This message was recorded at Prison Radio for the Grass Roots Radio Conference, August 19, 2011. Speech to the Grass Roots Radio ConferenceAugust 14, 2011 by Mumia Abu-JamalOna Move! Long Live John Africa!Dear friends: Attendees at the Grass Roots Radio Conference! Thank you for your invitation. I join y'all today, this way, by necessity; but we are joined by our common love of radio, still a vib...

Mumla Abu-Jamal[col. writ. 8/10/11] After decades of political betrayal by the Labour Party, and the blatant attacks on the working class bythe Tories (the British Conservative Party), there has emerged an angry and bitter class that has rocked what was once the center of a global empire: London. Fires have erupted In Birmingham, Croydon, Bristol, Liverpool and Tottenham at last count, sparked by...

'11 Mumla Abu-Jamal[col. writ. 8/3/11]   The spectacle was so without precedent that it seemed surreal. An Egyptian [ex-Presldent, in power for almost 3 decades, Is wheeled into court atop a gurney in a cage, and facing charges from the violent chaos that rocked Tahrir Square In the Spring (and also official corruptlon)--charges that could result In the death sentence! Mohammad Husni Said...

When Media Is Master   col. writ. 7/15/11 Mumla Abu-Jamal   Years ago, a Canadian professor of popular culture and education rocked the world with his astute observation that "The medium Is the message." Marshall McLuhan's books were on every U.S. college campus, not just In classrooms, but on the quads, In the dorms and in the bleachers.   McLuhan's two major books, 'Understanding Media...

NATIONAL DEBTS[col. writ. 7/30/11], Mumia Abu-JamalAmidst the political brinksmanshlp occasioned by the rising of the national debt ceiling, a question arises.What is the nation's debt?Of the 14.3 trillion cited in published accounts, over a quarter of that amount, or $4.4 trillion, is the projected costs of the mad adventures In Iraq and Afghanistan, inmilitary material expenditures, wages, finan...