 at the Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum. Prison Focus Radio had the honor of bringing back the voices from the Unity Summit. Amongst the voices you'll hear, you'll hear the introductory statement from the Black August Organizing Committee setting the tone and purpose for what was to follow and what we've come together. You'll hear from both the president and vice president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrikan, President Sah Maat and first VP Mama Ayo, and more. Please join us as we continue telling New Afrikan Ourstory 365. Asé Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

    April 24, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 59:30


    Listen up, Listen in as we continue New Afrikan Ourstory 365 with the ongoing conversation about the negative images, language and commentary targeting our young, New Afrikan/Black minds and psyche via the airwaves and various screens. New Afrikan Elder former Political Prisoner, Brotha Sangu will co-host and we'll be joined by current New Afrikan Political Prisoners, Brotha LP and Brotha Scorpion. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

    April 17, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 60:01


    We embark upon a conversation about the some of the negative, degrading, dehumanizing – and ultimately dangerous – language and images plaguing our airwaves and screens targeting the vulnerable minds of our Black children. Joining us for this topic will be Cohost Elder Brotha Sangu, home after 52 years; Brotha Scorpion held captive in Solano on a triple-life sentence; Elder Brotha LP at CMF, held captive over 38 years; Elder Brotha Zaharibu at SATF, held captive over 40 years. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

    April 10, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 59:56


    We still gotta talk about slavery in our prisons, y'all! People, planet and all sentient beings before profits!! Be a part of listening to and sharing in conscious reciprocity with our people experiencing crimes against their humanity in California prisons – slavery is legal and still being practiced on our watch and on our dollar. Sista Porshe Taylor of Prison: From the Inside Out and Brotha Carl Marion captured in CA state prison SATF join me, Nube, and Co-host Brotha Sangu, home after 52 years of captivity, to speak on the 3rd iteration of the abolish slavery in California bill ACA 6. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    April 3, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 59:27


    April 3, 2025 by California Prison Focus

    March 20, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 59:24


    New Afrikan Ourstory 365 continues…Listen up and listen in! In this episode of Prison Focus Radio, we are in conversation with our might Sis, Porshe Taylor, founder of Prison: From the Inside Out. This is another beautiful opportunity to tap into the revolutionary love in action to bring our People home, healthy in mind and spirit, and attend to the medical challenges they face after long term capture. We do this in Ubuntu, shared humanity. I am because We are. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    March 13, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 59:29


    New Afrikan Ourstory 365 continues by joining in the collective energy of Women's Herstory Month to put an intentional and loving spotlight on our New Afrikan Sistas. We do this together. So tune into the conversation with our Beloved Sis, Queen Makini as she shares some herstory of her part in the beautiful struggle over decades in Unity with the Brothas, the California New Afrikan Political Prisoners. This is the first in an ongoing series… Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    March 27, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 59:59


    March 27, 2025 by California Prison Focus

    March 6, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 59:13


    First, we'll go international to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hear the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley address the African Union Summit on Feb. 15, 2025. Then we'll hear commentary on the speech from Brotha Sangu and Brotha Sanni, and conclude – in the spirit of Unity – with the Brothas Sangu, Sanni and Zaharibu sharing their declarations of love to our New Afrikan Sistas. These declarations of Love and Unity will continue throughout the month. Lastly, please join us in supporting our Brotha Gha'is Muntaqim with his return to us after 50 years and burdened by age and cancer, by contributing to his GoFundMe campaign: https://gofund.me/594ca184. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    February 27, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 60:02


    Final week of Black History Month/New Afrikan History 365! Though this is the last week of Black History Month, New Afrikan History is 365. New Afrikan History is Black History, but most people have no idea who or what a New Afrikan is nor the very important history of the New Afrikan Nation and Independence Movement. Listen up and listen in as Brotha Sangu and Brotha Sanni, former and current Political Prisoners and survivors of decades of solitary confinement meant to break their revolutionary minds and spirits, speak on being a New Afrikan and the Unity it brings. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    February 20, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 59:11


    Black History Month/New Afrikan History 365! Leonard Peltier is FREE! We continue our conversation on what it means to be a New Afrikan with Brotha Gha'is Muntaqim, home after 40+ years, although after all is said and done he's survived the ravages of genocidal captivity in CDCr for 60 years, and comes home with 4-stage cancer among other ailments, and Kan't stop, Won't stop, Will not be stopped fortitude! We will be focusing on this historical and political issue of medical abuse, neglect and genocide plaguing our people behind razor wire, and why We should understand its implications and what We can do to support our People coming home.

