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Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent the last forty-two of his seventy years on Earth behind the bars of a Pennsylvania state prison, twenty-nine and a half of those on Death Row based on a dubious and extremely flawed and biased conviction for murder. Today, we explore his story and what it tells us about what Ralph calls our “criminal injustice system.” We speak to Noelle Hanranah, the founder and legal director of Prison Radio for which Mumia has done thousands of commentaries, and Professor Joy James, political philosopher, academic and author, who has studied America's carceral state. Plus, we get the rare opportunity to speak to Mumia himself, who answers our questions from prison.Joy James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. Professor James has published numerous articles on: political theory, police, prison and slavery abolition; radicalizing feminisms; diasporic anti-black racism; and US politics. She is the author and editor of several books including The New Abolitionists: (Neo)Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings, Imprisoned Intellectuals, Resisting State Violence, and Warfare in the American Homeland.[Mumia's] a treasure. And I don't want to make him an isolate. I think there are a number of people who have been incarcerated for decades who study and struggle—that's a phrase people use in terms of books reaching the incarcerated, but also the writings of the incarcerated coming out of prisons. They enable us to be able to learn and study with them. If not physically in the same space, definitely with the same ethics and the same commitments.Joy JamesThe way that I see what we're struggling against—which I believe echoes what Mumia has been writing about and talking about—is very complex, overlapping systems of containment and control in which poor- and working-class people are going to be the most negatively affected.Joy JamesNoelle Hanrahan is the founder and legal director of Prison Radio, a multimedia production studio that brings the voices of incarcerated people into the public debate. Since 1992, she has produced over 3,500 multimedia recordings from over 100 prison radio correspondents, including the critically acclaimed work of Mumia Abu-Jamal.[Mumia Abu-Jamal is] facing a system in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, which literally does not privilege the U.S. Constitution. It's more interested in finality…So they privilege procedure over merit.Noelle HanrahanMumia Abu Jamal is an award-winning broadcast journalist, essayist, and author of 12 books. Most recently, he's completed the historic trilogy Murder Incorporated (Perfecting Tyranny, Dreaming of Empire, and America's Favorite Pastime.) In the late 1970s, Abu-Jamal worked as a reporter for radio stations throughout the Delaware Valley. In 1981, Abu-Jamal was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists' Philadelphia chapter. Since 1982, Abu-Jamal has lived in state prison (28 of those years were spent in solitary confinement on death row.) Currently, he's serving life without parole at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville, PA. Abu-Jamal's 1982 trial and its resultant first-degree murder conviction have been criticized as unconstitutionally corrupt by legal and activist groups for decades, including by Amnesty International and Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison, and Desmond Tutu.I love it when I hear or read about so-called conservatives talking about “two tiers of justice.” Justice if anything is at least three tiers— it's one tier for white people, another tier for black folks, and a third tier for the very rich. Now guess who gets sweetest deals? I mean look, it doesn't take a rocket scientist, right? If you're rich in this country, you can get every break that you can afford. You can get the best justice, the best lawyers, and they will fight wars.Mumia Abu-JamalWhen prisoners use the phone or go to the commissary—every item you buy, every call you make, it's taxed. So what about taxation without representation, in this so-called democracy, where every voice should be heard, and every person should be allowed the opportunity to vote?Mumia Abu-JamalIn prison, the most important thing, the one thing that stops guys from coming back is education. The most important thing is education. I would even say what people need is a deep colonial education, especially in prison.Mumia Abu-JamalI never succumbed to calling our system a criminal justice system—it's a criminal injustice system, because it reflects raceand class bias to an extraordinary degree. The studies have been overwhelming on this. You don't see many corporate criminals in jail these days. You don't see many prosecutions. You don't see many investigations of the corporate crime wave that takes a far greater toll in lives, injuries, and property than street crime does. But then, the system reflects the power structure.Ralph Nader Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
In 1982, Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. An ex-Black Panther, he had no prior criminal record. Amnesty International investigated his case and found in many ways that it "failed to meet minimum international standards.” He's been incarcerated for more than 40 years.Over those decades, Abu-Jamal has become a leader of the anti-death penalty movement and an influential critic of mass incarceration. He's written multiple books, and appeared on countless radio programs and documentaries — all while serving what is now a life sentence. This fall, scholars and activists met at Brown to mark a new chapter in Abu-Jamal's story. The John Hay Library at Brown University, in partnership with Brown's Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, and the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, acquired Abu-Jamal's writings — 97 boxes — and opened them to the public. On this episode: Dan Richards talks with two Brown archivists about this new collection, and what it's like preserving the work of one of the most famous incarcerated people in America. Dan also speaks with a scholar at Brown who is working to collect the histories of incarcerated people about the importance of filling this gap in our nation's historical record. Watch the opening remarks of the "Voices of Mass Incarceration" symposium' Read more about the collection of Mumia Abu-Jamal's archivesTranscript coming soon to our websiteLearn about the Watson Institute's other podcastsGuests on this episode:Amanda Strauss – Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Director of the John Hay LibraryChristopher West – Curator of the Black Diaspora, Brown UniversityNicole Gonzalez Van Cleve – Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
Dom welcomes in Maureen Faulkner, widow of fallen officer Daniel Faulkner, who has some great news about the appeal filed by her husband's killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Maureen Faulkner tells us the next chapter in the saga, saying that she'll get a much needed reprieve from this torture that's followed her for over 40 years after a Judge struck down the appeal, dismissing Mumia's case. Maureen tells, though, that she fully expects an appeal from the Abu-Jamal team, which would elevate the case to Superior Court. Maureen takes us through the horrible nature of having to relive what was the most tragic portion of her life, explaining why her husband's murderer should indeed remain in jail. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
Full Hour | In today's second hour, Dom welcomes in Maureen Faulkner, widow of fallen officer Daniel Faulkner, who has some great news about the appeal filed by her husband's killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Maureen Faulkner tells us the next chapter in the saga, saying that she'll get a much needed reprieve from this torture that's followed her for over 40 years after a Judge struck down the appeal, dismissing Mumia's case. Maureen tells, though, that she fully expects an appeal from the Abu-Jamal team, which would elevate the case to Superior Court. Maureen takes us through the horrible nature of having to relive what was the most tragic portion of her life, explaining why her husband's murderer should indeed remain in jail. Then, Dom plays back a crazy incident from over the weekend that saw Philadelphia Police Officers surrounded by a mob of hundreds of dirt bikes and ATVs, with a car set on fire and other police vehicles with tires slashed. Then, Dom plays a game with his producer Dan, asking him if he could correctly answer some random questions by Philadelphia Mayoral candidates, such as their favorite athlete and whether or not they are in favor of ‘savesies,' a longtime tradition of Philadelphians saving parking spots in a snow storm. Then, during Dan Time with Dom, Dan asks for Dom's opinion on news that a transgendered individual has been signed on to endorse Bud Light, and offers his thoughts on wrestling as a whole after the WWE buyout by UFC's parent company.
Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with two advocates for the freedom of political prisoners Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier. Mumia Abu-Jamal is waiting to hear if Judge Lucretia Clemons will grant a new hearing on his case that includes new evidence of corruption in the legal process that led to his false conviction. On February 16, port workers will strike on the West Coast in support of an international day of action in for Mumia. Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio talks about his case and the carceral state. Leonard Peltier has now served almost 50 years in prison on a murder charge involving FBI agents. Coleen Rowley, a whistleblower formerly with the FBI, recently wrote to President Biden asking for clemency for Peltier. Rowley discusses the COINTEL Program, which is very much alive, and the culture inside the FBI. Both call on the public to take action to free Abu-Jamal and Peltier. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you voices from a virtual press conference on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the recent amicus brief in the Abu-Jamal Case filed by the UN Working Group on people of African descent. The International Body Observes that Racial Bias has tainted the judicial process up to now citing new evidence of innocence and misconduct by Judges and Prosecutors. Mumia Abu-Jamal's lawyers say evidence in boxes discovered in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office by the new DA at the time, Larry Krasner in 2019 that show his trial was tainted by judicial bias and police and prosecutorial misconduct, including: withholding of evidence, and bribing or coercing witnesses to lie. As of the airing of this show, the plea for a new trial in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal went before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons on Friday December 16th. Judge Clemons asked the commonwealth if they could confirm that there is no new evidence in the 32 boxes that relate to Brady and Bateson claims. The commonwealth did not confirm. So now Mumia's lawyers will be making arrangements to see those boxes and Judge Clemens said she would issue her ruling in 60-90 days. The press conference held on December 13th included: Moderator Associate Professor Johanna Fernandez who has researched Mumia's case at length and is executive producer of the film Justice on Trial: the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Ms. Fernandez is presently Associate Professor of History at Baruch College, CUNY; the Honorable Wendell Griffen, state court trial judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, Dr. Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, New Delhi, and São Paulo; Julia Wright, founder of the Mumia Abu-Jamal Health Committee and Board of the Richard Wright Civil Rights Center in Elaine, AR., Linn Washington, Jr.-- a Philadelphia-based investigative reporter who has covered the Mumia Abu-Jamal matter since Abu-Jamal's arrest on the morning of Dec. 9, 1981, as well as Mumia's grandson Jamal Jr.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you voices from a virtual press conference on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the recent amicus brief in the Abu-Jamal Case filed by the UN Working Group on people of African descent. The International Body Observes that Racial Bias has tainted the judicial process up to now citing new evidence of innocence and misconduct by Judges and Prosecutors. Mumia Abu-Jamal's lawyers say evidence in boxes discovered in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office by the new DA at the time, Larry Krasner in 2019 that show his trial was tainted by judicial bias and police and prosecutorial misconduct, including: withholding of evidence, and bribing or coercing witnesses to lie. As of the airing of this show, the plea for a new trial in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal went before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons on Friday December 16th. Judge Clemons asked the commonwealth if they could confirm that there is no new evidence in the 32 boxes that relate to Brady and Bateson claims. The commonwealth did not confirm. So now Mumia's lawyers will be making arrangements to see those boxes and Judge Clemens said she would issue her ruling in 60-90 days. The press conference held on December 13th included: Moderator Associate Professor Johanna Fernandez who has researched Mumia's case at length and is executive producer of the film Justice on Trial: the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Ms. Fernandez is presently Associate Professor of History at Baruch College, CUNY; the Honorable Wendell Griffen, state court trial judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, Dr. Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, New Delhi, and São Paulo; Julia Wright, founder of the Mumia Abu-Jamal Health Committee and Board of the Richard Wright Civil Rights Center in Elaine, AR., Linn Washington, Jr.-- a Philadelphia-based investigative reporter who has covered the Mumia Abu-Jamal matter since Abu-Jamal's arrest on the morning of Dec. 9, 1981, as well as Mumia's grandson Jamal Jr.
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8:05am- News- Philadelphia City Hall is flying the Ukrainian flag to mark the anniversary of the nation's independence from the Soviet Union. 8:15am- Jared Kushner—former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States—joins the show to discuss his new book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir.” In his memoir, Kushner documents his work on prison reform, negotiating the historic Abraham Accords Declaration peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and what it was like working with his father-in-law, Donald Trump. 8:35am- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Brown University has acquired a collection of Mumia Abu-Jamal's writings and artwork for their “Voice of Mass Incarceration” exhibit at the school's John Hay Library. Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. 8:45am- On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board announced the state will ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
The Rich Zeoli Show (08/25/22): 6:00am- President Joe Biden announced he will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower. He also announced he will extend the student loan moratorium to December 31st—it had been set to expire at the end of August. 6:05am- News- The Uvalde school board voted unanimously to fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo for his poor leadership during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May of 2022. 6:15am- Writing for National Review, Charles C.W. Cooke explained that the Biden Administration is using the September 11th-era HEROES Act to justify authority to unilaterally cancel student loan debt. Cooke states: “If, when things get tough for the president, he can always find an Enabling Act somewhere…then we do not have a system of government at all. We have a dictatorship.” 6:25am- According to the Washington Post, student loan borrowers in Washington D.C. and Maryland have accrued more debt on average than any other borrowers. National Review has also reported that a majority of White House staffers will be eligible for Biden's loan forgiveness pledge. 6:45am- While announcing his plan to forgive student loans, Biden also—bizarrely—discussed going to prom? 7:00am- On Thursday, President Biden claimed that he had no advance notice of the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago. 7:05am- News- University of Pennsylvania researchers estimate that student loan forgiveness of $10,000 per borrower will cost roughly $300 billion. 7:10am- In a clip that has now gone viral on social media, the co-director of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's gender clinic can be heard encouraging gender assignment conversations with children as young as six-years-old. 7:20am- Former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced he will teach a public health course at Harvard University during the Fall 2022 semester. 7:45am- What's on the Cut Sheet: Flashback- in 2021 President Biden gave a confusing answer when asked whether the executive branch has the authority to unilaterally forgive student loans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the government to forgive even more debts, Susan Rice denies knowing the financial cost of her preferred policies, and the Prime Minister of Finland gets caught partying with topless women! 8:05am- News- Philadelphia City Hall is flying the Ukrainian flag to mark the anniversary of the nation's independence from the Soviet Union. 8:15am- Jared Kushner—former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States—joins the show to discuss his new book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir.” In his memoir, Kushner documents his work on prison reform, negotiating the historic Abraham Accords Declaration peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and what it was like working with his father-in-law, Donald Trump. 8:35am- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Brown University has acquired a collection of Mumia Abu-Jamal's writings and artwork for their “Voice of Mass Incarceration” exhibit at the school's John Hay Library. Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. 8:45am- On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board announced the state will ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. 9:05am- News- Two of New Jersey's largest school districts will require that students wear masks to begin the 2022-23 school year. 9:10am- According to the Washington Post, the IRS has launched a “safety review” following Republican criticisms of the agency. IRS leadership claims that “misperceptions” about the agency targeting middle-class Americans for audits has placed agency workers in physical danger. 9:15am- Charles Strange—author of the book, Relentless: A Gold Star Father's Pursuit of Truth—joins the show to talk about an upcoming fishing tournament at the Jersey Shore that will raise money for Gold Star families. For more information, visit: waronthewaternj.com. 9:30am- The Biden Administration continues to push for a new Iranian nuclear deal despite objections from ally Israel. 9:45am- What's on the Cut Sheet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims student loan forgiveness will somehow lower inflation + Gov. Ron DeSantis calls Dr. Fauci a “little elf.”
