Case updates and upcoming events 11/24

 

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Political Prisoner case updates and upcoming events in support of their freedom.

• Move 9 Mondays continue....
• Kenny Zulu Whitmore 35 years in solitary confinement
• Federal judge says US Supreme Court was wrong in denying trial for Mondo We Langa

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Political Prisoner updates and Malcolm's Message to the Grassroots

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On this day in 1963, Malcolm X gave a speech entitled "Message to the Grassroots" to the Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference in Detroit, Michigan. In this historic speech, Malcolm X contrasted the difference between a "Black Revolution" and a "Negro Revolution". He contrasted the "House Negro" and the "Field Negro" during slavery and during his generation.

He also criticized the 1963 March on Washington which was taken over from Grass Roots organizers and given to civil rights leaders whom the Kennedy administration and white liberals deemed safe and non-controversial to the liberal whites. Tonight as we review "Message to the Grassroots" and update you on political prisoner related issues on Political Prisoner Radio.

Move 9 Mondays continues. The fight is not over yet call the Parole Board this Monday 11/11/13 at (717) 772-4343 and demand The Release Of The Move 9. Quick note Monday the parole board office will be closed but we can still call and leave our messages on the voicemail so let's flood their message board on Monday.

TELL CDCR THAT THE PRACTICE OF ISSUING 115 WRITE-UPS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE HUNGER STRIKE IS OUTRAGEOUS!

Please contact M. D. Stainer, Director of the Division of Adult Institutions at CDCR. Your voice needs to be heard by the people making decisions! Tell him to end this policy of punishing people for refusing their meals in nonviolent protest, and to reverse the 115s that were given out. Let him know that you are distressed to hear that about his policy of issuing 115 write-ups, further oppressing the peaceful hunger strikers.

M.D. Stainer, Director
Division of Adult Institutions
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
P. O. Box 942883
Sacramento CA. 94283
(916) 445-7688
Michael.Stainer@cdcr.ca.gov

Case updates and upcoming events

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Political Prisoner Radio educates the public about the cases and stories of U.S. held political prisoners and those living in political exile.

• The National Lawyers Guild International recently held its convention in Puerto Rico and held a workshop titled Puerto Rican, Cuban Palestinian, and Black Liberation Political Prisoners workshop. Videos of the workshop can be found on their website.
• Call to action on behalf the MOVE 9 issued by Ramona Africa.
• New efforts to release the Omaha Two, Ed Poindexter and Mondo We Langa.
• Demands made to drop charges against Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh, sign the petition.
• Upcoming events to end New York State Parole abuses and reunite families on Friday & Saturday.

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Day of Celebration and Education on the Liberation of Assata Shakur

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Political Prisoner Radio educates the public about the cases and stories of U.S. held political prisoners and those living in political exile.

Tonight we will be joined by Abduljabbar Caliph of the Maryland chapter of The Jericho Movement to discuss an upcoming national event on November 2, 2013 to educate the public on political prisoner in exile Assata Shakur and other political prisoners and prisoners of war being held by the US Govt.

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The Legacy of the Black Panther Party

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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a black revolutionary social political organization which was active maninly in the United States from 1966 until 1982. It also included international chapters. It was founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966 and the organization initially set forth a doctrine calling primarily for the protection of black neighborhoods from police brutality.

Tonight I am joined by one of its former members Ras Munyiga Nosakhere who began selling newspapers for the party he was just ten years old. Ras Munyiga Nosakhere is now active with the Black Autonomy Federation. Many former panthers are still being held as political prisoners by the United States government and some are more known than others but all deserve our attention and advocacy.

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Louisiana continues the torture of Albert Woodfox

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Sharing some of the latest updates on Political Prisoner cases and related news.

Jasmine Heiss, Campaigner, Individuals and Communities at Risk Program (IC@R) for Amnesty International, USA joins the program to discuss the case of Albert Woodfox.

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Black Civil Rights organizations and political prisoners

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Jesse Jackson is off to South America to free a former US soldier from FARC but has never lifted a finger to help political prisoners and prisoners of war held by the US Government. He is not alone, none of the so-called civil rights organizations have campaigned on behalf of our freedom fighters, many of whom are elderly and in poor health. Minister Farrakhan speaks up for Political Prisoners and says he will continue to do so. Iran releases political prisoners, the United States still denies it has any.

Israel incarcerating thousands of Political Prisoners including children

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Sharing some of the latest updates on Political Prisoner cases and related news.

Journalist Saed Bannoura of  the International Middle East Media Center joins us tonight to discuss a recent report issued by The Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees. The report says “Israeli soldiers kidnapped 2436 Palestinians since the beginning of this year, and that the number of detainees currently held by Israel is 5200” which includes at least 220 children, some under the age of 16.

