All Things Censored
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Author: Mumia Abu-JamalEditor: Noelle Hanrahan
Foreword: Alice Walker
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN: 1583220224
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Book Review: Hear the voice of reason and justice
Summary: 5 Stars
Clearly there is a lack of understanding about this work. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a journalist who has been wrongly sentenced to die for a murder which even the most casual observer of the evidence can see he did not commit. These recorded commentaries and essays by Mumia serve to continue to deliver his voice to the people. For those who question the production value of the recordings, remember that they were all recorded in a prison visitation room made of concrete and plexiglass. The reverb/echo effect is a result of the location, not as some have believed from studio tampering. Mumia's voice is highly trained in public speaking - rightly so as he was a radio journalist prior to his 1982 imprisonment - and is as beautiful and terrible as his essays. Unleashing such a voice on the listeners of NPR might have been disastrous only because they might not have been able to handle the truth. The text of the book not only offers insights into the NPR/All Things Considered controversy (NPR DID pull their backing of Mumia the day before the first broadcast as a result of pressure from the FOP and threatening speeches by such pundits as then-senator Bob Dole), it also gives the story of Mumia's case and appeal history. Most important though are the essays themselves. They offer an insight from a revolutionary voice unwilling to be silenced by the un-American efforts of the State of Pennsylvania and the Federal government. He, like Leonard Peltier, languishes in prison because he dared to stand up for the truth. Unlike Leonard, Mumia may have to die for it as well. Those with ears to hear, let them listen - here is the voice of the dispossessed, the wrongly accused, the downtrodden, the forgotten. This is the voice of the greater part of America. Let Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners currently incarcerated be heard. If they cannot speak, then let us shout their words from the rooftops that all may hear their messages! At the list price this is a pricey book and many may not afford it. Buy it, share it, spread it around. This is a voice we cannot afford to allow to be silenced. La Lucha Continua!
Summary of All Things Censored
More than 75 essays?many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only implement he is allowed in his death-row cell?embody the calm and powerful words of humanity spoken by a man on Death Row. Abu-Jamal writes on many different topics, including the ironies that abound within the U.S. prison system and the consequences of those ironies, and his own case. Mumia's composure, humor, and connection to the living world around him represents an irrefutable victory over the "corrections" system that has for two decades sought to isolate and silence him.The title, All Things Censored, refers to Mumia's hiring as an on-air columnist by National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," and subsequent banning from that venue under pressure from law and order groups.
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