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In today's second hour, Giordano leads off by welcoming back to the show both attorney George Bochetto and Maureen Faulkner, the widow of slain officer Danny Faulkner, victim of Mumia Abu-Jamal. This week, Abu-Jamal and his lawyers will file their 6th petition to get Mumia out of jail, which Bochetto and Faulkner is a possibility due to DA Larry Krasner's past efforts to use the case as a political tool. In response, Maureen has come back to town to hold a rally and press conference to demand that Krasner step aside, and announce that she and Bochetto will be filing a motion to compel the judge to assist in Krasner's removal. Bochetto and Faulkner tell Giordano the deeper meaning of this case, and Faulkner tells listeners how it feels to continue reliving the most horrific event of her life. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
Full Hour | In today's second hour, Giordano leads off by welcoming back to the show both attorney George Bochetto and Maureen Faulkner, the widow of slain officer Danny Faulkner, victim of Mumia Abu-Jamal. This week, Abu-Jamal and his lawyers will file their 6th petition to get Mumia out of jail, which Bochetto and Faulkner is a possibility due to DA Larry Krasner's past efforts to use the case as a political tool. In response, Maureen has come back to town to hold a rally and press conference to demand that Krasner step aside, and announce that she and Bochetto will be filing a motion to compel the judge to assist in Krasner's removal. Bochetto and Faulkner tell Giordano the deeper meaning of this case, and Faulkner tells listeners how it feels to continue reliving the most horrific event of her life. Then, Giordano welcomes back in Democratic State Senator Sharif Street, after the Senator's name was dropped in the letter sent by Republican Senator Jake Corman to the Pennsylvania Assembly calling for the impeachment of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. In the letter, Corman writes, “our own colleagues in the General Assembly are not immune to this epidemic of violence. Senator Sharif Street's family suffered a terrible tragedy in July when his cousin was murdered. His office was also struck by bullets during another shooting last month.” Street tells why he takes umbrage with his name being included in the statement, telling why he will not support the impeachment of Krasner. Giordano and Street discuss Street's stance on Krasner and law enforcement, with Street proposing Krasner policies that have indeed worked. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
In today's second hour, two very special guests join the Dom Giordano Program. Back on December 9th, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner was murdered by political activist Mumia Abu-Jamaal. For the past 40 years, Mumia supporters have tried to get Abu-Jamal released from jail. Coming up on the 40th anniversary, former Philadelphia police officers Gary Bell and Ed Frederick join the program. Both Gary and Ed were close friends with late Faulkner, and join to reflect upon the anniversary of the passing of their friend. First, Bell takes us to the day of Faulkner's passing, laying the setting for the fateful night. Bell, Faulkner's ride-along partner for years leading up to the passing, tells that Faulkner was on patrol with the police spread thin that night, and he heard and rushed to the hospital. Frederick tells the story of hearing about the passing from his point of view, and takes us through what it felt like to lose his close friend and co-worker. Then, Dom offers his list of the top 10 guests he would like Dan to book for the Dom Giordano Program in 2022, including Tom Jones, Howard Stern, and some local politicians. In addition, Neal Zoren returns to the show to tell us why Yellowstone has gained an incredible following after 4 seasons of being on television. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Lisa O'Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. Central for Season 4 of Clear and Convincing. In Episode 1, Michael and Lisa will talk about developments in many of the cases they've covered during their first 3 seasons, including developments in Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal, Tennessee v. Alley, Arizona v. Arias, Wisconsin v. Avery and Dassey, Texas v. Carty, California v. Cooper, Florida v. Dippolito and Mississippi v. Flowers, among other cases. We'll talk about the outcome of the King's Bench challenge filed on behalf of Maureen Faulkner in an effort to remove Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, the outcome of Jodi Arias' direct appeal and the next stage for Dalia Dippolito's challenge to her conviction. We are a live show and, as always, calls are welcome at (347) 989-1171.
Maureen Faulkner, widow of slain Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, returns to both Philadelphia and the Dom Giordano Program. Faulkner, now living out in California, has spent the past 40 years seeking continued justice for the murder of her husband, who was slain by political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981. Faulkner joins the program to discuss her visit to Philadelphia, as she returns to the city in the lead up to the primary election here in the city, particularly to advocate against current District Attorney Larry Krasner, who's remained insistent on freeing Abu-Jamal. Faulkner provides an update on her conversations with the District Attorney, telling that she spent 3 hours in his office in person, only for him to go back on his word after the said meeting. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on Mumia Abu Jamal. On Monday, April 19, unjustly imprisoned Black journalist and human rights campaigner Mumia Abu Jamal underwent serious heart surgery. A few days prior, Mumia was rushed to the hospital following severe chest pains he was experiencing. A day earlier, Mumia's lawyer informed his close supporters that he complained of chest pain while on a walk. From there, he was taken to an undisclosed hospital where it was discovered that his coronary articles were blocked. Mumia already suffered from several pre-existing health conditions. Back in March of this year, he reportedly lost 30 pounds after becoming ill with COVID-19 in the Mahanoy State Correctional Institution. Mumia has also previously been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, diabetes and liver cirrhosis. During his hospitalization last month, Mumia was reportedly shackled to the bed for four days and had wounds all over his body from the shackles that dug into his skin. On Saturday, April 24, Mumia will turn 67 years old. Three days of action demanding the release of Mumia will take place from Friday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25. The days of action had already been planned to mark Mumia's birthday before news of his heart surgery. Starting at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970. During that time, he was named Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party. After he finished high school, he later served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Mumia Abu Jamal was also active in supporting the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia, which was being harassed and violently attacked by police. While working as a part-time reporter at WDAS in Philly, Mumia worked two nights a week as a taxicab driver to supplement his income. On December 9, 1981, Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle belonging to and driven by William, Mumia's younger brother. Mumia's brother was attacked and harassed by Faulker, who was shot by an unidentified person. Although evidence has come forward about who the killer might be. Mumia was also shot in the incident and he was beat pretty severely by several officers before he was taken to the hospital. Our guests are Pam Africa and Linn Washington Jr. Pam Africa is the head of International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Philadelphia-based organization at the center of the international movement seeking Abu-Jamal's release. Linn Washington Jr. is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Abu-Jamal case since December 1981.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on Mumia Abu Jamal. On Monday, April 19, unjustly imprisoned Black journalist and human rights campaigner Mumia Abu Jamal underwent serious heart surgery. A few days prior, Mumia was rushed to the hospital following severe chest pains he was experiencing. A day earlier, Mumia's lawyer informed his close supporters that he complained of chest pain while on a walk. From there, he was taken to an undisclosed hospital where it was discovered that his coronary articles were blocked. Mumia already suffered from several pre-existing health conditions. Back in March of this year, he reportedly lost 30 pounds after becoming ill with COVID-19 in the Mahanoy State Correctional Institution. Mumia has also previously been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, diabetes and liver cirrhosis. During his hospitalization last month, Mumia was reportedly shackled to the bed for four days and had wounds all over his body from the shackles that dug into his skin. On Saturday, April 24, Mumia will turn 67 years old. Three days of action demanding the release of Mumia will take place from Friday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25. The days of action had already been planned to mark Mumia's birthday before news of his heart surgery. Starting at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970. During that time, he was named Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party. After he finished high school, he later served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Mumia Abu Jamal was also active in supporting the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia, which was being harassed and violently attacked by police. While working as a part-time reporter at WDAS in Philly, Mumia worked two nights a week as a taxicab driver to supplement his income. On December 9, 1981, Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle belonging to and driven by William, Mumia's younger brother. Mumia's brother was attacked and harassed by Faulker, who was shot by an unidentified person. Although evidence has come forward about who the killer might be. Mumia was also shot in the incident and he was beat pretty severely by several officers before he was taken to the hospital. Our guests are Pam Africa and Linn Washington Jr. Pam Africa is the head of International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Philadelphia-based organization at the center of the international movement seeking Abu-Jamal's release. Linn Washington Jr. is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Abu-Jamal case since December 1981.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on Mumia Abu Jamal. On Monday, April 19, unjustly imprisoned Black journalist and human rights campaigner Mumia Abu Jamal underwent serious heart surgery. A few days prior, Mumia was rushed to the hospital following severe chest pains he was experiencing. A day earlier, Mumia's lawyer informed his close supporters that he complained of chest pain while on a walk. From there, he was taken to an undisclosed hospital where it was discovered that his coronary articles were blocked. Mumia already suffered from several pre-existing health conditions. Back in March of this year, he reportedly lost 30 pounds after becoming ill with COVID-19 in the Mahanoy State Correctional Institution. Mumia has also previously been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, diabetes and liver cirrhosis. During his hospitalization last month, Mumia was reportedly shackled to the bed for four days and had wounds all over his body from the shackles that dug into his skin. On Saturday, April 24, Mumia will turn 67 years old. Three days of action demanding the release of Mumia will take place from Friday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25. The days of action had already been planned to mark Mumia's birthday before news of his heart surgery. Starting at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970. During that time, he was named Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party. After he finished high school, he later served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Mumia Abu Jamal was also active in supporting the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia, which was being harassed and violently attacked by police. While working as a part-time reporter at WDAS in Philly, Mumia worked two nights a week as a taxicab driver to supplement his income. On December 9, 1981, Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle belonging to and driven by William, Mumia's younger brother. Mumia's brother was attacked and harassed by Faulker, who was shot by an unidentified person. Although evidence has come forward about who the killer might be. Mumia was also shot in the incident and he was beat pretty severely by several officers before he was taken to the hospital. Our guests are Pam Africa and Linn Washington Jr. Pam Africa is the head of International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Philadelphia-based organization at the center of the international movement seeking Abu-Jamal's release. Linn Washington Jr. is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Abu-Jamal case since December 1981.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on Mumia Abu Jamal. On Monday, April 19, unjustly imprisoned Black journalist and human rights campaigner Mumia Abu Jamal underwent serious heart surgery. A few days prior, Mumia was rushed to the hospital following severe chest pains he was experiencing. A day earlier, Mumia's lawyer informed his close supporters that he complained of chest pain while on a walk. From there, he was taken to an undisclosed hospital where it was discovered that his coronary articles were blocked. Mumia already suffered from several pre-existing health conditions. Back in March of this year, he reportedly lost 30 pounds after becoming ill with COVID-19 in the Mahanoy State Correctional Institution. Mumia has also previously been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, diabetes and liver cirrhosis. During his hospitalization last month, Mumia was reportedly shackled to the bed for four days and had wounds all over his body from the shackles that dug into his skin. On Saturday, April 24, Mumia will turn 67 years old. Three days of action demanding the release of Mumia will take place from Friday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25. The days of action had already been planned to mark Mumia's birthday before news of his heart surgery. Starting at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970. During that time, he was named Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party. After he finished high school, he later served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Mumia Abu Jamal was also active in supporting the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia, which was being harassed and violently attacked by police. While working as a part-time reporter at WDAS in Philly, Mumia worked two nights a week as a taxicab driver to supplement his income. On December 9, 1981, Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle belonging to and driven by William, Mumia's younger brother. Mumia's brother was attacked and harassed by Faulker, who was shot by an unidentified person. Although evidence has come forward about who the killer might be. Mumia was also shot in the incident and he was beat pretty severely by several officers before he was taken to the hospital. Our guests are Pam Africa and Linn Washington Jr. Pam Africa is the head of International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Philadelphia-based organization at the center of the international movement seeking Abu-Jamal's release. Linn Washington Jr. is an award-winning journalist who has covered the Abu-Jamal case since December 1981.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The nation's best known political prisoner will celebrate his 67 th birthday later this month, if Mumia Abu Jamal survives his latest health crisis. And, most people think of maroons as enslaved people that escaped to hideouts in the mountains. However, history shows that maroons often found freedom at sea. But first – George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off the largest protests in US history. The trial of the cop charged in Floyd's murder was still in progress when police in a nearby town killed another unarmed Black man. In Washington, Sputnik Radio host Garland Nixon spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific writer and professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne says Blacks have always been in conflict with the U.S. State and its police. That was Dr. Gerald Horne, speaking on Sputnik Radio, in Washington. Justin Dunnavant is a post-doctoral student with a deep interest in Maroons, the enslaved people that escaped captivity and established relatively free settlements in the Americas. Dunnavant has researched enslaved and maroon communities in the Caribbean, Central America and Africa. He's written an article titled, “Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies.” Dunnavant says people that escaped from slavery lived in lots of places besides up in the mountains, thanks to their seagoing skills. That was Justin Dunnavant, an expert of seagoing maroon communities. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation's best known political prisoner, expected that he would undergo heart surgery for blocked arteries last week. But the Pennsylvania prison system won't even tell Mumia's family what medical plans they have for responding to Abu Jamal's health crisis. A number of his supporters gathered for a press conference last Thursday, in Philadelphia, hosted by educator Marc Lamont Hill. First up, was Mumia's grandson, Jamal, who said the people's movement – not supposedly progressive district attorney Larry Krassner – would ultimately free Mumia.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The nation’s best known political prisoner will celebrate his 67 th birthday later this month, if Mumia Abu Jamal survives his latest health crisis. And, most people think of maroons as enslaved people that escaped to hideouts in the mountains. However, history shows that maroons often found freedom at sea. But first – George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off the largest protests in US history. The trial of the cop charged in Floyd’s murder was still in progress when police in a nearby town killed another unarmed Black man. In Washington, Sputnik Radio host Garland Nixon spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific writer and professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne says Blacks have always been in conflict with the U.S. State and its police. That was Dr. Gerald Horne, speaking on Sputnik Radio, in Washington. Justin Dunnavant is a post-doctoral student with a deep interest in Maroons, the enslaved people that escaped captivity and established relatively free settlements in the Americas. Dunnavant has researched enslaved and maroon communities in the Caribbean, Central America and Africa. He’s written an article titled, “Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies.” Dunnavant says people that escaped from slavery lived in lots of places besides up in the mountains, thanks to their seagoing skills. That was Justin Dunnavant, an expert of seagoing maroon communities. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, expected that he would undergo heart surgery for blocked arteries last week. But the Pennsylvania prison system won’t even tell Mumia’s family what medical plans they have for responding to Abu Jamal’s health crisis. A number of his supporters gathered for a press conference last Thursday, in Philadelphia, hosted by educator Marc Lamont Hill. First up, was Mumia’s grandson, Jamal, who said the people’s movement – not supposedly progressive district attorney Larry Krassner – would ultimately free Mumia.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host, Glen Ford. Coming up: Calls are mounting to abolish the cops on US college campuses. And, where does the US get the right to dictate who governs Haiti? We'll speak with a longtime fighter for Haitian sovereignty. But first – It's been confirmed that the nation's best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, has been infected with Covid-19. Abu Jamal is a senior citizen prisoner, having spent the last 39 years in the Pennsylvania prison gulag. Longtime Mumia supporter Dr. Johanna Fernandez held a press conference to demand that Abu Jamal and all elderly inmates and political prisoners be set free. Fernandez was joined by Mumia's movement doctor, Ricardo Alvarez, and Rev. Kieth Collins, who has known Abu Jamal since they were both youngsters in Philadelphia. Dr. Fernandez said setting Mumia freeis good medicine, as well as justice. That was Rev. Keith Collins, speaking from Philadelphia. The modern Free Speech Movement began on California college campuses in the Sixties, and soon led to demands that campuses be free of police. But instead, cops have become even more deeply entrenched and militarized at US colleges, just as in the larger society. Dylan Rodriquez is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside, and he has plenty of experience combating the cops. Dr. Rodriguez says both the university system and its campus police are undergoing a crisis of legitimacy. That was Professor Dylan Rodriguez, speaking from the University of California, at Riverside. The Haitian people have made it plain that they want to be rid of Jovenel Moise, the incredibly corrupt president imposed on Haiti by the United States. Thousands of Haitians have been in the streets for weeks, demanding that Moise step down. But the regime refuses to budge, and has responded with gunfire that has left dozens dead. Dr. Jemima Pierre is an anthropologist in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA, and an activist with the Black Alliance for Peace. Pierre was interviewed by Dr. Jared Ball on his influential podcast, “I Mix What I Like.” She says Washington is the source of Haiti's misery.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host, Glen Ford. Coming up: Calls are mounting to abolish the cops on US college campuses. And, where does the US get the right to dictate who governs Haiti? We’ll speak with a longtime fighter for Haitian sovereignty. But first – It’s been confirmed that the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, has been infected with Covid-19. Abu Jamal is a senior citizen prisoner, having spent the last 39 years in the Pennsylvania prison gulag. Longtime Mumia supporter Dr. Johanna Fernandez held a press conference to demand that Abu Jamal and all elderly inmates and political prisoners be set free. Fernandez was joined by Mumia’s movement doctor, Ricardo Alvarez, and Rev. Kieth Collins, who has known Abu Jamal since they were both youngsters in Philadelphia. Dr. Fernandez said setting Mumia freeis good medicine, as well as justice. That was Rev. Keith Collins, speaking from Philadelphia. The modern Free Speech Movement began on California college campuses in the Sixties, and soon led to demands that campuses be free of police. But instead, cops have become even more deeply entrenched and militarized at US colleges, just as in the larger society. Dylan Rodriquez is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside, and he has plenty of experience combating the cops. Dr. Rodriguez says both the university system and its campus police are undergoing a crisis of legitimacy. That was Professor Dylan Rodriguez, speaking from the University of California, at Riverside. The Haitian people have made it plain that they want to be rid of Jovenel Moise, the incredibly corrupt president imposed on Haiti by the United States. Thousands of Haitians have been in the streets for weeks, demanding that Moise step down. But the regime refuses to budge, and has responded with gunfire that has left dozens dead. Dr. Jemima Pierre is an anthropologist in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA, and an activist with the Black Alliance for Peace. Pierre was interviewed by Dr. Jared Ball on his influential podcast, “I Mix What I Like.” She says Washington is the source of Haiti’s misery.
Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. Central for Season 4 of Clear and Convincing. In Episode 1, Michael and Lisa will talk about developments in many of the cases they’ve covered during their first 3 seasons, including developments in Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal, Tennessee v. Alley, Arizona v. Arias, Wisconsin v. Avery and Dassey, Texas v. Carty, California v. Cooper, Florida v. Dippolito and Mississippi v. Flowers, among other cases. We’ll talk about the outcome of the King’s Bench challenge filed on behalf of Maureen Faulkner in an effort to remove Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, the outcome of Jodi Arias’ direct appeal and the next stage for Dalia Dippolito’s challenge to her conviction. We are a live show and, as always, calls are welcome at (347) 989-1171.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Some say the term fascism was born when Europeans started treating each other the way they'd been treating the colonized people of the world for centuries. We'll discuss the subject with Omali Yeshitela, of the Black Is Back Coalition. And, Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, warns that you can't effectively fight police repression at home while condoning the U.S. acting like the policeman of the planet. But first – a new newspaper has hit the streets in Philadelphia, dedicated to the liberation of the nation's best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. Pam Africa is coordinator of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. She wants folks to sign a petition, in the newspaper, demanding that Philadelphia's district attorney stop standing in the way of Abu Jamal's freedom. That was Pam Africa, of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia has been confined to the Pennsylvania prison system for the past 39 years. He filed this report for Prison Radio, in memory of Cicely Tyson. At noon on Saturday, March 6, the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold a webinar on “Fascism, Neoliberalism, and the Way Forward.” The Democratic Party claims that it is a bastion of resistance to Republican fascism – but it is the Democrats that are most eager to put limits on free speech and access to the Internet. Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela offers this analysis. That was Omali Yeshitela, of the Black Is Back Coalition, speaking from St. Petersburg, Florida. The U.S. Peace Council recently held a joint webinar with the Venezuelan section of the Committee for International Solidarity and Struggle for Peace. The event's lead speaker was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Some say the term fascism was born when Europeans started treating each other the way they’d been treating the colonized people of the world for centuries. We’ll discuss the subject with Omali Yeshitela, of the Black Is Back Coalition. And, Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, warns that you can’t effectively fight police repression at home while condoning the U.S. acting like the policeman of the planet. But first – a new newspaper has hit the streets in Philadelphia, dedicated to the liberation of the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. Pam Africa is coordinator of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. She wants folks to sign a petition, in the newspaper, demanding that Philadelphia’s district attorney stop standing in the way of Abu Jamal’s freedom. That was Pam Africa, of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia has been confined to the Pennsylvania prison system for the past 39 years. He filed this report for Prison Radio, in memory of Cicely Tyson. At noon on Saturday, March 6, the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold a webinar on “Fascism, Neoliberalism, and the Way Forward.” The Democratic Party claims that it is a bastion of resistance to Republican fascism – but it is the Democrats that are most eager to put limits on free speech and access to the Internet. Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela offers this analysis. That was Omali Yeshitela, of the Black Is Back Coalition, speaking from St. Petersburg, Florida. The U.S. Peace Council recently held a joint webinar with the Venezuelan section of the Committee for International Solidarity and Struggle for Peace. The event’s lead speaker was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace.
In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Johanna Fernandez, assistant professor of history at Baruch College of the City University and author of the new book The Young Lords: A Radical History, to discuss the recent legal victory in the fight to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, why the evidence set to be admitted is so crucial for proving Abu-Jamal's innocence, and the impact of the recent press conference she organized featuring figures like Colin Kaepernick and Angela Davis on the growing public outcry over Mumia's continued incarceration.
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Ben Becker, Editor at Breakthrough News, to discuss the $900B COVID-19 relief package set to pass Congress, the stark differences in how the working and owning classes have fared amid the pandemic, and how anti-China and anti-Russia mainstream media narratives are hindering the global response to COVID-19.In the second segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Joe Lauria, editor of Consortium News, to discuss the recent cyberattacks alleged to have been carried out by Russia, the history of mainstream media taking US intelligence claims at face value, how the US political class and the cyberwarfare segment of the military-industrial complex stand to gain from the developments, and why he thinks it's an attempt by hawks and hardliners to box in Biden on diplomacy before he enters office.In the third segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Johanna Fernandez, assistant professor of history at Baruch College of the City University and author of the new book The Young Lords: A Radical History, to discuss the recent legal victory in the fight to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, why the evidence set to be admitted is so crucial for proving Abu-Jamal's innocence, and the impact of the recent press conference she organized featuring figures like Colin Kaepernick and Angela Davis on the growing public outcry over Abu-Jamal's continued incarceration.Later in the show, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Dr. Edward Onaci, Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies at Ursinus Collegeand author of the book, "Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State," to discuss the late Burkinabé revolutionary Thomas Sankara on his birthday, why the $600 COVID-19 relief checks have been met with such widespread derision and anger, and why it's so crucial that revolutionaries combine theory with practice.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Community Control of police -- We’ll hear from two advocates of making cops accountable to the people. Colin Kaepernick demands freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal. And, a former political prisoner is briefly jailed for registering to vote. But first – Native Americans say the holiday “Thanksgiving” is a celebration of genocide at the hands of European invaders, and should be replaced by a National Day Mourning. We spoke with Nick Estes, an activist member of the Sioux nation who teaches American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Black Psychology students at Bowie State University, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, last week held a panel discussion on Police Brutality and Community Control of the Police. One of those that spoke was Netfa Freeman, an organizer with Pan-African Community Action, which is pushing for community control of the police. Freeman says police are a militarized force of oppression. Former Black Panther Party member Dhoruba Bin Wahad spent 19 years as a political prisoner. He told the Bowie State University panel that we need to create a national front of organizations, all demanding Community Control of Police. Colin Kaepernick, the National Football League quarterback who has effectively been banned from playing because of his political beliefs, was part of a virtual press conference last week, demanding the release of the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. Kaepernick says Abu Jamal’s continued imprisonment is a crime against humanity. Former Black Panther Jalil Muntaqim spent 49 years in prison until he was released on parole in October. When Muntaqim returned to his family home in Rochester, New York, he registered to vote—a mistake for which he was briefly jailed. We spoke with Muntaqim’s cousin, Blake Simons
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Community Control of police -- We'll hear from two advocates of making cops accountable to the people. Colin Kaepernick demands freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal. And, a former political prisoner is briefly jailed for registering to vote. But first – Native Americans say the holiday “Thanksgiving” is a celebration of genocide at the hands of European invaders, and should be replaced by a National Day Mourning. We spoke with Nick Estes, an activist member of the Sioux nation who teaches American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Black Psychology students at Bowie State University, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, last week held a panel discussion on Police Brutality and Community Control of the Police. One of those that spoke was Netfa Freeman, an organizer with Pan-African Community Action, which is pushing for community control of the police. Freeman says police are a militarized force of oppression. Former Black Panther Party member Dhoruba Bin Wahad spent 19 years as a political prisoner. He told the Bowie State University panel that we need to create a national front of organizations, all demanding Community Control of Police. Colin Kaepernick, the National Football League quarterback who has effectively been banned from playing because of his political beliefs, was part of a virtual press conference last week, demanding the release of the nation's best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. Kaepernick says Abu Jamal's continued imprisonment is a crime against humanity. Former Black Panther Jalil Muntaqim spent 49 years in prison until he was released on parole in October. When Muntaqim returned to his family home in Rochester, New York, he registered to vote—a mistake for which he was briefly jailed. We spoke with Muntaqim's cousin, Blake Simons
When I was invited to speak on behalf of Mumia, one of the first things that came to mind was how long he's been in prison. How many years of his life had been stolen away from him, his community, and his loved ones. He's been incarcerated for 38 years. Mumia has been in prison longer than I've been alive.When I first spoke with Mumia on the phone, I did very little talking. I just listened. Hearing him speak was a reminder of why we must continue to fight. Earlier this year, The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner issued a statement, noting that prolonged solitary confinement, the precise type often used in the United States, amounts to psychological torture. Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent roughly 30 out of his 38 years in solitary confinement.In his book Live From Death Row, Mumia wrote that prison is a second by second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours, and hours into days. He has had to endure this second-by-second assault on his soul for 38 years.He had no record before he was arrested and framed for the death of a Philadelphia police officer. Since 1981, Mumia has maintained his innocence. His story has not changed. Mumia was shot, brutalized, arrested, and chained to a hospital bed. The first police officer assigned to him wrote in a report that the “Negro male made no comment” as cited in Philly Mag. Yet 64 days into the investigation, another officer testified that Mumia had confessed to the killing. Mumia’s story has not changed, but we're talking about the same Philadelphia Police Department whose behavior “shocks the conscience,” according to a 1979 DOJ report. Behaviors like shooting nonviolent suspects, abusing handcuffed prisoners, and tampering with evidence.It should therefore come as little surprise that, according to Dr. Johanna Fernandez, over one third of the 35 officers involved in Mumia's case, were subsequently convicted of rank corruption, extortion, and tampering with evidence to obtain convictions in unrelated cases. This is the same Philadelphia Police Department where officers ran racial profiling sweeps, like Operation Cold Turkey in March, 1985, targeting Black and Brown folks; and bombed the MOVE house in May of that year, killing 11 people, including five children and destroying 61 homes. The same Philadelphia police department, whose officers eight days before the 2020 presidential election, shot Walter Wallace Jr. dead in the streets in front of his crying mother. The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police has unrelentingly campaigned for Mumia’s execution. During their August, 1999, national meeting, a spokesperson for the organization stated that they will not rest until Abu-Jamal burns in hell. The former Philadelphia president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Richard Castello, went as far as to say that if you disagree with their views of Mumia, you can join him in the electric chair and that they will make it an electric couch.The trial judge on Mumia's case in 1981, Albert Sabo was a former member of the Fraternal Order of Police. Court reporter Terry Maurer Carter even heard Judge Sabo telling a colleague “I'm going to help them fry the nigger.”Found in December, 2018, in an inaccessible storage room of the DA's office, six boxes of documents for Mumia's case reveal previously undisclosed and highly significant evidence showing that Mumia’s trial was tainted by a failure to disclose material evidence in violation of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. In November, 2019, the Fraternal Order of Police filed a King's Bench Petition asking the court to allow the state attorney general, not the Philadelphia DA's office, to handle the upcoming appeals.As the FOP president John McNesby said just last year, “Mumia should remain in prison for the rest of his life.” And a King's Bench order provides the legal angle for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to uphold Judge Sabo’s original wish, which was for Mumia ultimately to die in prison. Today we're living through a moment where it's acceptable to paint “end racism now” in front of the Philadelphia Police Department’s 26th district headquarters, and yet a political prisoner who has since the age of 14 dedicated his life to fighting against racism, continues to be caged and lives his life on a slow death row. We're in the midst of a movement that says Black Lives Matter. And if that's truly the case, then it means that Mumia’s life and legacy must matter. And the causes that he sacrifices life and freedom for must matter as well. Through all of the torture Mumia has suffered over the past 38 years, his principles have never wavered. These principles have manifested themselves in his writing countless books while incarcerated, in his successful radio show, and the time and energy he has poured into his mentorship of younger incarcerated folks and the continued concern for the people suffering outside of the walls. Even while living in the hells of the prison system, Mumia still fights for our human rights. We must continue to fight for him and his human rights.Well, Mumia is 66 years old. He is a grandfather. He is an elder with ailments. He is a human being that deserves to be free. Free Mumia.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: We’ll talk with an activist-scholar we says anti-Black violence is not just endemic, not just in the United States but throughout Latin America. Political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal has a commentary on the people and system that took Breonna Taylors life. And, China has the only economy strong enough to pull the world out of recession, but the United States seems bent on waging a New Cold War. We’ll hear from BAR contributing editor Danny Haiphong. But first -- The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparation, has marched on the White House every November since its formation in the first year of the Obama administration. The Coalition and its 15 member organizations will be in Washington on November 6, 7th and 8th, putting forward an independent Black politics. Black Is Back chairman Omali Yeshitela tells us about this year’s Black People’s March on the White House. The whole world watched as millions took to the streets to demand a halt to police killings of Black people in the United States. But Black lives are at risk everywhere in the Western Hemisphere, according to Jameelah Imani Morris, an activist scholar workin on her doctorate at Stanford University. Morris has done extensive work with Black youth in both the United States and Latin America. Mumia Abu Jamal is the nation’s best known political prisoner, a prolific author and journalist, now in his 39th year of incarceration in Pennsylvania. Abu Jamal’s latest report for Prison Radio is titled, “Breonna’s Deathbed.”
