Mumia Abu Jamal

[col. writ. 11/22/13] ©’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal
Every November, when Thanksgiving is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans), and wonder about their mixed feelings for a holiday that celebrates their enormous generosity as well as their near-total destruction.

What do they have to be thankful of?
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared the first such holiday in 1863, and American popular culture […]

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[col. writ. 11/21/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal

In the ancient Roman Empire, millions lived under the illusion that the Emperor was all powerful, and that his will alone ran, regulated and controlled the Empire.
 In truth, the Praetorian Guard, an elite unit of the army sworn to defend his royal person, were in control, for Roman Imperial history is rich with instances of them killing the emperor, […]

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[col. writ. 11/17/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal

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It happened a long time ago.
August 8th, 1978, to be exact. Over 35 years ago.
That’s when Philadelphia police raided the MOVE house and headquarters in Powelton Village, West Philadelphia, firing hundreds of rounds of gunfire into the home.

Remarkably, when MOVE people were forced to exit the building, they were mostly unharmed, with several suffering […]

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[col. writ. 11/10/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal

The news that American intelligence agencies were listening to the personal cell phone calls of leaders like German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, broke like a thunderclap.
It seemed surreal, for surely, a German head of government (not to mention an American ally), was not suspected of terrorism –right?

But upon reflection, the question is woefully misleading, for it presupposes that surveillance is […]

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[col. writ. 11/4/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 It was long-awaited, but when it came, it left many men in disbelief.

‘It’ was a decision by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court in the Com. V. Cunningham case.
The question posed was, is the Miller v. Alabama  opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court, limiting the application of life sentences to juveniles, to be applied retroactively?
The PA Supreme Court decided recently that it […]

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Der Nachrichtenfluß über die ausufernde Spionage der USA gegen die Regierungschefs und Bevölkerungen der meisten europäischen Länder zeugt von der Expansion des nationalen, nein, des internationalen Sicherheitsstaates. Spionage war seit jeher ein Instrument von Staaten gegen ihre Rivalen und Feinde. Durch die Enthüllungen von Edward Snowden, ehemals Analyst der US-Geheimdienste NSA und CIA, erfuhren wir, daß die USA dem Ausspionieren von Verbündeten die gleiche oder […]

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[col. writ. 10/30/13] ©’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal

Hi folks,
 Here is a new commentary „The Fletcher Rule“ (2:29) by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Posted at:  http://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/fletcher-rule-229-mumia-abu-jamal-re-innocence-and-death-row
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I write today of a man on Death Row, a man known to many as “2 Gunz.”
For many, perhaps most, the words “Death Row”, and the nickname, “”2 Gunz”, when used in the same sentence, are seemingly all that needs be said, for they […]

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[col. writ. 10/29/13] ©’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal new

For those who know the life and struggles of former Black Panther and Black Liberation fighter, Assata Shakur, the US government attacks on her, by ludicrously labeling her a terrorist, and posting a bounty on her, is the surest sign that the government has succumbed to sheer madness.
Assata, in her self-named memoir, Assata, and more clearly in her aunt’s legal […]

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[col. writ. 10/27/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal

With news emerging of widespread US spying on several dozen European leaders and populations, we see the rise of the national –no, international security state.

Spy craft has long been a tool of states, especially between rivals and enemy nations.
But with the release of the Snowden files (snatched and released by former CIA and NSA security analyst, Edward Snowden), we […]

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[col. writ. 10/25/13] © ’13 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 
From the first arrival of Africans on the shores and islands of the Americas as captives, music, and often acapella (or without instrumentation) became the central tool of communication.
Chained together like two-legged cattle, under the fierce gaze of gun-toting guards (called ‘overseers’), working from sun-up to sun-down, only the songs of those among us kept us alive in mind […]

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