Around the world
Tears of empire
It happened with a suddenness that was stunning. The Taliban taking town by town, village by village, province by province until Kabul itself toppled all without virtually firing a shot. The sudden full of the […]
Author: Mumia Abu-Jamal
Fight racism
Consuewella Africa, presente!
For many, the name Consuewella Africa is like many of the Africas: about interchangeable, for unless you spent time with them, how could you know them? Consuewella, called Swella by her MOVE brothers and sisters, […]
Political Prisoners
Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers Black Panther Chip Fitzgerald
May 28 — The name Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald is perhaps not widely known except for his supporters. In his wild youth decades ago, he was a teenage member of the LA chapter of the Black […]
Political Prisoners
Julian Assange, political prisoner by Mumia Abu-Jamal
First things first: Who is Julian Assange? And second, why is his struggle of import to any of us? Assange, born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, in 1971, is the founder of the global online media […]
Covid-19
Rogue nation by Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 8 — Several days ago, the European Union announced that Americans were not welcome to visit any of the 28 member countries of the EU. Why? Because of the explosive expansion of the coronavirus […]
Covid-19
Mumia Abu-Jamal: After 100,000
What happens when the counter strikes 100,000? Nothing. One hundred thousand American dead; that means, for all intents and purposes, nothing much. For does the counter stop counting? Or does it continue rolling on like […]
Political Prisoners
Locked up and locked down
April 10 — For nearly a month now, all prisoners in Pennsylvania state prisons — over 40,000 men and women — have been locked down. What does “locked down” mean? When I was on death […]
Covid-19
Covid-19: Weapons of mass incompetence
April 6 — As of this writing, 10,000 people [in the U.S.] have died from the impact of the coronavirus, also known as Covid-19. Ten thousand! And unless I miss my guess, it ain’t over […]
Political Prisoners
Chuck Africa goes home
For over 40 years, Chuck Sims Africa, member of the famed MOVE 9, veteran of the MOVE confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has been imprisoned in state joints across Pennsylvania, serving what is arguably an […]
Political Prisoners
Delbert Africa, free!
MOVE member Delbert Africa, held in prison since the confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after 42 years. Delbert, in his 73rd year of life, came out to meet […]