    February 6, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 59:10


    First week of “Black” History Month. We'll be commemorating through the lens and narrative of New Afrikan History 365, talking about Carter G. Woodson, father of Black History Week and the importance, and intention, of his seminal book, “The Mis-education of the Negro.” We will also hear from Prime Minister Balagoon, speaking on the Honorable Marcus Garvey, Pan African, considered the Father of the New African Nation, Founder of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association), and creator of the Pan-African RBG flag (Red- for the blood spilled, Black- for the People, Green- for the land)…

    January 30, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 59:29


    This week we preempt the roundtable and hear an essay on Prop 36 and its implications by Brotha Balagoon Kambon Muhammad, 40 years enslaved, 16 spent in solitary confinement and who is waiting to get his medical release date; and we hear an excerpt of a conversation in October of 2024 with Brotha Zah, serving LWOP, life without parole, still enslaved after 40 years, and surviving 28 years in solitary confinement in both Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons, speaking on the ramped up white supremicist action of putting Black people back in their place, and what's going on in the background regarding Prop 36 that we should be aware of (should it pass). We do ourselves a disservice when we don't engage with our community members experiencing penal slavery. That is why Prison Focus Radio centers the voices, stories and commentary of our People in California experiencing penal slavery, a crime against humanity. We intentionally and purposefully highlight New Afrikan California former and current Political Prisoners who organized the Historic California Hunger Strikes, authored the Agreement to End Hostilities, developed Black August Memorial/Black August Resistance and survived decades of torture in solitary confinement in Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons euphemistically called “security housing units” (SHUs), meant to break the revolutionary mind. We will not let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our People in prisons throughout amerikkka inc., nor the powerful show of revolutionary love and unity to resist it. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    January 23, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 59:10


    This week's roundtable will include New Afrikan Brothas Sangu, Sanni and Scorpion speaking on the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how his radical legacy informs our work forward in the Black Liberation Struggle. Our conversation is guided by various Dr. King quotes chosen by each of our guests. Prison Focus Radio centers the voices, stories and commentary of our People in California experiencing penal slavery, a crime against humanity. We intentionally and purposefully highlight New Afrikan California former and current Political Prisoners who organized the Historic California Hunger Strikes, authored the Agreement to End Hostilities, developed Black August Memorial/Black August Resistance and survived decades of torture in solitary confinement in Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons euphemistically called “security housing units- SHUs, meant to break the revolutionary mind. We will not let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our People in prisons throughout amerikkka inc., nor the powerful show of revolutionary love and unity to resist it. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    January 16, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 59:09


    This week January 16, 2025 This week we convene with New Afrikan Brothas Scorpion and Political Prisoner Mutawally, both with life sentences. They will speak on the new program they're developing, PEP (Personalizing Rehabilitation Empowerment) rooted in the wisdom and work from Elder Freedom Fighters and Revolutionaries, but pulled forward with the fresh energy and intelligence of the current moment. We won't let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our People in prisons throughout amerikkka inc., nor the powerful show of revolutionary love and unity to resist it. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    December 26, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 59:08


    The final episode of Prison Focus Radio for 2024 will be spent in conversation with Alesha Monteiro, powerful activist, mother and wife to Anthony Monteiro, unjustly held due to unjust CDCr practices. Alesha will be speaking primarily on “circumventing restitution” the current scheme being leashed upon our people inside to keep them criminalized and unfree. We won't let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our people in prisons throughout amerikkka inc., but especially in California. Sending much gratitude to all our loyal, new and yet to be listeners for sharing your precious time with us here at Prison Focus Radio – you keep the spark of hope alive. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    December 19, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 59:11


    We hear directly from the People behind enemy lines, and their loved ones, who are experiencing legal slavery – thereby crimes against their humanity and slow genocide. This week. We hear the third installment of “Zero Accountability” from Brotha Balagoon ( 40 years legally enslaved), exposing the medical abuse, neglect and misconduct by staff at California Health Care Facility, and what we can do about it. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    December 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 59:09


    During this season of giving, this is a beautiful opportunity to share some of your precious time with three courageous women speaking on behalf of their loved ones about medical abuse and medical neglect. They continue to expose the truth about California prison conditions, and we will end with how we can support – actions that are useful in any area you may want to make your voice heard in solidarity. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    January 9, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 59:14


