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Informationen zum Autor MUMIA ABU-JAMAL is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms, which address prison life from a critical and spiritual perspective. In 1981 he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter). That same year he was arrested for allegedly killing a white police officer in Philadelphia. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982, in a process that has been described as an epic miscarriage of justice. After spending more than 28 years on death row, in 2011 his death sentence was vacated when the Supreme Court allowed to stand the decisions of four federal judges who had earlier declared his death sentence unconstitutional. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In spite of his three-decade-long imprisonment, most of which was spent in solitary confinement on Death Row, Abu-Jamal has relentlessly fought for his freedom and for his profession. From prison he has written seven books and thousands of radio commentaries. He holds a BA from Goddard College and an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies and have been translated into seven languages. JOHANNA FERNÁNDEZ is a former Fulbright Scholar to Jordan and Assistant Professor of History at Baruch College of the City University of New York where she teaches 20th Century US history and African American History. She is author of the forthcoming When the World Was Their Stage: A History of the Young Lords Party, 1968?1976 (Princeton University Press). Fernandez is the writer and producer of the film, Justice on Trial: the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and she is featured in the critically acclaimed documentary about Mumia Abu-Jamal, Long Distance Revolutionary. Her writings have been published internationally, from Al Jazeera to the Huffington Post. She gives interviews often and has appeared in a diverse range of print, radio, online and televised media including Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, the Fox News shows Hannity and Megyn Kelley, Al Jazeera and The New York Times. She is a coordinator of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home.CORNEL WEST is a scholar, philosopher, activist and author of over a dozen books including his bestseller, Race Matters. He appears frequently in the media, and has appeared on the Bill Maher Show, Colbert Report, CNN and C-Span as well as on Tavis Smiley’s PBS TV Show. Klappentext Mumia Abu-Jamal’s essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society. Zusammenfassung Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on black experience! race relations! freedom! justice! social change! and the future of American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsForeword by Cornel WestIntroduction by Mumia Abu-JamalWRITING ON THE WALL1. SEPTEMBER 14 STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY 2. ATTICA: 41 YEARS LATER 3. THE REAL JOHN CARTER 4. TRAYVON AND THE WAR AGAINST US 5. DEATH PENALTY DIES IN CONNECTICUT 6. MEMORIES FOR MAROON7. SOULS ON ICE 8. FOR A REVOLUTIONARY BLACK HISTORY MONTH 9. THE OCCUPATION 10. EGYPT: A GOOD BEGINNING 11. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF LABOR12. UNION BUSTING: RIO TINTO STYLE 13. A YEAR IN: MORE SAME THAN CHANGE 14. WARS TO COME 15. GHOSTS OF VIETNAM 16. LABOR DAY BLUES 17. THE OTHER INAUGURATION CELEBRATION 18. WITH JUDGES LIKE THESE 19. THE FORGOTTEN MARTIN LUTHER KING 20. IMPERIAL POWER AND COUNTERPOWER 21. FALSE FREEDOM 22. SOCIALISM, FOR SOME23. TIME FOR TROY IS NOW24. FROM DEREGULATION TO NATIONAL GUARANTOR: IN A BLINK!25. BEATING BACK BATSON 26. ITEMS OFF THE TABLE 27. THE PERILS OF BLACK POLITICAL POWER28. BUSINESS SENSE29. SOFT DICTACTORSHIP AND THE MISRULE OF LAW 30. THE LATEST BATTLE IN THE WAR AGAINST THE POOR 31. 1967-YEAR OF FIRE, YEAR OF RAGE 32. DEAD SOLDIERS AND DEAD DREAMS 33. PRESIDENT OR PRIEST 34. WHEN WAR CRIMES AIN'T CRIME...
