Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Essays
951 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsMumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist who chronicles the human condition. He has been a resident of Pennsylvania's death row for twenty-five years. Writing from his solitary confinement cell his essays have reached a worldwide audience. His books "Live From Death Row", "Death Blossoms", "All Things Censored", "Faith of Our Fathers" and "We Want Freedom" have sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into nine languages. His 1982-murder trial and subsequent conviction have been the subject of great debate. Major issues in the trial have led to a worldwide campaign to gain Mumia a new trial and, ultimately, to gain his freedom.
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When A Child Dies
December 29, 2015 20:13 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBBadge of the Rapist Racist
December 17, 2015 23:23 - 2 minutes - 1.82 MBMuslims Not Welcome
December 17, 2015 23:22 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBThe Wages of Fear
December 08, 2015 21:27 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBNone of Your Business
December 08, 2015 21:26 - 1 minute - 1.21 MBA Tale of Two Men
December 04, 2015 16:21 - 2 minutes - 1.42 MBAnd Now Laquan
November 29, 2015 17:48 - 2 minutes - 1.76 MBPoliticians = Corporate Whores of Babylon
November 24, 2015 16:15 - 2 minutes - 1.53 MBStates of Fear
November 21, 2015 16:48 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBPolitical Masters, Financial Servants
November 21, 2015 16:47 - 2 minutes - 1.79 MBTo Serve & Protect or Ravish & Wreck
November 21, 2015 16:46 - 3 minutes - 2.2 MBDisturbing the Peace
October 30, 2015 15:38 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MBElecting Enemies
October 30, 2015 15:35 - 2 minutes - 1.5 MBMumia's Message to the Movement
October 22, 2015 20:21 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBTamir
October 22, 2015 20:20 - 1 minute - 1.26 MBThe Chair
October 22, 2015 20:20 - 1 minute - 1.23 MBCenturies of Struggle Big House Prison Blues
October 22, 2015 20:19 - 9 minutes - 6.8 MBMumia's Condition & his Reaction to DOC lies and Stonewalling
October 22, 2015 20:18 - 2 minutes - 1.73 MBThe Representative or the Represented?
October 22, 2015 20:17 - 2 minutes - 1.62 MBShort Excerpt of "Big House Blues" for American Studies Conference Toronto Canada 10/10/15
October 22, 2015 20:17 - 44 seconds - 508 KBMessage for Red Emma's Book Fair - Saturday 9-26-2015 Baltimore
September 24, 2015 01:58 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MBBeating Bin Wahad
September 24, 2015 01:58 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MBThe Movement For Justice Against Police Violence
September 24, 2015 01:57 - 4 minutes - 3.06 MBPoliticians Servants of the Wealthy
September 24, 2015 01:56 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MBPoliticians: Servants of the Wealthy It is impossible to look at the current crop of political presidential aspirants and not be struck by their level of subservience to the wants and needs of the owner class. Like Puppies panting in the presence of their masters, the politicians, emboldened by the unconscionable Citizens United decision, are at the feet of the billionaires for scraps to better serve their betters. Now, one billionaire can field half-dozen pols, and by so doing, can determine...
From Katrina to Ferguson
September 04, 2015 17:21 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBMurderers of the World Arrive in the Americas" (Murder Inc.)
August 21, 2015 16:20 - 12 minutes - 8.66 MBMessin' with Major
August 21, 2015 16:18 - 3 minutes - 2.18 MBHis name is Major - (his real name); Major Tillery of West Philadelphia.Although he had a reputation as a gangster, in prison such things matter little. It’s as a jailhouse lawyer that he shook the prison walls in the case known as Tillery v. Owens, a ground-breaking prison conditions case where double-dealing (or the placement of four men in a cell) was declared unconstitutional. The prison medical department was declared unconstitutional and living conditions in part of the prison were decl...
Trump: And the Politics of Resentment
August 10, 2015 19:31 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MBTrump: And the Politics of Resentment[col. writ. 7/31/15] © ’15 Mumia Abu-JamalWhen New York billionaire and GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump launched into his anti-immigrant tirade against Mexicans crossing the border, he was using a long known political technique of plugging into the live wire of American resentment of the other.Today, it’s Latinos, of course; more precisely, those from the Southern borders: Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, and the like.But, since the 1...
Democracy, Dictatorships & Empire (from Writing on the Wall)
July 22, 2015 03:27 - 5 minutes - 3.55 MB40 Years in the Wilderness(from Writing on the Wall)
July 22, 2015 03:25 - 5 minutes - 3.78 MBSilence of the Lambs (from Writing on the Wall)
July 22, 2015 03:24 - 4 minutes - 3.03 MBGangsters in Blue (from Writing on the Wall)
July 22, 2015 03:23 - 3 minutes - 2.34 MBFlags & Rags
July 10, 2015 17:52 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MBWhat to a Prisoner is the 4th of July?
July 10, 2015 03:10 - 4 minutes - 1.99 MBBlack & Blue in America
July 10, 2015 03:08 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBCharleston
June 22, 2015 20:20 - 2 minutes - 1.6 MBNSA Anyway
June 17, 2015 19:06 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBDynasty: The Politics of Spectacle
June 17, 2015 19:04 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBWaco
May 22, 2015 15:34 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MBMessage to the Movement
April 28, 2015 15:09 - 1 minute - 792 KBOf Punks, Predators, & Pigs
April 10, 2015 17:56 - 1 minute - 1.12 MBAction Alert: Demand that Mumia see a diabetes specialist On Monday, March 30, Mumia Abu-Jamal lost consciousness at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) Mahanoy and had to be rushed to the hospital. He was admitted with a blood sugar level of 779, suffering from diabetic shock, and a dangerously high sodium level of 160. Mumia must see a diabetes specialist (endocrinologist) in order to be properly diagnosed and provided with an individual treatment plan specific to him. Prison official...