Al Jezeera English published an article on the recent election of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba who is a former vice president of the Republic of New Afrika and a co-founder of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Some in the Black power community believe you can change the system, the system changes you but it will certainly make for an interesting case study of when Black radicalism intersects with mainstream politics.

This news and updates on various US held political prisoners and prisoners of war.
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Political Prisoner updates and related news

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Sharing some of the latest updates on US held Political Prisoner cases and related news.

• Lynne Stewart case update with her husband Ralph Poynter
• Political Prisoner Herman Wallace has only two months to live and left to die by the racially showcased Black faces in high places
• Rallies for the Cuban Five today
• Freedom Fighter Contingent to March in African American Day Parade
  
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The Hollow Ringing of America's So-Called Freedom Bell

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Presidents of America's imperialistic government gathered yesterday in Washington, DC at the site of Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln monument along with prominent showcased African Americans to put on a show. The ringing of the so-called "Freedom Bells" rang hollow for all the US Government held political prisoners and prisoners of the FBI war against the Black liberation movement and other left leaning organizations.

The event was a mockery of the Black people who dared to struggle during that period dying and losing their freedom as a result of taking on the most oppressive government the in the modern world. The struggle continues for true Black Liberation and Freedom. It also rang hollow for the many innocent people swept up and imprisoned in America's so-called War against Terror.

We will talk to El Hajj Mauri Saalakhan, director of operations, The Peace Thru Justice Foundation.

Hollywood propaganda master's demonization of the Black Panthers in "The Butler"

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Political Prisoner Radio will look at the damage films like Lee Daniels' The Butler does to the liberation movements seeking to free current Political Prisoners and POWs being held by the US Government. The film which proclaims to be based on a true story is mostly a fictional account of the experiences and life of former WH butler Eugene Allen.

Updates on upcoming events and cases of Political Prisoners and POWS.

Eric Holder's comments on sick and elderly and Political Prisoners

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Tonight I will be joined by Bro. Akinyele Umoja about several topics including Bro. Abdullah Majid whom Jericho NY has issued a medical alert for and asking people to call and advocate on his behalf so that he may get the medical attention he needs which is being denied.

Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that the prison population can be reduced by releasing sick and elderly prisoners, many of our political prisoners certainly meet that criteria.

Marcus Garvey's birthday is coming up on the August 17. Bro. Garvey was a victim of COINTELPRO tactics before there was a official program called COINTELPRO, which is why most of our Black political prisoners are behind bars today.

Bro. Akinyele Umoja is the author of "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement". 

COINTELPRO Study session

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The FBI has used always used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception. However, covert operations under the official title COINTELPRO started in August of 1956 and while it is a common belief that it ended in 1971. An argument can be made that COINTELPRO still exists.

Tonight Political Prisoner Radio will conduct a study session of the documentary COINTELPRO - The FBI's War on Black America. The purpose of this study session is to look back at the tactics used by COINTELPRO and determine if and how the Black community is still impacted today.

Black Panther in Africa Pete O'Neal's message to the masses

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Political Prisoner Radio kicks off the 34th anniversary of Black August which is the annual commemoration of the liberation struggle of African people inside the United States. We had an opportunity to speak with a former Black Panther living in exile, Comrade Pete O'Neal.

Pete O'Neal is a former Black Panther living in exile in Africa. He was the chairman of the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was a target of the FBI illegal program known as COINTELPRO. On October 30, 1969, he was arrested for the transporting of a gun across state lines (under a law implemented only two weeks prior to his arrest). He fled to Algeria, a year later and then to Tanzania.

We reached out to Bro. Pete to discuss various issues related to Political Prisoners and victims of COINTELPRO who are still being held by the US government. We discussed the lack of movement from the masses to demand the release of US held political prisoners.

We also discussed a number of related issues including the bounty on Assata Shakur, another former Black Panther living in exile.

Black Liberation Movement & Stand Your Ground

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In the wake of the fall out from Trayvon Martin's killer George Michael Zimmerman being set free by Florida Jury and system designed for injustice, many have been talking about boycotting Florida until it repeals Stand Your Ground self-defense laws. I thought to myself, I wonder what Malcolm X, Huey Newton and Fred F. Williams would be saying today about Black so-called leaders urging folks to give up their guns and concede the ground.

I also want to talk about why members of the Black liberation movement who are not confined not speaking up for their comrades who are being tortured and denied release from these prison hells in America.
Not all, but a prominent few I've noticed on Facebook who don't say one word about comrades who are sick and dying and denied compassionate release because of their past activities as members of various political organizations. Why is that?

