We Want Freedom - Moé for Solarpunk Books

eBook

Published Oct. 1, 2016 by Common Notions.

ISBN:: 978-1-942173-23-6

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Mumia Abu Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his radio broadcasts and books emerging “Live from Death Row.” In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality. In We Want Freedom, Mumia combines his memories of day-to-day life in the Party with analysis of the history of Black liberation struggles. The result is a vivid and compelling picture of the Black Panther Party and its legacy.

Applying his poetic voice and unsparing critical gaze, Mumia examines one of the most revolutionary and most misrepresented groups in the US. As the calls that Black Lives Matter continue to grow louder, Mumia connects the historic dots in this revised/updated edition, observing that the …

Mumia Abu Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his radio broadcasts and books emerging “Live from Death Row.” In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality. In We Want Freedom, Mumia combines his memories of day-to-day life in the Party with analysis of the history of Black liberation struggles. The result is a vivid and compelling picture of the Black Panther Party and its legacy.

Applying his poetic voice and unsparing critical gaze, Mumia examines one of the most revolutionary and most misrepresented groups in the US. As the calls that Black Lives Matter continue to grow louder, Mumia connects the historic dots in this revised/updated edition, observing that the Panthers had legal observers to monitor the police and demanded the “immediate end to police brutality and the murder of Black people.” By focusing on the men and women who were the Party, as much as on the leadership; by locating the Black Panthers in a struggle centuries old—and in the personal memories of a young man—Mumia Abu-Jamal helps us to understand freedom.

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nerd teacher [books] reviewed We Want Freedom by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Interesting for the Memoir

4 stars

Overwhelmingly, I don't want to comment too much on what was written. It's an interesting memoir that I think speaks largely for itself. There's a lot of areas where I wish more analysis took place and less apologetics for their behaviours. (For example: Yes, I do agree and believe that the intelligence agencies of the State were fucking with people to cause problems, but I also think that if those people didn't have certain views of their roles and of how things should be structured... some of it would've worked less well—I also highlight this because it makes it easy for things that should be cause for concern to go overlooked because people will claim they're being whatever-jacketed when they really aren't.)