    We continue our roundtable discussions with New Afrikan former and current Political Prisoners, Brothas Sangu, Sanni and Ghais. Together these New Afrikan men represent close to a hundred years of captivity in California's penal plantations and still count themselves among the unbroken. We will center our conversation around the impending implications of the passing of Proposition 36 in the 2024 election cycle which seeks to criminalize poor, houseless and desperate community members to funnel them into prisons, jails and detention centers, and what we can do about – because we can always assert our power and do something about these continued assaults on our humanity. We won't let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our people in prisons – and on the streets – throughout amerikkka inc., but especially in California. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    January 2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 59:15


    It's a new year, and also another day. But if we allow, let's make space for deep breaths, deep reflection and deep connection – we gotta got each other and hold tight… This week we “round table” with New Afrikan Brothas Sangu, Sanni and Faruk, formerly and currently experiencing legal slavery and racial injustice. Covering various topics including the, yet again, filmed murder of a Black Man, Robert Brooks, captive in a NY prison by prison guards. And also an excerpt of Against the Grain podcast which aired on KPFA 94.1/KPFA.com, Dec. 31, 2024, interview with Rachel Leah Klein, about her article, “Surviving Domestic and State Violence…” We won't let up on exposing the terror and genocide plaguing our people in prisons throughout amerikkka inc., but especially in California. Kan't stop, Won't stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Em All! Free Palestine!

    December 5, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 59:15


    Rest in Power Chairman Fred Hampton. You are a Revolutionary, and we will NEVER forget! On this episode of Prison Focus Radio, we will be in conversation with Jay Rene Shakur, Black Enthusiast and New Humanist, Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio talking about her journalism and work with her partner, Kwame Teague, 32 years in captivity, and Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    November 21, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 59:03


    As we continue with gritted teeth and hearts full of revolutionary love in struggle, scrambling and striving to maintain our humanity, never faltering in our quest to build a world of dignity, peace and People Power, we remain committed to abolishing slavery and exposing all its evils by hearing from the People experiencing it – directly or indirectly. Brotha Demetrius Dixon, caged 32 years since the age of 18 and enduring the genocidal sentence of Life Without Parole, shares with us his personal healing journey – years in the making – and the program, My T.R.U.T.H., developed from it. Inspiring! Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    November 14, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 59:13


    Post election regroup…we'll hear from Carl Marion serving a life sentence at SATF-Corcoran speaking on the failure of Prop 6 to pass. Carl put in his due diligence to bring awareness to this bill to end forced labor from behind enemy lines. We also hear from New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Ifoma Modibo Kambon sharing his thoughts on the current sociopolitical climate. Brotha Ifoma is an Elder being caged well beyond his release date for over 50 years, almost forty of those years spent in solitary confinement. Liberate Our Elders!! Lastly, we continue the conversation with Fati Yero concerning the Community Release Board from Fati's lived experience of confinement for 51 years. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    October 31, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 59:02


    This week we hear from Co-host New Afrikan Political Prisoner Zaharibu and guest William Curl, speaking on the implications of Prop 36 (Vote NO) being on the ballot with Prop 6 (Vote YES) experiencing little to no opposition and supported by the gov and the police; the ongoing need to shift our perceptions by listening to people with lived experience of penal slavery, thereby being experts, and challenging us to think critically about the timing, the placement of these measures on the ballot and what our role is once these measures become law or not. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    October 17, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 59:18


    We will be airing a re-edited version of the September 19, 2024 show that did not air. Co-hosts NA Zaharibu, Carl Marion and William Curl will continue to speak on the critical issue of abolishing slavery, the urgent need to shift the narrative from the oppressor's lies to the People's truth and humanity and the action we can take to build a Community Release Board to empower the community and create and benefit from a true “jury of our peers.”

    October 10, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 59:22


    This week we're back on track co-hosting with the California New Afrikan former and current Political Prisoners. We start with New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Brotha LP, reading his essay on the 13th Amendment and hearing the follow-up questions from New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Brotha Sangu. We follow-up with a conversation between Brotha Sangu, New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa and NA former Political Prisoner Gha'-is, recently home after 51 years, led by Brotha JB of the Fredom and Justice Center. They will be speaking on medical abuse and neglect as a vestiage and continued practice of slavery.

