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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Episodes
Beyond Trayvon
April 16, 2012 01:28 - 2 minutes - 1.75 MBChildren of the Hole
April 12, 2012 19:59 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBDeath Penalty Dies... In Connecticut
April 07, 2012 19:35 - 1 minute - 1.15 MBThe Health Of Nations
April 02, 2012 01:16 - 2 minutes - 1.57 MBEverybody's Child
March 27, 2012 00:09 - 1 minute - 1.32 MBPrimary Colors
March 24, 2012 15:55 - 2 minutes - 1.52 MBThe Politics Of Mean
March 19, 2012 00:09 - 1 minute - 1.17 MBSon Of Haditha
March 12, 2012 14:52 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBWars for Votes
March 10, 2012 04:03 - 2 minutes - 1.49 MBRacism Without Racists
March 06, 2012 01:03 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBBanneker's Peace Department
March 03, 2012 01:57 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MBBullies
March 01, 2012 02:23 - 2 minutes - 1.86 MBFanon: Revolutionary
February 25, 2012 04:33 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBWhitney Houston 1963-2012
February 15, 2012 02:31 - 1 minute - 1.04 MBNational Occupy Day in Support of Prisoners
February 13, 2012 03:24 - 3 minutes - 2.31 MBFor a Revolutionary Black History Month
February 13, 2012 03:17 - 4 minutes - 2.98 MBOf Love and Struggle
February 13, 2012 02:35 - 4 minutes - 2.98 MBMemories of Maroon
February 13, 2012 02:30 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBPeace Equals War
February 08, 2012 03:16 - 2 minutes - 1.83 MBComments from Mumia, Part 2
January 31, 2012 01:59 - 25 seconds - 573 KBFrom Sunday evening 1/29/2012Question 2: What is next?Prison RadioProduced by Noelle Hanrahan.
Comments from Mumia, Part 1
January 31, 2012 01:57 - 41 seconds - 945 KBFrom Sunday evening 1/29/2012 Question 1: What is General Population like? Prison RadioProduced by Noelle Hanrahan.
Of Idiots and Sages (Read by Noam Chomsky)
January 31, 2012 01:55 - 3 minutes - 2.51 MBOf Idiots and Sages (Read by Mumia Abu-Jamal)
January 31, 2012 01:54 - 2 minutes - 3.03 MBRosa Our Rosa
January 16, 2012 18:09 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MB'Rosa Our Rosa', a new commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal read by Goldie (Mumia's daughter) and Frances Goldin. You can also watch the video at “We gather today over 140 years after the birthday of Rosa Luxemburg – The brilliant thinker, writer, activist and revolutionary who’s memory still burns bright around the world.” Prison and government officials are trying to censor and silence Mumia Abu-Jamal. We stand with the many Americans who believe that there is tremendous value in his voice being ...
'Toy Soldiers' Read by Ron Kovic
January 11, 2012 01:22 - 2 minutes - 1.82 MBFor Mumia Abu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July.According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill.Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor for what those in power really think of soldiers, many of whom are but boys and girls freshly loosed from High School.In recent years, politicians, especially when on TV or radio talk shows, are apt to say, when addressin...
Slow Death Row
January 02, 2012 05:01 - 1 minute - 1.09 MBJan. 1st 2012 Prison Radio announces that it will continue to record and distribute Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio essays in the face of State censorship and State sponsored torture. Mumia is being kept in solitary in SCI Mahanoy's dungeon. Its restrictions and conditions belie its modern construction.The defeat for the State, having to openly declare that Mumia will live, and the fact that they can no longer legally execute Mumia, has meant a severe backlash. After his transfer off of death row, Mu...