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: We'll talk with an activist-scholar we says anti-Black violence is not just endemic, not just in the United States but throughout Latin America. Political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal has a commentary on the people and system that took Breonna Taylors life. And, China has the only economy strong enough to pull the world out of recession, but the United States seems bent on waging a New Cold War. We'll hear from BAR contributing editor Danny Haiphong. But first -- The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparation, has marched on the White House every November since its formation in the first year of the Obama administration. The Coalition and its 15 member organizations will be in Washington on November 6, 7th and 8th, putting forward an independent Black politics. Black Is Back chairman Omali Yeshitela tells us about this year's Black People's March on the White House. The whole world watched as millions took to the streets to demand a halt to police killings of Black people in the United States. But Black lives are at risk everywhere in the Western Hemisphere, according to Jameelah Imani Morris, an activist scholar workin on her doctorate at Stanford University. Morris has done extensive work with Black youth in both the United States and Latin America. Mumia Abu Jamal is the nation's best known political prisoner, a prolific author and journalist, now in his 39th year of incarceration in Pennsylvania. Abu Jamal's latest report for Prison Radio is titled, “Breonna's Deathbed.”
This is a segment of episode #252 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Pressure: MOVE, Police Terror, & The Unyielding Demand For Liberation w/ Mike Africa, Jr.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWafrica Learn more about Mike Africa, Jr. and his work: https://mikeafricajr.com Mike Africa, Jr. is a second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. In the full interview, Mike provides background information on the philosophy and aims of the MOVE Organization since its formation in the 1970s, and the role he and his parents have played in the organization up to the present day. From there, he provides a background to the most dramatic confrontations between the members of MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD): the 1978 confrontation between MOVE and Philadelphia police officers (leading to the death of one officer, the brutal public police beating of Delbert Africa, and the wrongful conviction of nine members of MOVE), and the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters on Osage Avenue, Philadelphia by the PPD — the fires of which killed eleven members of MOVE (including five children) and decimated 65 houses in that neighborhood. (https://youtu.be/6RFW9KuL-nk) I also ask Mike about case of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal — including how the police framed him in 1981 for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, to which he is still serving time for. (https://bit.ly/3e0xqsY) Mike explains how the tactics he and his legal team have employed in the cases of the MOVE 9 continue to apply in the ongoing legal battle to release Abu-Jamal from his decades-long imprisonment. And finally, I ask Mike to connect the decades-long struggle of MOVE and the Black Liberation movement at large with the unprecedented uprisings currently being waged in dozens of cities around the United States and around the world since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Mike Africa, Jr. is the son of Debbie Africa and Michael Africa, Sr. of the MOVE 9, released from prison nearly two years ago after they were wrongfully convicted for the death of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 during an armed confrontation between MOVE and the PPD. “[Mike Africa,Jr.] was born to a mother accused and later convicted of third-degree murder in one of the most dramatic confrontations with law enforcement of the 1970s black liberation struggle. Not only was Debbie Africa sentenced to 30 years to life for the death of a police officer, so too was her husband, Mike Africa Sr, father to Mike Jr, who was caught up in the same confrontation and given the same punishment.” (https://bit.ly/2XONNUc) WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior
[Intro: 11:05 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Mike Africa, Jr., second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. We begin this discussion with Mike providing background information on the philosophy and aims of the MOVE Organization since its formation in the 1970s, and the role he and his parents have played in the organization up to the present day. From there, he provides a background to the most dramatic confrontations between the members of MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD): the 1978 confrontation between MOVE and Philadelphia police officers (leading to the death of one officer, the brutal public police beating of Delbert Africa, and the wrongful conviction of nine members of MOVE), and the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters on Osage Avenue, Philadelphia by the PPD — the fires of which killed eleven members of MOVE (including five children) and decimated 65 houses in that neighborhood. (https://youtu.be/6RFW9KuL-nk) I also ask Mike about case of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal — including how the police framed him in 1981 for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, to which he is still serving time for. (https://bit.ly/3e0xqsY) Mike explains how the tactics he and his legal team have employed in the cases of the MOVE 9 continue to apply in the ongoing legal battle to release Abu-Jamal from his decades-long imprisonment. And finally, I ask Mike to connect the decades-long struggle of MOVE and the Black Liberation movement at large with the unprecedented uprisings currently being waged in dozens of cities around the United States and around the world since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Mike Africa, Jr. is the son of Debbie Africa and Michael Africa, Sr. of the MOVE 9, released from prison nearly two years ago after they were wrongfully convicted for the death of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 during an armed confrontation between MOVE and the PPD. “[Mike Africa,Jr.] was born to a mother accused and later convicted of third-degree murder in one of the most dramatic confrontations with law enforcement of the 1970s black liberation struggle. Not only was Debbie Africa sentenced to 30 years to life for the death of a police officer, so too was her husband, Mike Africa Sr, father to Mike Jr, who was caught up in the same confrontation and given the same punishment.” (https://bit.ly/2XONNUc) Episode Note: - Learn more about Mike Africa, Jr. and his work: https://mikeafricajr.com / https://www.instagram.com/mikeafricajr / https://twitter.com/MikeAfricaJr1 - Learn more about MOVE: http://onamove.com - The audio sources featured in the introduction: https://bit.ly/2UriOLA / https://bit.ly/3fclogD / https://bit.ly/37dOPvY - The song featured in this episode is “Deliver the Word” by Mike Africa, Jr.: https://youtu.be/fdtD_htG-vY WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: What does genetic testing have to do with Reparations? A professor of anthropology makes the political connection. Hospital closings and endemic health problems have made rural America more vulnerable to the Coronavirus. And, Mumia Abu Jamal tells us what a pandemic looks like from behind the prison walls. But first – Black America’s most prolific political author, Dr. Gerald Horne, has watched capitalist structures crumble under the impact of Covid-19 and the systems own contradictions. The professor of History and African American Studies says the pandemic has shaken global capitalism to its core. Dr. Carrie Hemming-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is dismayed by the death toll from Coronavirus in rural America. She’s co-author of an article that shows rural counties with Black or indigenous majorities have the highest rates of premature death – and that was BEFORE the current epidemic. Reparations for historical wrongs has emerged as a political issue, and genetic science now tells us more than we’ve ever known about our ancestors. But, can genetics become a useful tool for Reparations? We spoke with Dr. Jada Benn-Torres, of Vanderbilt University. She’s author of a recent paper, titled “Reparational’ Genetics: Genomic Data and the Case for Reparations in the Caribbean.” Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, has been experiencing the pandemic from behind bars in Pennsylvania. Prisons are hot spots of contagion, but Abu Jamal says it’s hard for individual prisoners to see the big picture.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: What does genetic testing have to do with Reparations? A professor of anthropology makes the political connection. Hospital closings and endemic health problems have made rural America more vulnerable to the Coronavirus. And, Mumia Abu Jamal tells us what a pandemic looks like from behind the prison walls. But first – Black America’s most prolific political author, Dr. Gerald Horne, has watched capitalist structures crumble under the impact of Covid-19 and the systems own contradictions. The professor of History and African American Studies says the pandemic has shaken global capitalism to its core. Dr. Carrie Hemming-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is dismayed by the death toll from Coronavirus in rural America. She’s co-author of an article that shows rural counties with Black or indigenous majorities have the highest rates of premature death – and that was BEFORE the current epidemic. Reparations for historical wrongs has emerged as a political issue, and genetic science now tells us more than we’ve ever known about our ancestors. But, can genetics become a useful tool for Reparations? We spoke with Dr. Jada Benn-Torres, of Vanderbilt University. She’s author of a recent paper, titled “Reparational’ Genetics: Genomic Data and the Case for Reparations in the Caribbean.” Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, has been experiencing the pandemic from behind bars in Pennsylvania. Prisons are hot spots of contagion, but Abu Jamal says it’s hard for individual prisoners to see the big picture.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: What does genetic testing have to do with Reparations? A professor of anthropology makes the political connection. Hospital closings and endemic health problems have made rural America more vulnerable to the Coronavirus. And, Mumia Abu Jamal tells us what a pandemic looks like from behind the prison walls. But first – Black America's most prolific political author, Dr. Gerald Horne, has watched capitalist structures crumble under the impact of Covid-19 and the systems own contradictions. The professor of History and African American Studies says the pandemic has shaken global capitalism to its core. Dr. Carrie Hemming-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is dismayed by the death toll from Coronavirus in rural America. She's co-author of an article that shows rural counties with Black or indigenous majorities have the highest rates of premature death – and that was BEFORE the current epidemic. Reparations for historical wrongs has emerged as a political issue, and genetic science now tells us more than we've ever known about our ancestors. But, can genetics become a useful tool for Reparations? We spoke with Dr. Jada Benn-Torres, of Vanderbilt University. She's author of a recent paper, titled “Reparational' Genetics: Genomic Data and the Case for Reparations in the Caribbean.” Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation's best known political prisoner, has been experiencing the pandemic from behind bars in Pennsylvania. Prisons are hot spots of contagion, but Abu Jamal says it's hard for individual prisoners to see the big picture.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: What does genetic testing have to do with Reparations? A professor of anthropology makes the political connection. Hospital closings and endemic health problems have made rural America more vulnerable to the Coronavirus. And, Mumia Abu Jamal tells us what a pandemic looks like from behind the prison walls. But first – Black America's most prolific political author, Dr. Gerald Horne, has watched capitalist structures crumble under the impact of Covid-19 and the systems own contradictions. The professor of History and African American Studies says the pandemic has shaken global capitalism to its core. Dr. Carrie Hemming-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is dismayed by the death toll from Coronavirus in rural America. She's co-author of an article that shows rural counties with Black or indigenous majorities have the highest rates of premature death – and that was BEFORE the current epidemic. Reparations for historical wrongs has emerged as a political issue, and genetic science now tells us more than we've ever known about our ancestors. But, can genetics become a useful tool for Reparations? We spoke with Dr. Jada Benn-Torres, of Vanderbilt University. She's author of a recent paper, titled “Reparational' Genetics: Genomic Data and the Case for Reparations in the Caribbean.” Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation's best known political prisoner, has been experiencing the pandemic from behind bars in Pennsylvania. Prisons are hot spots of contagion, but Abu Jamal says it's hard for individual prisoners to see the big picture.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: a young activist and writer explains why Bernie Sanders' brand of socialism doesn't measure up to the real thing. A call for change-makers to imagine the unimaginable. And, Mumia Abu Jamal says the system that put him in prison is coming apart at the seams. But first – the superpower that wants to rule the world can't even muster the resources to combat a virus, the lowest form of life on the planet. In Philadelphia, Duboisian scholar Dr. Anthony Monteiro says the American people have lost trust and belief in the system. We asked him if that fits the description of a crisis of legitimacy. Joshua Briond is a North-Carolina-based activist and member of the Black Alliance for Peace who used to be an enthusiastic supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. But he sees the world differently, now. Briond recently wrote an article in which he related how he was finally introduced to authentic socialism with the words, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” If capitalism is in a late and fatal stage, after hundreds of years at the top, then what is to take its place? Minkah Makalani is an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, who wrote a recent article titled, “The Politically Unimaginable in Black Marxist Thought.” Mumia Abu Jamal is a former Black Panther who became an award-winning reporter in Philadelphia – before he became the nation's best known political prisoner. Abu Jamal filed this report for Prison Radio.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: a young activist and writer explains why Bernie Sanders’ brand of socialism doesn’t measure up to the real thing. A call for change-makers to imagine the unimaginable. And, Mumia Abu Jamal says the system that put him in prison is coming apart at the seams. But first – the superpower that wants to rule the world can’t even muster the resources to combat a virus, the lowest form of life on the planet. In Philadelphia, Duboisian scholar Dr. Anthony Monteiro says the American people have lost trust and belief in the system. We asked him if that fits the description of a crisis of legitimacy. Joshua Briond is a North-Carolina-based activist and member of the Black Alliance for Peace who used to be an enthusiastic supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. But he sees the world differently, now. Briond recently wrote an article in which he related how he was finally introduced to authentic socialism with the words, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” If capitalism is in a late and fatal stage, after hundreds of years at the top, then what is to take its place? Minkah Makalani is an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, who wrote a recent article titled, “The Politically Unimaginable in Black Marxist Thought.” Mumia Abu Jamal is a former Black Panther who became an award-winning reporter in Philadelphia – before he became the nation’s best known political prisoner. Abu Jamal filed this report for Prison Radio.