    September 19, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 59:06


    New Afrikan Political Prisoner and SHU survivor, Zaharibu Kambon, also serving an LWOP sentence continues to co-host. We are joined by Carl Marion and William Curl, imprisoned at SATF in Corcoran with Zah, as they discuss: Voting on Prop 6 to end slavery in California- although we can't say it on the airwaves; The much needed work to change the colonial narrative of who is the “worst of the worst”; And the need to build a Community Release Board to empower the community and create and benefit from a true “jury of our peers.” **This week September 26, 2024 New Afrikan Political Prisoner Zaharibu, legally enslaved people William Curl and Carl Marion speak on the need to vote Yes on Prop 6 to ban involuntary servitude in California, abolish slavery and recognize the transformation of enslaved people against all odds, as the basis for their freedom and how it should change our narrative on what "rehabilitation" means and who's in prison. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All! All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    September 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 59:17


    We continue this month's series with New Afrikan Political Prisoner Michael Zah Dorrough who will be co-hosting as part of the ongoing Prison Focus Radio project to share the airwaves as co-hosts, with California former and current Political Prisoners discussing their work, ideas and fight for liberation - after all, this is their program. We will be joined by imprisoned comrade William Curl, convicted of the crime of murder (which he didn't commit) at 18 years old and given life without the possibility of parole by the judge who stated: “I see the system has failed you. I don't plan to do the same.” What did he mean? We will hear a more indepth perspective on the LWOP sentence from two people experiencing it, Brotha William and Brotha Zah, and why it needs to be reevaluated and abolished; and the need for a Community Release Board to give the power back to the people to have a say in how, when and why people taken from their communities and legally enslaved should come home. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    September 5, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 59:10


    We begin the month with New Afrikan Political Prisoner Michael Zah Dorrough, Sr., who will be co-hosting as part of the ongoing Prison Focus Radio project to share the airwaves with California former and current Political Prisoners discussing their work, ideas and fight for liberation - after all, this is their program. We will be joined by guest Carl Marion, held captive at SATF with Brotha Zah, to discuss two bills, Proposition 6 which will remove the slavery language from our state constitution and will be put before the voters this year. Early voting begins in October; and SB94 which failed to pass but would've given some relief to a very small percentage of the over 5,000 people serving LWOP, like Zah. Zah is serving a life without parole (LWOP) sentence for which he is unjustly convicted, and is part of the historic California Prisoner Hunger Strike class which culminated in 30,000 people participating to end indefinite solitary confinement. One person died, Billy Sell – rest in power – Zah almost did. He endured 28 years in solitary confinement and is in his 40th year of captivity. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    August 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 59:15


    Black August Memorial Black August Resistance 2024 finale “We attempted to transform the Black criminal mentality into a Black revolutionary mentality.” – George Jackson, from Soleded Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson On this last week of the 45th cycle of authentic Black August, moving into the final community breaking fast on August 31, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Joka Heshima Jinsai, founder of Build the AIM, author and father – still caged after 30+ years; and New Afrikan former Political Prisoner and father, Fati Yero, home after 50 years, member of Cell Block 2 City Block, will co-host the final episode pulling together the last five weeks of commentary and political education regarding the original Black August Memorial Black August Resistance, its tenets and its historical and cultural purpose towards New Afrikan liberation and empowerment. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    August 22, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 59:16


    Black August Memorial continues! We just finished our 24hr fast FLEA day honoring George Lester Jackson, The Dragon. New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Joka Heshima Jinsai, founder of Build the AIM, author and father – still caged after 30+ years; and New Afrikan former Political Prisoner and father, Fati Yero, home after 50 years, member of Cell Block 2 City Block, will co-host giving commentary on the true meaning of Black August and George Jackson's influence on and significance to it. Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    August 15, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 59:13


    BAM BAR 2024 continues… Excerpt from a letter written January 8, 1970 in Soledad prison: “My dear Mother & Dad … I hope you understand. I wish I could talk to you and explain what the facts are about this hole I'm in, but sence [sic] I can't, please believe me. I don't get in trouble unless it is necessary.” – Alvin “Jug” Miller (20 years old, assassinated in Soledad prison January 13, 1970 along with W.L. Nolan and Cleveland Edwards sparking a statewide prison movement and uprising, and birthing Black August Memorial). We continue our political and historical education regarding the roots of Black August Memorial and focus on Black August Resistance and its cultural origins through the lens of the three young martyrs W.L. Nolan, Cleveland Edwards and Alvin “Jug” Miller who were assassinated by the pig guard, O. Miller, January 13, 1970. (We memorialize them on FLEA day August 13, fasting 24 hours in remembrance). Joka Heshima Jinsai of Build the AIM (still held captive after 30+ years, 20 in solitary confinement) co-hosts. We are joined by guests Brotha Fati Yero who's been practicing BA since its inception and is integral in its further development, and Comrade Joka Hodari Kambon. Suggested reading: “Melancholy History of Soledad Prison” by Min S. Yee Suggested listening: Previous PF Radio shows in August 2024 Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Em All Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Palestine!

