Category Archives: Columns by Mumia

Columns here are just a few of the hundreds available at the web sites of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Prison Radio (see LINKS). To subscribe to Mumia’s columns, send an email to mumiacolumns-subscribe@topica.com .

“OUT OF GEORGIA” by Mumia Abu-Jamal

   For several weeks now, Georgia has been the site of some of the largest prison protests in years. Prisoners throughout the state, using smuggled cell phones, have coordinated self-initiated lock-ins, where they refuse to leave their cells to work … Continue reading

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“WORLD TO COME”

I’m always intrigued when talking heads rush to comfort their viewers with news that the economy is bouncing back because, for that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average may be performing well. The Dow is an average of the stock … Continue reading

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“BEATING BACK BATSON”

[NOTE from Sis. Marpessa:  Here's a link to excerpts of Ass't DA McMahon's training video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv9SJPa_dF8 ] Check that short piece out (57 secs), and then please re-read this piece Bro. Mumia wrote last year: Beating Back Batson [col. writ. … Continue reading

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“What ‘War on Terror?’ “

Have you ever thought (but were afraid to admit) that there really wasn’t such a thing as a ‘war on terror?’ Well, worry no more. England’s top prosecutor has set the record straight. Britain’s director of public prosecutions, Ken McDonald, … Continue reading

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“Who Protects Whom?”

A woman is stopped for a traffic violation. She tearfully explains that she is pregnant, she is bleeding, and she begs — at least a dozen times — to be taken to the hospital. She might as well have been … Continue reading

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“Give WAR a Chance”

A lifetime ago, when the British rock band, the Beatles were at the top of the charts, and before cable TV and the reign of computers, anti-war activists sang a haunting chorus as they demonstrated by the tens of thousands … Continue reading

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“The Taming of the Democrats”

Since the recent Democratic wins in the U.S. House and Senate, there has been a concerted effort from the corporate media to evoke from them pre-installation promises of moderation, and a mass denial that there are any plans to impeach … Continue reading

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“Saddam’s Sentence”

With excitement and barely suppressed glee, the media announced the death sentence returned against Iraqi strongman, Saddam Hussein, for crimes against humanity during the 1982 Dujail massacre. In the face of the deadly horror that is Iraq, Hussein has become … Continue reading

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“John Kerry and the Politics of Wusses”

Politics is about power; how to get it, and how to use it. The recent media-minted ‘controversy’ over John Kerry’s flubbed joke, the White House/GOP response, and his subsequent apology was a lesson in the use of power, and the … Continue reading

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“Iraq: Echoes of Vietnam”

It is easy to liken the Iraq War to Vietnam, but, for many reasons, it isn’t a perfect fit. Vietnam differed in very fundamental ways: terrain, the nature of the opposing armies, and perhaps most obviously, the scale of human … Continue reading

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