Joining me tonight for discussion on these issues involving our political prisoners and their legacy is Shaka Shakur. Shaka Shakur was born August 12, 1969 and raised in the Bronx, New York. He is a father, community organizer and a revolutionary. He is the founder of The people's survival program and Maroon multi media. He is an alumni member of the Black Panther collective and former chairperson of the NYC chapter of the New Black Panther Party.

He is also a member of the hip-hop group Maroon Society and founder of the Gye NyaMe University. He conducts weekly political education classes, which are free to the public at the Assata Shakur cultural center in City College located on 137 & Amsterdam Ave, Rm. 3201 every Tuesday at 7pm.

Police Brutality & Political Prisoner Rev. Joy Powell

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Tonight we will revisit the case of Rev. Joy Powell who was an outspoken critic against police corruption and brutality in Rochester, NY.  Because of the rallies and protests against the Rochester Police Department, she was targeted and was eventually set up on First Degree Burglary and Assault charges. Although the prosecution could provide no witnesses or evidence against her, an all white jury convicted her and a judge who had it in for her sentenced her to 16 years and seven years concurrent.

Louisiana’s continued torture of 71 yr old Herman Wallace

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Political prisoner Herman Wallace and is dying from cancer and has been locked away in solitary confinement on a Louisiana prison plantation for 41 years because of his political beliefs. He was a recently featured on Melissa Harris Perry's program and the subject of an Amnesty International appeal to the State of Louisiana for a compassionate release based on Mr. Wallace's age and worsening health condition.

You can take action by signing the Amnesty International petition calling for Compassionate Release for Herman Wallace.

Cases like the Angola 3 help to highlight the brutal and sadistic mentality of those in power through out the United States.

We revisit an interview conducted earlier this year with Robert King, the only Angola 3 member to be released from the prison plantation.

Prisoners protesting slave conditions in California July 8, 2013

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JoNina Abron-Ervin of the Black Autonomy Federation and Bilal Ali of National Hood Alliance join us tonight to highlight the slavery conditions existing in the prison plantations of America and a strike being planned by prisoners in California which is also being supported by prisoners in the state of Washington.

The Black Autonomy Federation is working to establish the Black Autonomy Prison Federation and Sis. JoNina will be informing us about the mission and share her thoughts on the upcoming prisoner strikes.

Bro. Bilal is working with others to raise support for and express solidarity with California prisoners who are planning a number of actions including hunger strikes and work stoppages in protests of the abusive conditions they are subjected to everyday. He will share the demands of the prisoners and how we can support them.

Tarek Mehanna sent to prison for expressing a political opinion

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Tonight we are joined by Laila Murad to discuss the efforts to free Tarek Mehanna. Mehanna case is particularly interesting because what he was alleged to have done. The US government tried to link Mehanna to Al Qaeda, this of course was before the US started supporting Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda linked militants in Libya and now Syria.

According to reports, Mehanna has stated that he does not support the worldview of Al Qaeda, but that he does support Muslims' right to fight the U.S. military invasion and occupation of Iraq as well as other foreign military forces in Iraq.

Mehanna was said to have began to translated and posted online materials described by prosecutors as Al Qaeda propaganda. In April 2012, Mehanna was sentenced in a Boston federal court on four terrorism-related charges and three others related to lying to FBI and other U.S. federal officials.

The ACLU issued a statement after his sentencing which read, "Under the government's theory of the case, ordinary people--including writers and journalists, academic researchers, translators, and even ordinary web surfers--could be prosecuted for researching or translating controversial and unpopular ideas."

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Activists Sabrina Green and Ralph Poynter on Cuban Five and Lynne Stewart

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Sabrina Green will join us to discuss the updates concerning the case of The Cuban Five. The Cuban Five consists Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González. The men were on a mission to investigate terrorist groups among the Cubans in Florida who fled from the island following the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Terrorist based in Florida were suspected of being behind attacks on hotels in Cuban and evidence implicated several CIA-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles being behind the deadliest terrorist airline attack in the Western Hemisphere. All 78 people on board Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 died including children. The United States would charge members of the Cuban Five with conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as an agent of a foreign government, and other illegal activities in the United States.

Recently new evidence surfaced that the US government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors was secretly paying prominent Miami journalists who were saturating the Miami media where the trail was conducted with highly inflammatory reports that were prejudicial to the Cuban Five impeding their right to a fair trial. The US State Department is refusing to release documents that prove the government conducted a propaganda war in the media against the Cuban Five.

