Mumia Abu-Jamal (guest author)

Commentary: No place for old men

Quite recently, during the height of the ravaging COVID-19 crisis, an American health care agency announced a series of projects…

December 1, 2023

I Abdul Jon, Presente!

He was born Michael Allen Jones on Dec. 1, 1949, and many knew him by his movement name, I Abdul…

December 1, 2023

No thanks for Thanksgiving

Every November, when Thanksgiving is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans) and wonder…

December 1, 2023

War against the fleas

Perhaps Israel’s most respected statesman, former diplomat Abba Eban, once said, “Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its right…

November 17, 2023

Vampire Nation

From the very beginning To this very day This country has gone – its own special way from placing Indians…

November 9, 2023

La guerra contra las pulgas

Como una vez dijo el estadista tal vez más respetado de Israel y ex diplomático Abba Eban, “Nadie le hace…

November 6, 2023

Wars against Black history

This slightly edited July 21, 2023 commentary was recorded on prisonradio.org. And now we see, perhaps for the first time…

August 9, 2023

Guerras contra la Historia Negra

Y ahora vemos, tal vez por primera vez en la historia moderna, a estados como Florida donde libran una guerra…

August 9, 2023

The wages of deregulation

Note: This lightly edited commentary first appeared on Prison Radio on March 3: A train races through the cool wintry…

March 16, 2023

La paga de la desregulación

Un tren corre por el aire fresco invernal una noche, sus ruedas girando sobre rieles de hierro hasta que pequeñas…

March 15, 2023