The harassment of radical senior citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal continues, even during a pandemic. It’s not enough that’s he’s been in jail for almost 40 years (he turns 66 on April 24). Now Pennsylvania prison authorities–the world’s sorest-winner champions–cruelly lied that he was ill, possibly with COVID. By Todd Steven Burroughs Death’s shadow can replicate over…
Read moreBREAKING (NON-) NEWS: Attention, Mumia! No Reading (About the Young Lords Party) Allowed!
Why could Mumia Abu-Jamal receive books on Death Row in the 1980s, 1990s and 00s but is severely restricted in his ability to receive books in 2020, even though he is in general population? In the Acknowledgements section of Johanna Fernandez’s new book, The Young Lords: A Radical History (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina…
Read moreOld to the Handschu: Targeting Radicals, 1960-2016 and Beyond
Old to the Handschu: Targeting Radicals, 1960-2016 and BeyondWatch this video on YouTube Dhoruba bin-Wahad, formerly of the Black Panther Party, Black Liberation Army and Panther 21, was back with us to discuss the latest news of more being found regarding The Handschu Agreement and the surveillance of activists by the New York Police Department.
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