Ralph Poynter, activist and husband of people’s lawyer Lynne Stewart will update us on the campaign to free her from a Texas prison, which has already approved her compassionate release due to the cancer that is spreading though her body. Lynn Stewart, an attorney by trade has built a legacy of representing poor and marginalized people whom other lawyers would not.

Stewart would be convicted on trumped up charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in 2005 and was originally sentenced to 28 months in prison. The prosecutor unhappy with the sentence appealed and Stewart would get a ten-year sentence. A campaign was launched to free her but it intensified after it was discovered cancer was spreading aggressively though her body. She was granted the compassionate release but is still being held many believe because of the federal government want to make further examples of those who stand up for justice and do comply with a system of injustice.

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Prison Radio Director Noelle Hanrahan

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Political Prisoner Radio had an opportunity to catch up with the director of Prison Radio, Noelle Hanrahan. She is known most for her radio work with political prisoner and former Death Row member Mumia Abu Jamal in helping him to record and distribute his political commentaries from behind bars. She also participated in the production of the independent film "Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal" which is now available on DVD after a successful run in select theaters. We will also get into the repression of Black revolutionary politics in mainstream media.

After the interview we will share some of the latest events and alerts related to political prisoners.


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Raymond Luc Levasseur former leader of United Freedom Front

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The United Freedom Front was active during the 70's and 80's and its co-founder, leader and former political prisoner Raymond Luc Levasseur speaks with us tonight. The group opposed racism and police brutality and terrorism against Black and poor communities. Mr. Levasseur once compared the New York City Police Department to the Klu Klux Klan and said there is no difference in the Klan lynching someone and a police officer putting a bullet in a Black man's head.

The UFF was also opposed to US Foreign police, particularly in Central America and targeted corporations that they saw as supporting apartheid in South Africa.

He will discuss his experiences as a political prisoner and the cases of his incarcerated comrades Tom Manning and Jaan Laaman.

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2nd Black Power Conference & Petitioning for Assata Shakur

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Tonight we are talking with Agyei Tyehimba and Munyiga Nosakhere, two brothers On A Move.

Comarade Agyei has a petition on Change.org petitioning President Obama to do four things. They are as follows,

1. Launch a federal and state investigation to determine the validity of Ms. Shakur's initial conviction and prison sentence
2. Rescind Ms. Shakur's status as a "terrorist."
3. Terminate any bounty or "reward" for assisting in her capture.
4. Exonerate Ms. Shakur of ALL criminal charges and the need to serve the remainder of her (unjust) prison sentence.

Comrade Muniga is a member and organizer within the Black Autonomy Federation and has a long resume. He has been active in a number of Black Autonomy campaigns against police terror, racism/white supremacy, African empowerment, and numerous other issues. First influenced at 10yrs old by the LA Branch of the Black Panther Party; Munyiga was active in several Black Revolutionary Nationalist groups in the early 70's. (After the LA /BPP chapters demise).

He will be informing us on the upcoming 2nd Annual Black Power Conference set for June 8 in Memphis, TN. The conference will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Little Theater of the Alma C. Hanson Student Center at LeMoyne-Owen College, 807 Walker Ave. in Memphis. A $5 donation is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

We received a message of solidarity from Cuba that we want to share with our listeners as it is a message for all of us.

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Health updates for Political Prisoners

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Paulette Dauteuil, General Secretary of the Jericho Movement will be joining us tonight on Political Prisoner Radio to update us on the health of several political prisoners being held by the US government.

Many of our comrades who fought for the social/political/human rights of the masses are now fighting to get adequate treatment for their health issues developed in some cases because of the poor conditions under which they are held. In some cases, they are literally fighting for their lives. We will do our best to give you the latest information.

Political captives we hope to update you on are Mutulu Shakur, Norberto Gonzalez, Mondo We Langa and Lynne Stewart.


 
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Mumia, Assata & Malcolm w/ Zayid Muhammad

DOWNLOAD PODCAST   Bro. Zayid Muhammad of the People's Organization for Progress joins us to discuss several issues related to political prisoners, exiles and the killing of Malcolm Shabazz.

POP is planning another protest at Cineplex 12, Newark’s only major theater which stirred up controversy after it refused to show the new film titled "MUMIA: Long Distance Revolutionary" which focuses on political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal and his contribution as an author and commentator.

We will also get his thoughts on the recent addition of Assata Shakur to the FBI's most wanted "terrorist" list and the erection of the FBI billboards of Assata in Newark.

Finally we discuss the constantly changing stories coming from the media about the killing of Malcolm X's grandson Malcolm Shabazz who was talked into traveling to Mexico by deported Mexican activist Miguel Suarez who many say has holes in his account of what happened.

 
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