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Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Black America has invested much of its energies in the promise of public education, but a Black educator wants schools, as we know them, abolished. And, Julian Assange is in the courts, fighting against extradition to the United States. Why are BOTH corporate political parties so intent in imprisoning the founder of Wikileaks? Kansas City, Kansas, like most American cities, is the site of massive gentrification, forcing Black and poor people out of the urban core. But, in the past year, tenants in Kansas City have fought back, winning passage of a Tenants Bill of Rights. We spoke to one of the main organizers of the city's tenant organization, Tara Rah-who-Veer. She said Kansas City tenants have made great strides in a short space of time. Growing numbers of activists are calling for the abolition of prisons in the US, as vestiges of slavery that cannot be reformed. David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies and Criminology at the University of Illinois, in Chicago. Stovall says, not only should prisons be done away with, but schooling, as we know it, should also be abolished. Hearings begin on February 24, in Great Britain, on U.S. requests to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, to stand trail on 18 charges that could put him prison for 175 years. Assange is currently being held in Britain's Belmarsh prison, where he is reported in poor health. Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford says Julian Assange is a political prisoner of Empire, who deserves support, along with all the other U.S. political prisoners. Ford was interviewed on Randy Credico's radio show. Chuck Africa, the last of the MOVE 9 Black political prisoners convicted in the death of a Philadelphia cop back in 1978. That was cause for celebration for the nation's best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, who has been locked up since 1981 in the death of another Philadelphia cop. Abu Jamal is jubilant that Move member is out of prison.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Black America has invested much of its energies in the promise of public education, but a Black educator wants schools, as we know them, abolished. And, Julian Assange is in the courts, fighting against extradition to the United States. Why are BOTH corporate political parties so intent in imprisoning the founder of Wikileaks? Kansas City, Kansas, like most American cities, is the site of massive gentrification, forcing Black and poor people out of the urban core. But, in the past year, tenants in Kansas City have fought back, winning passage of a Tenants Bill of Rights. We spoke to one of the main organizers of the city’s tenant organization, Tara Rah-who-Veer. She said Kansas City tenants have made great strides in a short space of time. Growing numbers of activists are calling for the abolition of prisons in the US, as vestiges of slavery that cannot be reformed. David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies and Criminology at the University of Illinois, in Chicago. Stovall says, not only should prisons be done away with, but schooling, as we know it, should also be abolished. Hearings begin on February 24, in Great Britain, on U.S. requests to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, to stand trail on 18 charges that could put him prison for 175 years. Assange is currently being held in Britain’s Belmarsh prison, where he is reported in poor health. Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford says Julian Assange is a political prisoner of Empire, who deserves support, along with all the other U.S. political prisoners. Ford was interviewed on Randy Credico’s radio show. Chuck Africa, the last of the MOVE 9 Black political prisoners convicted in the death of a Philadelphia cop back in 1978. That was cause for celebration for the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, who has been locked up since 1981 in the death of another Philadelphia cop. Abu Jamal is jubilant that Move member is out of prison.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Black people in Great Britain go to prison in approximately the same rate as in the United States. We'll take a look at the state of the human rights movement in that country. And, Black women in the United States suffer far more problems in giving birth, and after their babies are born. We'll look into racial disparities in treatment of post-partum depression. President Donald Trump brought the world to the brink of another Mideast War, with his assassination of a top general in the Iranian armed forces. But, political assassination is nothing new to Washington. We spoke with a renowned expert on international law. Francis Boyle is a professor of law at the University of Illinois. He says Donald Trump is guilty of many impeachable acts, but the Democrats aren't charging him with his worst crimes. Black people make up only about six percent of the populaton of Great Britain, but comprise a huge proportion of that nation's prison population. Great Britain never experienced a civil rights movement on its own soil. But, Adam Elliot-Cooper, and Black activist and doctoral student at the Oxford University, says Britain's human rights movement took place in its African and Asian and Caribbean colonies, during their struggles for independence. Elliot-Cooper says the British Empire's oppression and exploitation of colonized people, world-wide, has come home to roost. America's best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, is co-author of a book detailing the litany of crimes committed by the United States in the course of its bloody history. It's titled, “Murder, Incorporated.” Abu Jamal says the U.S. is living up to its reputation as an international assassin. The United States has the highest rate of infant mortality in the developed world, and Black mothers die while giving birth at rates comparable to Third World countries. But Black mothers also suffer very high rates of what's called post-partum depression, a mental health condition that is dangerous to both mother and child. Aneri Pattani is an activist and journalist. She wrote an article for Truthout, titled “Black Mothers Are Treated Less for Postpartum Depression Than Other Moms.” Pattani explains what post-partum depression is.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Black people in Great Britain go to prison in approximately the same rate as in the United States. We’ll take a look at the state of the human rights movement in that country. And, Black women in the United States suffer far more problems in giving birth, and after their babies are born. We’ll look into racial disparities in treatment of post-partum depression. President Donald Trump brought the world to the brink of another Mideast War, with his assassination of a top general in the Iranian armed forces. But, political assassination is nothing new to Washington. We spoke with a renowned expert on international law. Francis Boyle is a professor of law at the University of Illinois. He says Donald Trump is guilty of many impeachable acts, but the Democrats aren’t charging him with his worst crimes. Black people make up only about six percent of the populaton of Great Britain, but comprise a huge proportion of that nation’s prison population. Great Britain never experienced a civil rights movement on its own soil. But, Adam Elliot-Cooper, and Black activist and doctoral student at the Oxford University, says Britain’s human rights movement took place in its African and Asian and Caribbean colonies, during their struggles for independence. Elliot-Cooper says the British Empire’s oppression and exploitation of colonized people, world-wide, has come home to roost. America’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, is co-author of a book detailing the litany of crimes committed by the United States in the course of its bloody history. It’s titled, “Murder, Incorporated.” Abu Jamal says the U.S. is living up to its reputation as an international assassin. The United States has the highest rate of infant mortality in the developed world, and Black mothers die while giving birth at rates comparable to Third World countries. But Black mothers also suffer very high rates of what’s called post-partum depression, a mental health condition that is dangerous to both mother and child. Aneri Pattani is an activist and journalist. She wrote an article for Truthout, titled “Black Mothers Are Treated Less for Postpartum Depression Than Other Moms.” Pattani explains what post-partum depression is.
Thursday, January 2nd 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our 4th and final study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session contrasted the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia with the 1993 government siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas. Mumia articulates that both represent violent draconian measures government takes against it's own people. Gus and Thomas in NY think find this comparison to be inaccurate as a number of high ranking white officials - including attorney general Janet Reno expressed sorrow about the loss of White life and the handling of the situation in Texas. There was near harmonious unanimity among Philadelphia officials who blamed the most black members of MOVE for the bombing, loss of life and destruction of black-owned property. Mumia detailed his time in the Black Panther Party - including the COINTELPRO fueled conflict within party ranks - and later his admiration for MOVE. Gus couldn't help but reflect on the numerous MOVE members who've been guests on The C.O.W.S. Notably, Sue Africa. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on h
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our 4th and final study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session contrasted the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia with the 1993 government siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas. Mumia articulates that both represent violent draconian measures government takes against it's own people. Gus and Thomas in NY think find this comparison to be inaccurate as a number of high ranking white officials - including attorney general Janet Reno expressed sorrow about the loss of White life and the handling of the situation in Texas. There was near harmonious unanimity among Philadelphia officials who blamed the most black members of MOVE for the bombing, loss of life and destruction of black-owned property. Mumia detailed his time in the Black Panther Party - including the COINTELPRO fueled conflict within party ranks - and later his admiration for MOVE. Gus couldn't help but reflect on the numerous MOVE members who've been guests on The C.O.W.S. Notably, Sue Africa.
Thursday, January 2nd 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our 4th and final study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session contrasted the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia with the 1993 government siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas. Mumia articulates that both represent violent draconian measures government takes against it's own people. Gus and Thomas in NY think find this comparison to be inaccurate as a number of high ranking white officials - including attorney general Janet Reno expressed sorrow about the loss of White life and the handling of the situation in Texas. There was near harmonious unanimity among Philadelphia officials who blamed the most black members of MOVE for the bombing, loss of life and destruction of black-owned property. Mumia detailed his time in the Black Panther Party - including the COINTELPRO fueled conflict within party ranks - and later his admiration for MOVE. Gus couldn't help but reflect on the numerous MOVE members who've been guests on The C.O.W.S. Notably, Sue Africa. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our third study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session detailed the myriad of ways White guards eviscerate the health and sanity of mostly black inmates. Toxic and low quality food items, non-existent medical treatment, and limited or no access to fresh water or people describes how many any greater confinement spend months or years of their lives. It seemed the sound of male prisoners being beaten and cursed has been ubiquitous for Mumia. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our third study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session detailed the myriad of ways White guards eviscerate the health and sanity of mostly black inmates. Toxic and low quality food items, non-existent medical treatment, and limited or no access to fresh water or people describes how many any greater confinement spend months or years of their lives. It seemed the sound of male prisoners being beaten and cursed has been ubiquitous for Mumia. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
Thursday, December 26th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our third study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session detailed the myriad of ways White guards eviscerate the health and sanity of mostly black inmates. Toxic and low quality food items, non-existent medical treatment, and limited or no access to fresh water or people describes how many any greater confinement spend months or years of their lives. It seemed the sound of male prisoners being beaten and cursed has been ubiquitous for Mumia. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
Thursday, December 26th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our third study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll explore how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session detailed the myriad of ways White guards eviscerate the health and sanity of mostly black inmates. Toxic and low quality food items, non-existent medical treatment, and limited or no access to fresh water or people describes how many any greater confinement spend months or years of their lives. It seemed the sound of male prisoners being beaten and cursed has been ubiquitous for Mumia. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our second study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session focused on the 1987 Supreme Court case McCleskey v. Kemp. Mumia notes that a key piece of evidence from this case is that defendants charged with killing someone classified as White in Georgia are 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence compared to someone charged for killing a black person. He quotes Yale Law scholar Robert Burt, who processed the McCleskey decision by saying: "Law enforcement in the most serious cases is entrusted predominantly to groups of white men who value white lives more than black lives; and thus take special vengeance on blacks who murder whites... as if our society were gripped by fears about, and prepared to take preemptive strikes against, an explosion of race warfare." #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision #TheCOWS10 INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
Thursday, December 19th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our second study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session focused on the 1987 Supreme Court case McCleskey v. Kemp. Mumia notes that a key piece of evidence from this case is that defendants charged with killing someone classified as White in Georgia are 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence compared to someone charged for killing a black person. He quotes Yale Law scholar Robert Burt, who processed the McCleskey decision by saying: "Law enforcement in the most serious cases is entrusted predominantly to groups of white men who value white lives more than black lives; and thus take special vengeance on blacks who murder whites... as if our society were gripped by fears about, and prepared to take preemptive strikes against, an explosion of race warfare." #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
Thursday, December 19th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our second study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session focused on the 1987 Supreme Court case McCleskey v. Kemp. Mumia notes that a key piece of evidence from this case is that defendants charged with killing someone classified as White in Georgia are 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence compared to someone charged for killing a black person. He quotes Yale Law scholar Robert Burt, who processed the McCleskey decision by saying: "Law enforcement in the most serious cases is entrusted predominantly to groups of white men who value white lives more than black lives; and thus take special vengeance on blacks who murder whites... as if our society were gripped by fears about, and prepared to take preemptive strikes against, an explosion of race warfare." #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our second study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Last week's session focused on the 1987 Supreme Court case McCleskey v. Kemp. Mumia notes that a key piece of evidence from this case is that defendants charged with killing someone classified as White in Georgia are 4.3 times more likely to receive a death sentence compared to someone charged for killing a black person. He quotes Yale Law scholar Robert Burt, who processed the McCleskey decision by saying: "Law enforcement in the most serious cases is entrusted predominantly to groups of white men who value white lives more than black lives; and thus take special vengeance on blacks who murder whites... as if our society were gripped by fears about, and prepared to take preemptive strikes against, an explosion of race warfare." #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our debut study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Many of these essays were written while O.J. Simpson was still a beloved entertainer. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision #BlackMentalHealth #TheCOWS13 INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
Thursday, December 12th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our debut study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Many of these essays were written while O.J. Simpson was still a beloved entertainer. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
The Context of White Supremacy hosts our debut study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Many of these essays were written while O.J. Simpson was still a beloved entertainer. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE 564943#
