Mumia Abu-Jamal (guest author)

When children are ‘the enemy’

Printed from a July 13 audio column aired by Prison Radio at prisonradio.org. I’ve been watching for days now, as…

July 28, 2014

Yuri Kochiyama: A life in struggle

Taken from a June 2 audio column posted on prisonradio.org Her name was Yuri, a Japanese woman born in the…

June 14, 2014

The Hurricane: Rubin Carter

From an April 23 audio column posted on prisonradio.org.  Hurricane Carter died from prostate cancer on April 20 at age…

May 3, 2014

‘Land grabs’

Taken from a March 19 audio column at prisonradio.org. With the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, U.S. politicians…

April 4, 2014

Chokwe Lumumba: ¡Presente!

Taken from a March 3 audio column on prisonradio.org. His name was Chokwe: Chokwe Lumumba.  And for over 40 years,…

March 14, 2014

Bullies of Babylon

Taken from a March 6 audio column at prisonradio.org. The U.S. Senate rejection of U.S. Department of Justice nominee Debo…

March 14, 2014

North Carolina burning

They call it Moral Mondays and in North Carolina this means a movement of civil disobedience led by the Rev.…

February 15, 2014

Amiri Baraka: Poet on Fire (1934-2014)

Jan. 10 — The name Amiri Baraka has been known to me since my teens, when I was a member…

January 24, 2014

Lynne Stewart: Free

Taken from a Jan. 2, 2014, audio column at prisonradio.org. By the time you read this, Lynne Stewart, New York’s…

January 15, 2014

‘Mandela, sanitized’

Taken from a Dec. 8 audio column recorded by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal on prisonradio.org. He was born Rolihlahla in…

December 21, 2013