    August 8, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 58:36


    BAM BAR 2024 continues This week we continue our political education regarding the roots of Black August Memorial. “We're taking over.” “You can take our pictures, We are the revolutionaries.” Jonathan Jackson Joka Heshima Jinsai, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, still captured after 30 years, 20 years in solitary confinement will Co-host, Queen Makini of Never Forget, Never Alone, Never Again and Fati Yero New Afrikan former Political Prisoner, home after 51 years held captive, 38 years in solitary confinement will continue to unpack and share the original intent, true history and purpose of Black August to maintain it's vital narrative. Each of our guests have been practicing Black August Memorial and its tenets for at least 30 years, and we consider them authorities on the subject – Fati Yero, has been practicing since its inception and is integral in its further development. All of our guests are part of the original Black August Organizing Committee and thus we are honored to have them share with us the true meaning of Black August Memorial Black August resistance. We encourage you to join throughout the month of August as we focus solely on BAM BAR (2024) with the purpose of maintaining the narrative of the true meaning, history and intent of Black August as the memorial is becoming more mainstream.

    August 1, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 59:55


    "Losing our history only requires that we neglect to package and pass it on – then when we die, it will die with us. That death may mean the end of the spiral development of BAM from theory to practice, from practice to new theory – which has characterized its growth over 44 Cycles – to any whim which has apparent merit, and can carry the day." Fati Yero "For 44 years We have honored its standard bearers; for 44 years We have guarded its legacy, We have studied its lessons; We have re-taught what had been mis-taught; We have practiced and advanced its tenets – and on the eve of BAM's 45th anniversary, We know We are the best keepers of our story." Fati Yero

    July 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 59:59


    SItawa Nantambu Jamaa, New Afrikan, former Political Prisoner, home after ~ 44 years Co-hosts our last show of July. Our esteemed Political Prisoners hold deep wisdom and knowledge about the state of the world and Humanity – Listen up! And get laced up! Every month forward, Prison Focus Radio will be co-hosted, along with Nube, by a New Afrikan California former or current Political Prisoner. Our Freedom Fighters must be part of the dialogue for change forward as they represent the resistance to the state's violent and insidious quest to maintain white (false) supremacy, capitalism and imperialism for profit and power over People and Planet.

    July 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 59:59


    July 18, 2024 by California Prison Focus

    July 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 59:58


    “For more than two centuries our forebears labored here without wages. They made cotton king, and they built the homes of their masters in the midst of the most humiliating and oppressive conditions. And yet out of a bottomless vitality they continued to grow and develop. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery couldn't stop us, the opposition that we now face will surely fail.” MLK Jr. Kan't stop, Won't stop! New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Wembe Kamau Kolomo joins co-hosts nube brown and New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa to speak on the work he's been doing with and for the community since he's been home, but started while he was still held captive at the notorious Pelican Bay and San Quentin state prisons. We'll also be loved up and inspired by some of Brotha Wembe's poetry and the interchange between him and Brotha Sitawa highlighting their collaboration to honor and Liberate Our Elders.

    July 4, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 59:53


    New Afrikan Former Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa cohosts through the month of July, speaking on various topics with various guests. This week is the introduction to this new format and the start to get to know Sitawa. If you are new to the prison movement or not, join us for this profound series. Sitawa is home after 43+ years, 34 spent in solitary confinement in the notorious Pelican Bay state prison SHU- meant to break the Revolutionary mind and spirit. Sitawa is not broken and he's here to continue the fight and build unity. Kan't stop, Won't stop

    June 27, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 59:59


    Last week of Juneteenth 2024! Genocide, crimes against humanity, continue in Palestine, Africa, and here in amerikkkan prisons…decolonize your life and mind! We still ain't free! We hear Part 3 of “Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex and end legal slavery,” by Prime Minister Balagoon, New Afrikan Political Prisoner. We also hear Part 2 of Nube's interview with Virginia Political Prisoner, Kevin Rashid Johnson, recently coming off a 71-day hunger strike. **More Gems** We hear New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha LP give answers to follow-up questions 4-6 to last month's interview. Brotha LP is one of the SHU (solitary confinement) survivors, having spent 29 years under this domestic torture program designed to break the revolutionary mind and spirit, and is still held captive in CSP Lancaster, after 50 years, at age 73 All power to the People! Free Em All! Liberate Our Elders! Kan't stop, Won't stop