Thursday, December 12th 8:00PM Eastern/ 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts our debut study session on Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live From Death Row. A father, journalist and former Black Panther Party Member, Abu-Jamal has been a Pennsylvania inmate since 1981. He stands convicted of killing a White enforcement officer on the morning of December 9, 1981. He's maintained his innocence for almost 40 years. We'll read his 1996 publication, Live From Death Row, which is a collection of essays examining White Supremacy, U.S. history and the so-called legal system. We'll examined how much has changed - or not - since this book's original publication. Many of these essays were written while O.J. Simpson was still a beloved entertainer. #ReadingIsMoreImportantThanWatchingTelevision INVEST in The COWS – paypal.me/TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Cash App: http://Cash.App/$TheCOWS The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. TUNE IN! Phone: 1-605-313-5164 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: The corporate media claims that Medicare for All is a far left issue, but how could that be, when polls show that supermajorities of Americans are in favor of single payer? Supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal believe the legal barriers to his freedom are falling; and, a Jamaican-born scholar says Rastafarians are in the forward ranks of the global movement for Black liberation. Another meeting between President Trump and other heads of state of NATO countries has ended in discord and confusion. However, Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, says the disarray in the North Atlantic Treat Organization is not necessarily a bad thing. Polls show that Medicare For All continues to garner support from huge majorities of Democrats, and even about half of Republicans. The future of health care in the United States is also a multi-trillion dollar economic issue. We asked Kevin Zeese, of Popular Resistance, if the corporations that profit from privatized health care are panicking at the growing popularity of Medicare for All. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal rallied in a number of cities last week, as part of a push to finally free the nation's best known political prisoner. Linn Washington is a legal scholar who has closely followed Abu Jamal's case. He took part in a teach-in in New York City For most Americans, Rastafarians are associated with music and marijuana. But Dave Dunkley, a professor of Black Studies at the University of Missouri, says Rastas played a key role in the emergence of a global Black liberation movement. Dr. Dunkley has authored a number of books on the subject, and wrote a recent article about the man who is credited with founding the Rastafarian movement, Leonard Percival Howell.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: The corporate media claims that Medicare for All is a far left issue, but how could that be, when polls show that supermajorities of Americans are in favor of single payer? Supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal believe the legal barriers to his freedom are falling; and, a Jamaican-born scholar says Rastafarians are in the forward ranks of the global movement for Black liberation. Another meeting between President Trump and other heads of state of NATO countries has ended in discord and confusion. However, Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, says the disarray in the North Atlantic Treat Organization is not necessarily a bad thing. Polls show that Medicare For All continues to garner support from huge majorities of Democrats, and even about half of Republicans. The future of health care in the United States is also a multi-trillion dollar economic issue. We asked Kevin Zeese, of Popular Resistance, if the corporations that profit from privatized health care are panicking at the growing popularity of Medicare for All. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal rallied in a number of cities last week, as part of a push to finally free the nation’s best known political prisoner. Linn Washington is a legal scholar who has closely followed Abu Jamal’s case. He took part in a teach-in in New York City For most Americans, Rastafarians are associated with music and marijuana. But Dave Dunkley, a professor of Black Studies at the University of Missouri, says Rastas played a key role in the emergence of a global Black liberation movement. Dr. Dunkley has authored a number of books on the subject, and wrote a recent article about the man who is credited with founding the Rastafarian movement, Leonard Percival Howell.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Washington wins some and loses some in it global game of regime-change. Chicago has become the national hub of the movement for community control of the police. And, activists gear up to mark the 38th year of imprisonment of Mumia Abu Jamal. Nationwide opposition to the government has paralyzed Haiti for months, but the Jovenel Moise regime refuses to step down. Daoud Andre of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti, says the regime has resorted to importing mercenaries to assassinate protest leaders. The US global policy of overthrowing governments that don't do Washington's bidding has had successes and failures, recently. We spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the renowned historian and amazingly prolific author. Chicago has become the national focus of the struggle for community control of the police. Last month, 800 activists gathered at the Chicago teachers union hall for an historic conference to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The Alliance was originally founded in 1973, but was later largely disbanded. However, the Chicago chapter held on, under the leadershsip of veteran organizer Frank Chapman. Mr. Chapman presided over the recent refounding of the Alliance, and he's a happy man. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation's best known political prisoner, are gearing up for an important event in Philadelphia, on December 9. It's called “Youth Rise Up Against Empire,” marking 38 years of Abu Jamal's imprisonment, during which time he's written a number of books. Mumia's latest book is a trilogy, titled “Murder Incorporated,” that explores the history of US imperial crimes. Abu Jamal says he was inspired by the work of the late Howard Zinn.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Washington wins some and loses some in it global game of regime-change. Chicago has become the national hub of the movement for community control of the police. And, activists gear up to mark the 38th year of imprisonment of Mumia Abu Jamal. Nationwide opposition to the government has paralyzed Haiti for months, but the Jovenel Moise regime refuses to step down. Daoud Andre of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti, says the regime has resorted to importing mercenaries to assassinate protest leaders. The US global policy of overthrowing governments that don’t do Washington’s bidding has had successes and failures, recently. We spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the renowned historian and amazingly prolific author. Chicago has become the national focus of the struggle for community control of the police. Last month, 800 activists gathered at the Chicago teachers union hall for an historic conference to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The Alliance was originally founded in 1973, but was later largely disbanded. However, the Chicago chapter held on, under the leadershsip of veteran organizer Frank Chapman. Mr. Chapman presided over the recent refounding of the Alliance, and he’s a happy man. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, are gearing up for an important event in Philadelphia, on December 9. It’s called “Youth Rise Up Against Empire,” marking 38 years of Abu Jamal’s imprisonment, during which time he’s written a number of books. Mumia’s latest book is a trilogy, titled “Murder Incorporated,” that explores the history of US imperial crimes. Abu Jamal says he was inspired by the work of the late Howard Zinn.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. This is one of the most difficult shows we have ever done, coming in the wake of the death of Bruce Dixon, a co-founder of Black Agenda Report. We’ll have comments and commentary by his colleagues. A committee in Congress has been collecting powerful testimony on the need for Reparations for the descendants of enslaved persons in the United States. And, Mumia Abu Jamal confronts the soul-chilling fact that he may be going blind. Bruce Dixon, the managing editor of Black Agenda Report, was scheduled to speak at a number of panels at the Left Forum, the yearly conference of left-wing activists in New York City. However, Dixon succumbed to blood cancer only days before the event. The entire conference was in mourning for Dixon, the former Black Panther and lifelong activist who co-founded BAR in 2006, and was a key force in the Green Party. BAR executive editor Glen Ford remembered his comrade. That was BAR executive editor Glen Ford. Margaret Kimberley is an editor and senior columnist of Black Agenda Report. She and Glen Ford co-founded the publication along with Bruce Dixon, 13 years ago. Kimberley paid her respects to Dixon. She also found some comic relief in the antics of New York City mayor Bill De Blasio, who is one of the 20-something Democratic candidates for president. At the debates in Miami, De Blasio seemed to be channeling the ghost of Che Guevera. Danny Haiphong is a regular contributor to BAR, and co-author of a new book, titled, “American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People’s History of Fake News, From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. Haiphong was part of the BAR panel at the Left Forum. He began with some words on the dearly departed Bruce Dixon. That was BAR contributor Danny Haiphong. BAR executive editor Glen Ford followed Haihong on the panel. He talked about why its necessary to have publications like Black Agenda Report. Back in 1989, Congressman John Conyers first introduced his bill calling for a study of the question of reparations for the Black descendants of people enslaved in the United States. The HR 40 legislation languished with few co-sponsors for decades. But this year, reparations is an issue in the Democratic presidential race, and co-sponsors are popping up all over the place. Plus, HR 40 now has a companion bill in the U.S. Senate, which means it is finally a serious piece of legislation. Last week, the House committee holding hearings on reparations heard from Katrina Browne, who produced and directed the Emmy-nominated film, “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.” Mumia Abut Jamal, the nations best known political prisoner, has been incarcerated by the state of Pennsylvania for the past 39 years in the death of a Philadelphia policeman. Abu Jamal has suffered a number of health crises due to atrocious medical treatment in prison, including a battle with Hepatitis C contracted in prison and left untreated for years. Now the prolific author and journalist is losing his sight. He files this report for Prison Radio. It’s titled, “Walking in the Dark.”
At approximately 3:51 a.m. on December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner pulled over a light blue Volkswagen for what should have been a routine traffic stop. Within minutes, the stop turned deadly. William Cook, the driver of the Volkswagen, got out of the vehicle and confronted Officer Faulkner. Cook punched Officer Faulkner, leading to a struggle. Cook’s brother, Wesley, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, was across the street, sitting in his cab. Abu-Jamal ran across the street and shot Officer Faulkner in the back with a .38 pistol. As Officer Faulkner fell, he was able to pull his service weapon and shoot Abu-Jamal in the stomach. After Officer Faulkner fell, Abu-Jamal stood over him and fired four more times. Officer Faulkner suffered an instantly fatal, close-range gunshot wound to the forehead. Officer Faulkner’s back-up arrived within seconds of the shooting to find Officer Faulkner fatally wounded, Abu-Jamal sitting on the curb a few feet away from his victim and Cook standing against a nearby wall. Cook’s first words to police as he was arrested were, “I ain’t got nothing to do with it.” Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Monday, May 6, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. Central for Part 4 of Clear & Convincing’s series on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. We’ll conclude our review of the case with a discussion about the claims made in federal court in an effort to win a new trial. Then, we’ll talk about the myths that have been cited by advocates of Abu-Jamal as proof of his innocence. Finally, we’ll discuss the documentaries about the case and the criticism of works that did not present Abu-Jamal’s “innocence narrative.” We’re a live show and calls are welcome. Our phone number is (347) 989-1171.
At approximately 3:51 a.m. on December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner pulled over a light blue Volkswagen for what should have been a routine traffic stop. Within minutes, the stop turned deadly. William Cook, the driver of the Volkswagen, got out of the vehicle and confronted Officer Faulkner. Before Officer Faulkner’s requested back-up could arrive, Cook punched Officer Faulkner, leading to a struggle as Officer Faulkner attempted to arrest Cook. Cook’s brother, Wesley, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, was across the street, sitting in his cab. Abu-Jamal got out of the cab and ran across the street, where he shot Officer Faulkner in the back with a .38 pistol. As Officer Faulkner fell, he was able to pull his service weapon and shoot Abu-Jamal in the stomach. After Officer Faulkner fell, Abu-Jamal stood over him and fired four more times. Officer Faulkner suffered an instantly fatal, close-range gunshot wound to the forehead. Officer Faulkner’s back-up arrived within seconds of the shooting to find Officer Faulkner fatally wounded, Abu-Jamal sitting on the curb a few feet away from his victim and Cook standing against a nearby wall. Cook’s first words to police as he was arrested were, “I ain’t got nothing to do with it.” Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, for Part 3 of Clear & Convincing’s series on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. We’ll talk about the direct appeal of Abu-Jamal’s conviction and sentence and the state post-conviction claims raised in the case of Commonwealth v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. We’re a live show and calls are welcome. Our phone number is (347) 989-1171.
At approximately 3:51 a.m. on December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner pulled over a light blue Volkswagen for what should have been a routine traffic stop. Within minutes, the stop turned deadly. William Cook, the driver of the Volkswagen, got out of the vehicle and confronted Officer Faulkner. Before Officer Faulkner’s requested back-up could arrive, Cook punched Officer Faulkner, leading to a struggle as Officer Faulkner attempted to arrest Cook. Cook’s brother, Wesley, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, was across the street, sitting in his cab. Abu-Jamal got out of the cab and ran across the street, where he shot Officer Faulkner in the back with a .38 pistol. As Officer Faulkner fell, he was able to pull his service weapon and shoot Abu-Jamal in the stomach. After Officer Faulkner fell, Abu-Jamal stood over him and fired four more times. Officer Faulkner suffered an instantly fatal, close-range gunshot wound to the forehead. Officer Faulkner’s back-up arrived within seconds of the shooting to find Officer Faulkner fatally wounded, Abu-Jamal sitting on the curb a few feet away from his victim and Cook standing against a nearby wall. Cook’s first words to police as he was arrested were, “I ain’t got nothing to do with it.” Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, for Part 2 of Clear & Convincing’s series on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. We’ll talk about a little more about the victim, Officer Daniel Faulkner, then move on to the pre-trial, trial and direct appeal process in the case of Commonwealth v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. We’re a live show and calls are welcome. Our phone number is (347) 989-1171.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: It’s been a great month for Mumia Abu Jamal. For the first time in decades, there’s a chance for a real legal path to freedom for the nation’s best known political prisoner. We’ll hear from Mumia and leaders of the movement to release him from a Pennsylvania prison. The Meuller Report has been a disappointment to Democrats and most of the U.S. corporate media. For more than two years, they have been spinning a tale of “collusion” between Wikileaks, the Russian government and the Trump campaign. But Special Counsel Robert Meuller’s verdict was that there was no collusion. Coleen Rowley is a former FBI agent and whistleblower who exposed the Bureau’s failures leading up the 9/11 attacks. Rowley has closely followed the Russiagate saga. Both Meuller and most of the news media continue to accept as Biblical Truth that Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee emails and gave them to Wikileaks. But, Rowley agrees that there’s still no proof that that’s the way it happened. The prospects for freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, changed radically this month, 37 years after he was found guilty in the death of a Philadelphia policeman. Larry Krasner, the district attorney of Philadelphia, announced that he would not try to reverse a local court decision allowing Abu Jamal to appeal his conviction. Noelle Hanrahan is a producer and founder of Prison Radio, where Abu Jamal has for decades been a journalist – which was his profession before his arrest in 1982. Hanrahan explains how the legal breakthrough happened. Johanna Fernandez is a professor of history at Baruch College, in New York, but she spends much of her time as an organizer with the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home. We asked Fernandez if she’s talked with Mumia since the good news arrived. Abu Jamal was in great spirits even before he got word that the district attorney would not stand in the way of his appeal. Mumia’s supporters held a gala fundraiser in Berkeley, California, featuring Angela Davis, Alice Walker and Judith Ritter. From imprisonment in Pennsylvania, Abu Jamal spoke to the crowd at the Evening for Justice and Freedom. Pam Africa is with the MOVE organization, in Philadelphia, and a key member of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal. She spoke at the gala, in Berkeley, and paid respect to Mumia’s prison-mates.
