Mumias Columns & Prison Radio comments

(col. writ. 8/9/14) © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 As U.S. F18s drop 500 lb. bombs on ISIS-controlled areas of Iraq, it does so, it says, to support the fleeing religious community of Yazidis.
U.S. President Barack Obama, supporting and indeed ordering the bombing, announced that this action was taken on humanitarian grounds, to “prevent a massacre” of a tiny religious minority targeted by the ISIS army for […]

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  [col. writ. 8/6/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 As guns, rockets and bombs from fighter planes, go silent, the real war begins between the apartheid state, Israel, and the embattled occupied state of Hamas, on behalf of the captives of Gaza.
This is the war of words.
How can we say that words are more real than bombs?
Because, under the pressure of Arab states, the U.S., and […]

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 [col. writ. 8/3/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 
As an ineffectual Congress gives voice to howling throngs decrying the influx of Central American children, it’s helpful to learn that this is not a new feature of American immigration; but as old as the country itself.
From the time of the first European colonial settlements in North America, there was a tendency to declare these arrivals natives, while […]

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 [col. writ. 7/30/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 Six years ago, when Israel launched its blitzkrieg against Gaza, it left only after some 700 Gazans: men, women and children, were dead.
This occurred under George W. Bush, with the U.S. neocon administration winking, nodding and blowing kisses of approval.
Today, under neoliberal rule, we see that something indeed has changed under President Barack Obama: It has gotten worse.
For, […]

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[col. writ. 7/29/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 For New Yorkers, the name Eddie Ellis drew admiration, respect and even some awe.
For he was a man of passion, action and brilliance, as shown by his many lives as a Black Panther, a prison lifer, and a scholar who worked as an activist among youth to turn their lives away from the dead-end of prison.
He was also a […]

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[Speech writ. 7/29/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 When we consider the historic role of journalist amond Black people, we are left with the deep conviction that, for Black people, the necessities of the time demand that activism must play a role in the performance of the profession.
It must be so, I argue, then – in our not-too-distant past – and now, in our troubled present, for […]

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[col. writ. 7/28/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 An admission: I hate writing about August 8th, 1978.
Why?
It reminds me that 8 living MOVE members are still in prison today, over 33 years after the events of August 8th, 1978.
On the one hand, MOVE men and women, are model prisoners, and should’ve been paroled years ago. On the other, if they were anyone else, they would’ve been paroled […]

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[col. writ. 7/16/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 ‚Everything new‘, it used to be said, “comes from California.‘
Perhaps not everything, but a Federal District Court there has just ruled that the death penalty, as practiced in the Golden State, is unconstitutional, in light of the long dreadful waits between sentencing and executions.
Judges have hinted around this theme for years, but this is the first time I’ve […]

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[col. writ. 7/18/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 The airwaves are thick with talk of ‘war crimes’, how Russia should be sanctioned, and even how the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, according to one congressional war-hawk, “has blood on his hands.”
This is not to downplay the very real losses sustained in the destruction of Malaysia Air 17, but a look at how easily the imperial media slips into […]

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 (2:11) re kids at U.S. border with mexico MP3 by Mumia Abu-Jamal

 
[col. writ. 7/13/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
I’ve been watching for days now, as media reports display the growing hatreds at the arrival of Central American children across the Mexican-U.S. border.
American voices crackle with bile as they begin the drumbeat for their immediate deportation.
Vile names are called against them, and they are described as […]

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[col. writ. 7/9/14] © ’14 Mumia Abu-Jamal
 The biblical tale of David vs. Goliath is the quintessential story of how the weak can prevail over the mighty.
 It gives people hope that perhaps they can prevail over terrible adversity.
 In the Middle East that tale continues to be told, but from the somewhat peculiar perspective that Israel, the Zionist State, is David.
 This is how most Americans receive – […]

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