Mumia Abu-Jamal (guest author)

The illusion of correctional ‘medicine’

Taken from a March 31 audio recording on prisonradio.org In the netherworld of American prisons one must jettison any medical…

April 6, 2017

What’s a ‘jailhouse environmentalist’?

Taken from a Feb. 17, 2013, audio column on prisonradio.org Most of us have heard of jailhouse lawyers -- guys…

February 25, 2017

Women march against Washington

This is a tran­scrip­tion of a Jan. 24 Prison Radio broadcast. They covered the streets like rain: women — in…

February 5, 2017

State says no to prisoners’ healthcare treatment — again

Taken from a Jan. 14 audio column at prisonradio.org. Several days ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections appealed the Jan.…

January 19, 2017

A crack in the wall of death

For Dylann Roof, the next few days and weeks of his young life will prove his most memorable. That’s saying…

January 4, 2017

Para Fidel: Fidel Castro-Ruz (1926-2016): VIVA FIDEL!

Fidel Castro, father of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, has died, after 90 years of a life of rebellion and resistance.…

December 10, 2016

Mumia Abu-Jamal on: Muhammad Ali –‘the greatest!’

It was January 1942, when the baby Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born to a working-class Black family in Louisville,…

June 17, 2016

Sundiata Sadiq, gentle warrior

His name was Sundiata, and for over 40 years, he fought for the freedom of his people. Headquartered in Ossining,…

February 15, 2016

Mumia Abu-Jamal: ‘Free Reverend Pinkney!’

The following edited commentary was written by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Rev. Edward Pinkney is the kind of preacher…

January 25, 2016

When a child dies

Taken from a Dec. 28 audio recording by prisonradio.org. News break: Cleveland officials announce no charges to be filed in…

January 15, 2016