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Abu-jamal: "I Fight Against Being Here, But I Am Here" | Journalism in Hell
Commentary, July, 07 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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While a young reporter for a local NPR affiliate, housing was my beat...
Abu-jamal: Freedom to Protest?
Blog Post, June, 29 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As politicians rush resolutions through Congress supporting the protesters in Tehran, defending the principle of freedom to protest, their hypocrisy is even more blinding than their own myopia.
Abu-jamal: GM -- G.O.N.E.?
Blog Post, June, 15 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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Having entered bankruptcy court (even a so-called 'structural' bankruptcy), General Motors (GM) is making history. It was once the titanic behemoth of American business, making more money than any other business.
Abu-jamal: Race, Racism & the Sotomayor Nomination
Commentary, June, 07 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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It would be easy to describe the present faux controversy over the nomination of 2nd Circuit of Appeals Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor, to the U.S. Supreme Court as media-generated, and thus, unreal.
Abu-jamal: The Power of Culture
Commentary, May, 28 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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For years now, scholars have tried to grasp and utilize the various tools of hip-hop to stimulate and educate American school students (perhaps especially urban youth) with various measures of success or failure, depending, of course, on who does ...
Abu-jamal: Government for Whom?
Blog Post, May, 15 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As the economy tumbles like weeds in an old western, companies are getting bailouts in the double digit billions, while workers are being asked to "sacrifice."
Abu-jamal: Arlen Specter is a Party unto Himself.
Blog Post, May, 08 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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That great observer of American democracy, Alexis de Tocqueville noted that U.S. political parties were like nations at war with one another.
Abu-jamal: Before Nation
Blog Post, May, 04 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As the temperature of war increases in Iraq, and the U.S. increases troops in Afghanistan, an unanswered question looms.
Abu-jamal: Turning Point in History
Commentary, May, 02 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As these words are being written, the G20 meeting is taking place in the world's second major banking city (London), and US president Barack Obama has arrived with a retinue not seen since an imperial king visited his dominions in the hinterlands,...
Abu-jamal: Obama and America del Sur: A 'New Relationship?'
Commentary, April, 30 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As U.S. President, Barack Obama treks to the Caribbean to sit and sup with Latin American leaders, he does so amidst a promise of a new relationship with America del Sur.
Abu-jamal: World To Come
Commentary, April, 15 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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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.
Abu-jamal: The Other Inauguration Celebration
Blog Post, March, 23 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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According to the Pittsburgh based Human Right Coalition (HRC), guards and staff launched an attack timed to the inauguration, to send the message, "F--k a historical day, y'all always going to be niggers!"
Abu-jamal: The Fallen
Commentary, March, 12 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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A nation's economy is always a work of complexity, which accounts for the divergent opinions of economists, who often come down on different sides of the big issues, as in what works, and what doesn't.
Abu-jamal: Jailhouse Lawyers
Znet Article, February, 24 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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A ZNet book interview with Mumia...
Abu-jamal: Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA
Book, February, 04 2009
In Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners - many uneducated o...
Abu-jamal: Eartha Kitt
Blog Post, January, 02 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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For generations, the name, Eartha Kitt, was synonymous with sexy, sultry, and outspoken.
Abu-jamal: Post-Racial America?
Commentary, December, 26 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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There is a certain sense in the minds of millions in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, that we have reached the promised land.
Abu-jamal: Somali Woes: The Perils of Intervention
Commentary, December, 23 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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On the coastal outcrops of East Africa, in an area known as 'the horn', Somalia sits like a sentinel jutting into both the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Abu-jamal: More Money for 'Masters': None For You
Commentary, December, 16 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As the nation's economy seesaws between bubble and bust, people are becoming more and more aware of the obscene levels of disproportion between average workers and their CEO's.
Abu-jamal: 'Bailing Out My Boys'
Commentary, December, 01 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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It's been over a month since the beginning of the bailout binge, and little, if anything has changed. For, the bailout, from its inception, has been little more than a bait and switch.
