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[col. writ. 10/31/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 If you squint your eyes, and look at TV news, all you’ll see — no matter which channel you choose — is fear.
Ebola. Isis. Car crashes. Plane crashes. Train crashes. Murder – and mayhem.
In essence, fear.
American TV is awash in a cold splash of fear. Indeed, virtually every channel is tuned to Fear TV.
And there’s a method to the […]

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[col. writ. 10/31/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 In Mexico, fires are burning.
I mean this metaphorically — and literally.
For thousands of youth feel the heated indignation against their corrupt government, as shown by their Oct. 13th protest and the firing of government buildings in Chilpancingo, Guerrero State, Mexico.
Why did they set the buildings ablaze?
They were marking the deadline when government officials were told to return some 43 […]

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Anyone even remotely familiar with my case knows about the “Mumia Rule.” That’s when the court or agency changes its rule or precedent to go against me. When Amnesty International wrote about my case, that was its essential focus: that laws and precedents that applied to other cases would be changed when it came to me.
In fact, when my habeas corpus case went before the […]

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[col. writ. 10/26/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 Brothas, Sistas;
To the Movement in Texas against the death penalty: Ona Move!
It’s been years since I’ve spoken out against the death penalty in Texas. The last time (I believe was on behalf of Bro. Shaka Sankofa — a brilliant young man, who grew to proud Black manhood in the shadow of the Death House.
A young man who would be […]

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The headline ”Justice Suspended” in the middle right hand column of a northeast Pennsylvania  newspaper caught my eye.  And for the briefest of moments I pondered its possible meanings.
Had justice indeed been suspended in Pennsylvania? I thought of the hundreds of men, over 600 at last count, who were juveniles when they were sent to prison for life in Pennsylvania.
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme […]

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[col. writ. 10/22/14] ©14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Anyone even remotely familiar with my case knows about the ‘Mumia Rule’. That’s when the court or agency changes its rule or precedent to go against me.
When Amnesty International wrote about my case, that was it’s essential focus: that laws and precedents that applied to other cases, would be changed when it came to me..
In […]

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 [col. writ. 10/19/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 Look at the United States.
Really. Look at it.
From North to South; East to West; from ‘sea to shining sea’, and you’ll see the frenzy of fear.
Fear of Ebola. Fear of ISIS. Fear of ‘crime’.
Fear of — fear.
The reason?
Well, fear sells. It sells papers, attracts viewers, and pulls listeners.
The national media is a virtual fear industry.
There used to be […]

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(col. writ. 10/16/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
We have learned, recently, of the closing of the Morales-Shakur Student Center at the City College of New York. (CCNY)
What does this mean? Why now?
What we are seeing is the war against the ‘60s – a war against the Movements of that era – and a war against history itself.
For the present era of leaders want to white-wash […]

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[col. writ. 10/15/14] (C) ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 With the death of Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan shortly after his arrival from Liberia, West Africa, the Ebola crisis has burst onto millions of news screens, generating deep levels of fear and xenophobia.
To be sure, Ebola is a serious health concern, for it has a 70% mortality rate (the African term, ‘Ebola’, named for a river in Congo […]

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 [col. writ. 10/13/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 The name of Troy Davis is known to most of us, largely because of media coverage.
But the details of his epic struggle, and the denial of the courts (state and federal) to seriously hear his claims are a lot lesser known.
Now, a recent book on the case, entitled, “I Am Troy Davis”, focuses on the Davis family, and […]

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