Vijay's Gift to U.S., book review by   Mumia Abu-Jamal Vijay Proshad's The Darker Nation's: A People's History of the Third World ( NY/London: The New Press, 2007). pp 364       For most of us, the names of places and personalities abroad are simply dizzying.  Phnom Penh?  Prince Bandar? Sri Lanka ?   What is this? Who is that?  When they flicker across our screens, or flutter over the ...

Mumia's Case Symbolic to Blacks in the U.S. by Tagni John Bogle   Some people are celebrating the recent decision of the Philadelphia DA's Office, not to seek a new trial, thereby placing Mumia in general population for life with no chance of parole. Nonetheless, that was a clear political move by city who feared a new trial for Mumia would prove his innocence, indict and embarrass certain indi...

A Statement From Troy Davis Dave Zirin on September 21, 2011 - 12:22pm ET If you were hours from being executed for a crime you did not commit, what would you say? Here are the words of Troy Anthony Davis, on the day of his scheduled unjust execution at the hands of the state of Georgia. His generosity of spirit speaks for itself (thank you to Jiva Manske at Amnesty International):“The struggle ...

Where do we go from here chaos or community?by Salim K. T. Adofo - National Vice Chairperson - National Black United FrontOn Wednesday September 21st, 2011 at 11:08 pm Troy Anthony Davis, a Black man, was murdered by lethal injection for allegedly killing a white police officer.  Despite the millions of people worldwide, including former Commander In Chief Jimmy Carter and the Pope, calling for hi...

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...

The Black/Afrikan Community and the Death Penalty by Sis. Marpessa Kupendua A loving family stands by Troy Davis, fighting for his freedom: In front in this 2004 photo are Troy and his mother, Virginia; in the middle his nephew De’Jaun; and in back, his sisters, Ebony, Kimberly and Martina. Death row rules requiring photos to be taken only with the prison Polaroid make the quality poor, but the...

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...

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...