Mumia Abu-jamal's Radio Essays

From Sunday evening 1/29/2012Question 2: What is next?Prison RadioProduced by Noelle Hanrahan.

From Sunday evening 1/29/2012 Question 1: What is General Population like? Prison RadioProduced by Noelle Hanrahan.

'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 http://prisonradio.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/rosa-our-rosa-by-mumia-read-by-goldie-and-frances-goldin/ “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 heard. We will fight to make sure that both his voice and his body are free. For updates on Mumia's current condition go to www.prisonradio.org Solidarity,Prison Radio

For 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 addressing a vet, "I thank you for your service." In truth, this is robot-talk, kind of like when a parrot is trained to say, "Hello!", and about as meaningful.The American poet, e.e. cummings once said, “A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat, except a man."John Africa said, "A politician will tell you he wasn't born of a woman, if it'll get you to vote for him."In these passing years, since 9/11, wars have been fought that have devastated countries, economies, and world peace. Untold thousands have died, many for no

Jan. 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, Mumia was thrown in the hole at SCI Mahanoy.The prison administration excuse that "paperwork" is holding up his transfer to general population in this medium security prison is transparent.The disinformation is part of the strategy to create confusion and disorient.Make no mistake. These conditions are clearly designed torture. They are being enacted to elicit Mumia and our silence. Mumia Abu-Jamal is being held in extremely repressive conditions. And like thousands of prisoners, residents of solitary confinement and isolat