Mumia Abu Jamal on the 40th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Prisoners Voting rights in US, Australia & Canada, Prison News.
Stark Raven Radio
[2:55-15:30] Mumia Abu-Jamal Interview on the 40th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. Interviewed by JR from the Block Report Radio. Direct link to audio: http://www.prisonradio.org/MumiaInterviewBlockOct.htm
[15:58 - 19:30] Update on the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.
[19:32-22:22] Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal on Oaxaca: http://www.prisonradio.org/OaxacaMumia.htm
[31:12-36:34] Prison News Lineup: -Canada's justice minister announces that police will now have a say in choosing federal judges -Justice committee critical of bill to toughen gun laws in light of evidence that shows gun crime is decreasing -Public forum at Abbotsford's Fraser Valley Prison explores crime and the media. -A new book explains how the federal government kept a list of political activists who would be rounded up and sent to prison camps in the case of a national emergency.
[37:10-41:24] A report from Free Speech Radio News about a recent hunger strike on Texas Death Row.
[46:19-55:05] Feature on Prisoners and Voting Rights in Australia, Canada and the US. Includes an audio selection from a report from the Wire in Australia: http://www.thewire.org.au/daydetail.aspx?SearchDay=2006-10-30#5
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Stark Raven Full Show Nov 13/06
Mumia Abu Jamal, Prisoners' Voting Rights, Prison News