    June 20, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 59:46


    Juneteenth, but we still ain't free! “Abolish the prison industrial complex and end legal slavery” Part two, By Prime Minister Balagoon. We also hear Part 1 of Nube's interview with Virginia Political Prisoner, Kevin Rashid Johnson, recently coming off a 71-day hunger strike. **More Gems** We hear New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha LP give answers to the first three follow-up questions to last month's interview. All power to the People! Free Em All, Kan't stop, Won't stop

    June 13, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 59:59


    This month is Juneteenthth! But… WE'RE NOT FREE! We begin Part 1 of Abolish by New Afrikan Political Prisoner Prime Minister Balagoon, (Son Of The Honorable Baba Hannibal Afrik, now an ancestor), still captive after 40 years, 16 in the SHU). We hear from Brotha Zah, a regular on these airwaves, on genocide- everywhere. Lastly, our comrade Kwame Shakur is on Hunger Strike protesting his solitary confinement - take action! email and call - @free_kwameshakur Happy Father's Day to our brothers behind the wall! All power to the people Free Em All! Free Palestine Kan't stop, Won't stop

    June 6, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 60:00


    It's Juneteenth month! We hear from native San Franciscan Oba Frelimo, unlawfully held in prison 31 years fighting to get free - and action we can take! We share updates on u.s. Political Prisoners, and hear the voices of Max Parthas and Jamelia Land of Abolish Slavery National Network. Forward! We still ain't free! All power to the people! Free em all! Kan't stop Won't stop

    May 30, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 59:59


    Hear the final segment of our interview with New Afrikan political prisoner Louis Powell and why we need to Liberate Our Elders! We also read from George Jackson's “Blood In My Eye” and hear the voices of Cuban med students on socialist practice. Lastly, take action to support New Afrikan Political Prisoner Kwame Shakur in an Indiana prison recently thrown into solitary confinement. All power to the people! Free ‘em All!

    May 23, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 59:47


    New AfriKan Revolutionary and Political Prisoner Louis Powell, still captured after 50 years, 39 spent in solitary confinement, continues Part 4 of his interview with host Nube Brown. We also hear from students and activists on Nakba Day, May 15th in San Francisco. Join us for this powerful hour of voices in the movement.

    May 16, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 59:53


    We hear Part 3 of my interview with New AfriKan Political Prisoner Louis Powell. We'l read excerpts form the book “I Write What I Like” by murdered South African apartheid activist Stephen Biko. This is also the week of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz's birthday Malcolm X, so we will be hearing audio from him, and lastly we will hear UCSF student voices for Palestine who's encampment was violently dismantled by SFPD.

    May 9, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 60:00


    PART 2 with New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Louis Powell. Brotha LP is an author, political analyst, educator, and lover of his People. Because of his political activities he has been held captive for 50 years, 38 years in solitary confinement meant to break his revolutionary mind- it didn't. Don't miss being inspired and transformed hearing from these brilliant people from behind the walls.

    April 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 59:58


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    April 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 59:54


    We hear Part 2 of the special programming of 24 Hours Palestine with Samidoun, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Prison Focus Radio had the honor of sharing space with Samidoun on the international airwaves, and bringing the voices of two of California's Political Prisoners and Hunger Strikers- Joka Heshima Jinsai and Zaharibu Kambon (heard last week). Past shows can be heard on SoundCloud and anywhere you get your podcasts at Prison Focus Radio. All Power to the People! Free em All! Kan't stop, Won't stop Free Palestine! 🇵🇸 🖤🕊️✊🏽

    April 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 60:00


    We hear a special program of Prison Focus Radio. We were invited to be a part of 24 Hours Palestine, a livestream event of radio, podcast and captured live events all in support of Palestinian resistance and solidarity from all over the world. This is part one, as we shared the timeslot with Samidoun, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, who you will hear next week, April 18, 2024 on our program, peace.

    April 4, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 59:58


    We spend the hour listening to the prescient, sobering and  powerful speech, Beyond Vietnam delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th, 1967 from Riverside Church, exactly one year from when he would ultimately be assassinated for his radical political beliefs and actions.

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