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Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Mumia was the focus of an episode of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour on April 20, 2024.

Ralph Nader speaks to Noelle Hanrahan, founder and legal director of Prison Radio, and Professor Joy James, political philosopher, academic and author, who has studied America’s carceral state. Plus, Mumia himself, who answers Ralph’s questions from prison.

Pam Africa Health Update On Mumia

02/09/24

Click here for an audio recording of this interview

Click here for the original Prison Radio interview

Noelle Hanrahan: My name is Noelle Hanrahan. I’m a lawyer, investigator, and I work with Prison Radio, and I’m here with Pam Africa for the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal. Pam, what’s the latest?  

Pam Africa: Right, um Last week, I had a phone call that came in from Wadiya Jamal’s oldest son, and he had just left from visiting Mumia, and he was really upset.

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For Bob Wells, Presente

01/12/24 

by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Click here to download the audio of Mumia’s commentary

Click here for the original Prison Radio webpage

For Bob Wells, a life lived long was a life lived well, for he wore many hats, organizer, anti-racist activist, supporter and worker with the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee in Chicago, teacher, investigative reporter, magazine editor, seaman, hotel and restaurant cook, and banquet chef. He was a key activist in anti-prison and abolitionist work with the Labor Action Committee in San Francisco. And finally, a self-defense instructor.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal and Angela Davis: video statements to the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement

Earlier this week, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Angela Davis both made video statements to the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (UN EMLER). Mumia spoke on “the Mumia exception” and Angela Davis spoke in support of her former co-defendant Ruchell Magee. Click the links below to view hi-res versions of each video.

Mumia Abu-Jamal video statement

Angela Davis video statement