At approximately 3:51 a.m. on December 9, 1981, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner pulled over a light blue Volkswagen for what should have been a routine traffic stop. Within minutes, the stop turned deadly. William Cook, the driver of the Volkswagen, got out of the vehicle and confronted Officer Faulkner. Before Officer Faulkner’s requested back-up could arrive, Cook punched Officer Faulkner, leading to a struggle as Officer Faulkner attempted to arrest Cook. Cook’s brother, Wesley, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal, was across the street, sitting in his cab. Abu-Jamal got out of the cab and ran across the street, where he shot Officer Faulkner in the back with a .38 pistol. As Officer Faulkner fell, he was able to pull his service weapon and shoot Abu-Jamal in the stomach. After Officer Faulkner fell, Abu-Jamal stood over him and fired four more times. Officer Faulkner suffered an instantly fatal, close-range gunshot wound to the forehead. Officer Faulkner’s back-up arrived within seconds of the shooting to find Officer Faulkner fatally wounded, Abu-Jamal sitting on the curb a few feet away from his victim and Cook standing against a nearby wall. Cook’s first words to police as he was arrested were, “I ain’t got nothing to do with it.” Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, for Part 1 of Clear & Convincing’s series on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Wesley Cook, a/k/a Mumia Abu-Jamal. In Part 1, we’ll talk about Officer Faulkner, Mumia Abu-Jamal and the events of December 9, 1981. We’re a live show and calls are welcome. Our phone number is (347) 989-1171.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Marxists have been calling on workers of the world to unite for more than a century and a half. But can workers still change the world. A new book says, Yes. And, Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal urge Philadelphia’s chief prosecutor not to stand in the way of possible pathway to freedom. The Democrats seem certain to step up their investigations of the Trump administration, now that they are a majority In the U.S. House. That also probably means even more frenzied efforts to link Russia to the Trump presidential campaign. Stephen Cohen is the nation’s best known expert on Russia, having studied that nation’s politics in both the Soviet era, and after Russia became capitalist. Cohen spoke with Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford, who remembers the tail end of anti-Russian hysteria during the McCarty Era. But Ford cannot recall anything during the McCarthy era that was as manic, loud and relentless has today’s hysteria against Russia. Professor Cohen, agrees. Russia may be capitalist, but socialists around the world still seek the overthrow of the rule of the rich. Michael Yates is an editor with the prestigious left publication, Monthly Review. He’s a longtime labor education and a prolific author. Yates’ latest book is entitled, “Can the Working Class Change the World?” Yates think they can, and must. But, most Americans don’t think of themselves as being in the working class, and very few know that 200 million Indian workers recently staged a two-day, general strike. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, rallied in Philadelphia, last week, demanding that the city’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, do nothing to interfere with Abu Jamal’s chance to appeal his conviction in the death of a policeman, 38 years ago. A long list of people took to the microhone, beginning with a high school classmate of Abu Jamal, when Mumia was known as Wesley Cook.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal's former counsel, Rachel Wolkenstein talks about how the police lied about his case and it's importance today! PLUS Tone Vase addresses why Bitcoin isn't doing well. ALSO new updates to Russiagate, the military occupation in Congo and more!
Mumia Abu-Jamal's former counsel, Rachel Wolkenstein talks about how the police lied about his case and it's importance today! PLUS Tone Vase addresses why Bitcoin isn't doing well. ALSO new updates to Russiagate, the military occupation in Congo and more!
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We’re reaching back over a decade into our archives to 2005, when Diane C. Fujino released Yuri Kochiyama's biography Heartbeat of Struggle. To celebrate the book's release, activist and saxophonist Fred Ho invited Yuri's friends & contemporaries Baba Herman Ferguson, Esperanza Martell, & Laura Whitehorn to our space to speak on Yuri Kochiyama's legacy as a radical Asian American political activist. Afterwards Diane C. Fujino talks about Yuri Kochiyama's political awakening from her early years in a concentration camp in Arkansas during World War II, to her friendship with Malcolm X in New York City, and her years after as a tireless advocate for political prisoners and countless struggles around the world. Cosponsored by the NYU A/P/A/ Institute
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: The two corporate parties, the Democrats and Republicans, monopolize electoral politics in the United States. But the Black Is Back Coalition says there is still reason to pursue independent Black politics. And, after 37 years behind bars, Mumia Abu Jamal has won the right to another appeal, and a possible new trial – or freedom. But first -- President Trump’s “trade war” with China sometimes seems destined to escalate into a military confrontation. We spoke with Dr Gerald Horne, the prolific author and professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Some in the Trump administration have expressed pleasure at reports that China’s economy is slowing down, even though many economists believe that it was only a strong Chinese economy that kept the whole world from being plunged into a depression, following the 2008 Wall Street meltdown. Dr. Horne says the U.S. is shooting itself in the foot with its China policy. The Democrats are flexing their congressional muscle, having taken over leadership of the U.S. House, this month. But the Democratic Party seems divided into three factions. One faction believes that all they have to do to become a majority party is to run against Donald Trump. Another faction looks forward to collaborating with Trump as much as possible. And the third, more progressive faction believes the only way to win is by putting forward the kind of big programs, like Medicare for All, that large majorities of the public supports. Omali Yeshitela is no Democrat. He’s chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition, which will hold another in its series of electoral politics schools, in St. Louis, in April. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal are ecstatic over a Philadelphia judge’s decision that could allow the nation’s best known political prisoner another chance to appeal his conviction in the death of a police officer, 37 years ago. We asked Prof. Johanna Fernandez, of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, if there’s finally a real pathway to freedom for Abu Jamal.
Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Mumia Abu Jamal wins a victory in court, and celebrates a legal win for sick inmates in Pennsylvania’s prisons; and a police reform group wants to safeguard mentally ill people from police violence. a New Year is dawning, and it’s been two years since investigations began into the so-called Russiagate scandal. But Black Agenda Report editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley says, the main charge against President Trump, Wikileaks and the Russian government remains unproven. If there is an anti-war faction in the Democratic Party, it’s been very quiet in the wake of President Trump’s decision to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria. We spoke with longtime peace activist Sara Flounders, co-director of the International Action Center. Flounders is also active in the Hands Off Syria Campaign. The Democrats are screaming to high heaven with outrage at Trumps plans for a Syria pullout.. A Philadelphia judge has ruled that the nation’s best known political prisoner has the right to present another appeal of his 1982 conviction in the death of a police officer. Mumia Abu Jamal proved his contention that a prosecutor in his case, who went on to become a judge, unconstitutionally influenced Abu Jamal’s previous appeal, which was turned down. Meanwhile, Abu Jamal continues to turn out award-winning journalism for Prison Radio. This week, he reports on another victory for Pennsylvania prison inmates. Millions of white people live in New York City, but you wouldn’t know that if you visited the courts and jails of the city’s five boroughs. The Police Reform Organizing Project, or PROP, reports that close to 9 out of 10 people facing arraignment in local courts on any given day, are Black or Latino. PROP executive director Robert Gangi says his group’s new project is to change the way mentally ill people are treated in New York.
Mumia Abu-Jamal can reargue appeal in 1981 police slaying PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge issued a split ruling Thursday that grants Mumia Abu-Jamal another chance to appeal his 1981 conviction in a Philadelphia police officer's death. Abu-Jamal spent nearly three decades on death row before his sentence in the shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner was thrown out over flawed jury instructions. Prosecutors then agreed in 2011 to a sentence of life without parole. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected his final appeal in 2012. But after the defense this year pushed to get more documents in the case, Philadelphia Judge Leon Tucker ruled Thursday that former Justice Ronald Castille should have recused himself because of statements he made as a prosecutor about police killers that suggest a potential bias. They include campaign speeches and letters advocating the issuance of death warrants in such cases. The ruling, first reported by KYW-AM, gives Mumia the chance to reargue his appeal because of that perception of bias. However, Tucker rejected defense arguments that Castille had played a "significant" role in Abu-Jamal's appeal when he was Philadelphia district attorney and then ruled on the case as a judge. District Attorney Larry Krasner, through a spokesman, said he was reviewing the decision and had not yet decided whether to challenge it. Defense lawyer Judith Ritter said Tucker recognized the "need for a new appeal untainted by such bias." The case against Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist, has received international attention among death-penalty opponents and criminal justice reform advocates. Faulkner's widow, Maureen, had a rare outburst in court earlier this year, noting the legal proceedings had gone on for 38 years and asking, "When is this case going to end for us?"
Evidence presented as part of a wide-ranging investigation sponsored by the United Nations and released today shows that the military coalition waging a war in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and armed by and with backing from the United States and the United Kingdom, has likely “perpetrated, and continue[s] to perpetrate, violations and crimes under international law.” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman reportedly vowed recently to continue targeting women and children throughout Yemen in order to “leave a big impact on the consciousness of Yemenis [for] generations.” Judges rule North Carolina's gerrymandered map is unconstitutional and may have to be redrawn before midterms. A panel of three federal judges has held that North Carolina's congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans over Democrats and said it may require the state to draw new districts before the November elections, possibly affecting control of the House of Representatives. The judges acknowledged that primary elections have already produced candidates for the 2018 elections but said they were reluctant to let voting take place in congressional districts that courts twice have found violate constitutional standards. What does this mean going forward?Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison in Pennsylvania since 1981 for killing Philadelphia policeman Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981. He will appear in court this Thursday to pursue a new legal strategy that argues that Ronald Castille, the former district attorney whose office prosecuted Abu-Jamal's case, was improperly involved in his appeal after becoming a state supreme court justice.In a court case that could eventually lead to Mumia's freedom, Judge Leon Tucker ordered the Philadelphia District Attorney's office to present new testimony in reference to Castille on August 30, 2018. Castille is a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge who refused to disqualify himself when Mumia's case came before the court, despite having been the Philadelphia District Attorney during Mumia's prior appeals. The US Supreme Court ruled in the 2016 case Williams v. Pennsylvania that such dual role conduct is unconstitutional. Philadelphia prosecutors argued during the trial, and still claim, that Mumia, driving a taxi in downtown Philadelphia, came across his brother, who had been stopped by Officer Faulkner. Prosecutors claimed that, motivated by a longstanding hatred of the police from his days as a Black Panther and supporter of MOVE, Mumia ran to Faulkner and shot him in the back. They further alleged that, although wounded by a return shot from Faulkner, Mumia then stood over the fallen police officer and shot him several times in the face. There is no dispute that Mumia was wounded as he approached the scene. After Mumia was shot, however, the details are unclear. It is known that after police apprehended Mumia and while he was in transit to the hospital, he was beaten severely by the police. It is also clear from photographic and ballistic evidence, which has only recently come to light, that the state's version of what happened cannot possibly be true. GUESTS: Elisabeth Myers - editor-in-chief of Inside Arabia.Bob Phillips - Executive Director for Common Cause. Common Cause North Carolina is a Raleigh-based nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to encouraging citizen participation in democracy. Bob Phillips, welcome to The Critical Hour. Johanna Fernandez - Filmmaker with Big Noise Films, professor of history at Baruch College (CUNY) and one of the coordinators of The Campaign to Bring Mumia Home. Netfa Freeman - Host of Voices With Vision on WPFW 89.3 FM. Pan-Africanist and internationalist organizer intimately involved with political prisoners' causes, from Mumia Abu Jamal to the Cuban 5, and an organizer with Family & Friends of Incarcerated People.
This episode contains three segments: Move 9 Parole "Stare Into The Lights My Pretties" Anarcho-Syndicalist Organizing in Kosovo MOVE9 Parole First, there's the interview that Bursts held with Michael Davis Africa Jr., a member of the MOVE organization. MOVE is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa in 1972. The group lives communally. During the conversation, Michael Jr. talks about the case of the MOVE9, who were 9 members of that group who were arrested and accused of the killing of a police officer in 1978 in Philadelphia, a charge they each deny. Officer James Ramp was killed following a year of the Philly PD blockading the house for a year under an eviction order and the police besieged the house on August 8th, 1978. The MOVE 9 have been incarcerated for almost 40 years now, with Merle & Phil dying behind bars. Police and white supremacist affiliated groups have successfully gotten parole denied for Eddie, Michael and Delbert Africa over the last 9 months as they do for many Political Prisoners from the 1960's through 80's in the U.S. There are upcoming are parole hearings for Janet, Janine and Debbie Africa and more info on who to petition for their release can be found at http://onamove.com/move-9/. The name of the D.A. who prosecuted the MOVE9 in 1978 and who is still on the paperwork and has a say on the parole of the MOVE9 40 years later is named John Straub. Coming up this Saturday, February 24th starting at 4pm there'll be an event called "Framed In America: The Making of Political Prisoners". This will take place at The National Black Theater, 2031 5th Ave in Harlem, New York and will include presentations by Ramona Africa, Fred Hampton Jr, Pam Africa, Roger Wareham, Betty Davis, Ralph Poynter and Johanna Fernandez. More info can be found on the Justice for the Move 9 fedbook group. Stare Into The Light My Pretties The second conversation you'll hear today is an interview by Dissident Island Radio from London from their February 2nd episode. In this, a collective member interviews Filmmaker Jordan Brown, director of ‘Stare Into the Lights My Pretties', discussing their documentary about screen culture and its implications. The film is available for free on archive.org, youtube and at truthstreammedia.com. DI is a member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts available at channelzeronetwork.com. Anarcho-Syndicalist Organizing in Kosovo Finally, we'll be airing an interview conducted by our friends at Crna Luknja on Radio Student in Lubjlana, Slovenia, that they conducted with members of an anarcho-syndicalist collective from Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. This segment was released as a part of the February 2018 edition of B(A)DNews: Angry Voices From Around The World, from the A-Radio Network of which The Final Straw, Črna Luknja and Dissident Island are members. Keep PUSHing: Building on the #OperationPUSH demands Mere days before FDC's repression effort began scattering active prisoners into new facilities, and into solitary confinement for the weeks surrounding January 15, an Operation PUSH prisoner's anonymous voice reached the world and called on outside supporters to "shine a light from the outside in on the system." In essence, this prisoner saw what was coming and passed the torch to us on the outside. With three clear demands and a simple strategy, this invisible group of prisoners gave a glimpse of what could be, if the networks of outside solidarity and inside communication could coalesce. While we have heard from many prisoners since January 15, we know that the vast majority of FL prisoners still do not know how much support they garnered on the outside. And many who made plans to struggle together have not seen or heard from each other in weeks. In many ways, the next steps towards victory for them are in our hands. It is with this understanding that a group of us on the outside are developing an additional list of demands, based primarily on communication from prisoners we've gotten in recent weeks, that aims to honor the countless who have suffered major sacrifices to develop or report on Operation PUSH as well as those who had no idea what it was, but were punished preemptively simply because they were viewed as potential organizers or participants. We will do all we can to bring these demands to FDC, the Governor and State Legislature, in an effort to carry the prisoners' vision for Operation PUSH forward. In addition to the Operation PUSH demands of payment, parole and pricing, we, supporters of all Florida prisoners struggling for dignity, demand: An end to censorship of publications that give voice to prisoners and/or critique prisons; An end to repression of prisoners for communication with outside advocates; An end to the use of Security Threat Group status as a means for political repression; An end to strip cells and extreme temperatures to torture prisoners; An explanation of the cause for a major spike in 2017 prisoner deaths; Protection of prisoners health from nearby industrial activity, including phosphate mining and landfills; An end to black mold-infested facilities, spoiled food and dilapidated buildings; Removal of all KKK members, and other recognized racist hate groups, from FDC staff; An end to the medical co-pay that results in financial debt and untreated illness; An immediate reduction in prison population using existing guidelines for clemency; and A face-to-face meeting with FDC officials to further discuss these matters. Links to more info: Updates on Operation PUSH in the Florida Department of Corrections Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells (2018) by Kevin Rashid Johnson Playlist
Sometimes "This Can't Be Happening!" can refer to a bit of unbelievably good news and today's show is one of those times. As Bret Grote, legal director of the Abolitionist Law Center, a Pennsylvania prisoner advocacy legal service and one of two attorneys fighting to force the state's Corrections Dept. to provide effective anti-viral medication to inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to treat his raging Hepatitis C infection, reports, a federal judge yesterday issued an injunction ordering the prison system to begin treating the internationally known prisoner within 14 days. This is a huge victory, even if the state tries to appeal it and it offers hope that Abu-Jamal, whose death sentence was overturned and replaced with life without parole, will not end up being medically executed by the state through willful neglect.
The roof is on fire, the roof is on fire, we don’t need no water--though we could use some water as the Philly PD has dropped an actual bomb on us.
Tonight we will be highlighting two political prisoners. During the first half-hour we will be speaking to Prisoner Radio's Noelle Hanrahan to get an update on the case involving long held political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal.The courts are currently hearing the case of Abu-Jamal v. Kerestes. The case centers around the refusal of medical treatment to adequately treat the Hepatitis C virus that Mumia suffers from. The case has had some explosive revelations as of late and Noelle Hanrahan will share those with us tonight. This case could have wider implications concerning the human rights of prisoners to get access to the healthcare they need.During the second half-hour we will be speaking with Josie Shapiro who is a political prisoner advocate for Eric G. King, a 28-year-old vegan anarchist who was arrested and charged with the attempted firebombing of a government official's office in Kansas City, MO in September 2014. He is currently being held in facilities run by the private prison profiteer and human trafficking company, Corrections Corporation of America and reportedly is being targeted and abused by guards as he is held in solitary confinement. Political Prisoner BirthdaysCasey Brezik Wednesday, Dec 30, 2015 DescriptionCasey Brezik #1154765 Jefferson City Correctional Center 8200 No More Victims Road Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Political Prisoner & Prisoner of War Birthday Calendar provided by nycabc.wordpress.com
Abu-Jamal, former death row inmate, will speak at Goddard College commencement. Julia Pierson steps down as the director of the USSS. Is space colonization practical for humanity in the near future? “NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will investigate ways to collaborate on future missions to Mars, officials said Tuesday (Sept. 30). The […]
Edition #471 And it begins Donate tweets to Best of the Left! DonateYourAccount.com/BestOfTheLeft Act 1: Election hangover - Slate.com Song 1: Razorblade - The Strokes Act 2: Senator Hatch gives absurd speech - Young Turks Song 2: Momentum - Amiee Mann Act 3: Republicans flirt with presidential candidacy - Colbert Report Song 3: Use somebody - Kings of Leon Act 4: Anti-Muslim GOP candidate Herman Cain - Young Turks Song 4: North by north - Faded Paper Figures Act 5: Newt is faking it - Rachel Maddow Song 5: Money (that's what I want) - Barrett Strong Act 6: Newt Gingrich wants to screw America - Colbert Report Song 6: Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise - The Avett Brothers Act 7: Morbid Curiosity leading many voters to support Palin - The Onion Song 7: Good (for a woman) - Alien Ant Farm Act 8: Sarah Palin destroyed by conservatives - Young Turks Song 8: Solsbury hill - Vitamin String Quartet Act 9: Huckabee doubles down - Media Matters Act 10: Amending the constitution to deny corporate personhood - The Progressive Song 10: This is the day - The The Act 11: Some states cancelling primaries - Young Turks Song 11: Out of our hands - Ikon Act 12: Ballotproof elections - Rachel Maddow Voicemails: Message trumps the messenger - Matt from Alabama Supporter of Abu-Jamal written statement - Garrett 17-year old reaction to Pakman stat on troops in Afghanistan - Colin from Sacramento, CA Response to Colin - David Pakman from Mass Voicemail Music: Ghostwriter - Rjd2 Final comments on new video version of the show Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Colbert PAC Ad - Colbert Report Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
Edition #459 Revolution in Egypt Part 3 A revolution well done Donate tweets to Best of the Left! DonateYourAccount.com/BestOfTheLeft Act 1: Interview with Wael Ghonim before the step down - Majority Report Song 1: Enough - Dance Hall Crashers Act 2: They sphinx it's all over - The Bugle Song 2: Fuck you - Re-Mix Tools Act 3: Revolution 2.0 - Young Turks Song 3: Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne Act 4: A triumph of nonviolence in Egypt - The Progressive Song 4: Uprising - Muse Act 5: The US could never protest like Egypt - Lee Camp Song 5: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Piano) - Yann Tiersen Act 6: Social media allowing revolutions - Young Turks Song 6: President - Wyclef Jean Act 7: The story of the first protests - Majority Report Song 7: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote Act 8: Egypt: A good beginning - Mumia Abu-Jamal Song 8: The Crooked Road/The Foxhunters' Reel - Martin Hayes Act 9: The Brokaw Shelf - Rachel Maddow Song 9: Main Title (Golden Ticket / Pure imagination) - Leslie Bricusse Act 10: A revolution well done - Young Turks Voicemails: Kim from Indiana supporting the show Thomas from Akron, OH on the need for a 'feminism' episode plus he calls me a star, yeah Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Final comments on the need for a 'feminism' episode Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Facebook Page Fuels Egypt Protests - Young Turks Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
Edition #448 The United States of America has gone mad Help Progressive Organizations win $1,000,000 by becoming a daily voter! www.bit.ly/ProgressiveSlate Act 1: How to spend 1.5 billion dollars – The Pinky Show Song 1: Billionaire – Billionaire Act 2: Invest in the US, not Afghanistan – MSNBC Song 2: Girl in the War (Josh Ritter cover) – Chris Priest Act 3: Bullets or bucks – Mumia Abu-Jamal Song 3: Breakneck Speed – Champ Act 4: Gay agenda comes to airport security – Majority Report Song 4: See Me, Feel Me (Single Version) – The Ultimate Collection Act 5: Obama on Afghanistan echos Vietnam – The Progressive Song 5: Everybody lies – Melissa Lusk Act 6: Wikileaks uncovers pressure to attack Iran – Young Turks Song 6: One Million Miles Away – The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu Act 7: Allies in lies – Mumia Abu-Jamal Song 7: Scene No. 13 Segment IV Dance Of The Little Swans – Swan Lake Act 8: Bush helped Iran’s foreign policy – Rachel Maddow Song 8: Thank You – No Angel Act 9: The immorality of America at war – Jim Hightower Song 9: Casualties of War – The 18th Letter – The Book of Life Act 10: Ike’s warning still challenges a nation – NPR Song 10: Enzymes – Enzymes – Single Act 11: MLK didn’t want US troops in 177 countries – The Progressive Song 11: Celebration Guns – Set Yourself On Fire Act 12: The United States of America has gone mad – Democracy Now! Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Trust but verify – Rachel Maddow Sources: The Pinky Show MSNBC Mumia Abu-Jamal The Majority Report The Progressive The Young Turks Rachel Maddow Jim Hightower NPR Democracy NOW! Produced By: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at Podcast Alley or Review the show on iTunes.
Edition #444 Total, utter and crushing progressive victory Help Progressive Organizations win $1,000,000 by becoming a daily voter! www.bit.ly/ProgressiveSlate Act 1: McCain can stew in his own rancid juices - The Progressive Song 1: Passenger seat - Death Cab For Cutie Act 2: Repeal of DADT will be nation's downfall - Young Turks Song 2: Rome - Phoenix Act 3: Poll to repeal DADT - Colbert Report Song 3: Sunrise - Duran Duran Act 4: Barney Frank defending DADT repeal - Majority Report Song 4: Citronella - Augean Stables Act 5: Savor victory over DADT - The Progressive Song 5: Fade to Black - Apocalyptica Act 6: Limbaugh on those who support repeal of DADT - Media Matters Act 7: McCain still a crotchety old man - Young Turks Song 7: Naked as we came - Iron & Wine Act 8: AmericaBlog interview Part 1 - Majority Report Song 8: Another love song - Finniston Act 9: Ask, now tell? - Mumia Abu-Jamal Song 9: Move you - Anya Marina Act 10: AmericaBlog interview Part 2 - Majority Report Song 10: Falling down - Oasis Act 11: Boiled down to the arguments of both sides - Citizen Radio Source Story Series Featuring The Young Turks Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Coming Out From Life Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - NPR Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
In this account of the trial of controversial death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, O'Connor, editor and publisher of crimemagazine.com, clearly lays out his case that Abu-Jamal should receive at least a new trial, if not complete exoneration. O'Connor asserts that Abu-Jamal was framed for the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner because of a vendetta by Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo and the police due to Abu-Jamal's defense, as a journalist, of the cultish countercultural group MOVE. Relying heavily on court transcripts and prior books on the case, O'Connor shows what he sees as the judge's bias, troubled relations between Abu-Jamal and his defense lawyer and dubious statements by various witnesses. Abu-Jamal was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death; later overturned, the sentence could still be reinstated pending a decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Now in the wake of Faulkner's widow's recent book alleging Abu-Jamal's guilt, it has made it more difficult to be swayed entirely by O'Connor's arguments, but he makes a strong case that the investigation into Faulkner's murder deserves another look. THE FRAMING OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL-J. Patrick O'Conner
The following is the print version of the original written exchange as it appeared in the October 2010 issue of THE NEW ABOLITIONIST which is the newsletter of The Campaign To End the Death Penalty. www.nodeathpenalty.org Mumia’s voice should be included By Marlene Martin Mumia Abu-Jamal is probably the best-known death-row prisoner in the United States—both because of the powerful campaign to prove innocence and win his freedom, and because of his own role in speaking out from death row for justice, whether the issue is capital punishment or racism or unjust wars. But some abolitionists in the U.S. feel that Mumia’s voice “endangers” our chance to win abolition of the death penalty, and so they attempted to have that voice barred from addressing a gathering of abolitionists at the Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty, held in December 2009 in Geneva Switzerland. U.S. members on the steering committee of the World Congress sent a “secret memo” to Congress organizers urging them to exclude Mumia from speaking via a planned telephone address, because, they claimed, “involvement of Mumia Abu-Jamal endangers the U.S. coalition for abolition of the death penalty. When Mumia did speak, a group of U.S. attendees stood up and walked out of the room. In a nutshell, their memo argues that Mumia is attracting too much negative attention from the likes of the Fraternal Order of Police, and as a result is threatening the “delicate balance” to be achieved with law enforcement and prosecutors that they claim is essential to win an end to the death penalty. According to the memo, “The voices of the innocent, the voices of victims, and voices of law enforcement are the most persuasive factors in changing public opinion and the views of decision-makers (politicians) and opinion leaders (media). Continuing to shine a spotlight on Abu-Jamal, who has had so much public exposure for so many years, threatens to alienate these three most important partnership groups.” Signers to the memo include: Elizabeth Zitrin, Death Penalty Focus; Renny Cushing and Kate Lowenstein, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights; Speedy Rice, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Kirstin Houle, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; and Juan Matos de Juan, Puerto Rico Bar Association. Soon after learning of the “secret memo,” the Campaign to End the Death Penalty issued an open letter to the abolitionist community in defense of Mumia. (You can read it at nodeathpenalty.org.) We condemn any attempt to exclude Mumia’s voice from our movement, a voice that has been so sharp, so insightful and so important in helping to build and shape that movement. As of now, not a word has been written about this incident by any of the individual signers or the groups they belong to—no retraction, no clarification, no explanation. And none of the groups these individuals belong to would sign onto the Stand with Mumia statement that other groups and individuals have endorsed (see page 7). I wrote to Mumia to get his reaction. Our exchange follows: ********************** I thank the Campaign to End the Death Penalty for your wondrous support. When the letter was read to me, I felt an odd mix of rage and disbelief. It speaks volumes of the movement and why it is so moribund. Once again, a white elite “polices” (pun intended) the movement, making sure it’s not too “radical” and is acceptable to the system. That ain’t a movement; it’s a regression! When you heard that a group of abolitionists walked out of a meeting to protest your speaking, what was your reaction? Well, I didn’t know these people, so it didn’t make any sense to me. I remember thinking that it was somehow political—but again it didn’t make any sense; had the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) infiltrated the anti-death penalty movement? That’s crazy. Should abolitionists partner with law enforcement? If you recall, in one of my earliest communications with you and the newsletter, I noted how the role of abolitionists was not to be taken lightly. They were revolutionaries fighting against one of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in American society: Slavery. You know the one group that abolitionists never bothered to recruit? Slave-owners. They knew that this was a waste of time. The current movement that uses that name clearly hasn’t used that lesson from history. We forget how Lincoln hated abolitionists with a passion, and demeaned them in his speeches. Cops as abolitionists is just as nutty as the idea of slave-owners turning against the source of their wealth and status. One of the sentences in the memo reads, “The support of law enforcement officials is essential to achieving abolition in the United States.” Abolitionists should deeply study the history of their forbears—and learn these lessons of history. That history is struggle—sometimes unpopular, always controversial, but socially transformative. They can’t make deals with the devil and expect anything other than hell. In order to win abolition, do we need to be more practical and less radical? That is the implication of the memo. The abolitionist movement is, unfortunately, echoing history here, for after the Union triumphed in the Civil War, they put away their placards, silenced their songs and declared victory. When they walked away, they allowed Reconstruction to be a half-hearted failure. Their departure from the field allowed politicians to betray millions of newly freed Africans to the tender mercies of the former Confederates—who launched a campaign of terror that lasted for a century. Frederick Douglass said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” There was no struggle—and guess what? There was no progress! What should abolitionists do? Let us become that which we revere and remember. Let us BE abolitionists, strengthened by the positive contributions of our ancestors, Black and white. Let us STRUGGLE—to make progress. Let us build the movement by making it Blacker, more Latino, and more working class. Let us understand that social movements change history. Have you received any apologies from anyone of the folks that walked out? No apologies (unless like the memo, they kept it a secret).
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