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Dinosaur Jr play the ATP End Of An Era Part 1 festival in November. More info www.atpfestival.com

Dinosaur Jr - Pierce The Morning Rain

Boring Conversation

Porno Grows

Four years ago National Public Radio signed Mumia Abu-Jamal to do regular commentaries from death row, an agreement NPR quickly rescinded to satisfy conservatives whose support NPR has no hope of ever getting anyway. Six of these political commentaries appear on this new release from Alternative Tentacles.

Abu-Jamal doesn't discuss his actions the night Officer Daniel Faulkner was killed, but he does speak clearly and coherently on prison, police brutality (such as an incident where Philadelphia Police demolished the house of a Mount Airy woman in the name of the drug war) and African-American life. In "Father Hunger" he notes what the lack of black fathers has created in prison: "Those unloved find it virtually impossible to love, and those who were fatherless find themselves alienated and at war with their own communities and families."

The album includes brief testimonials from Allen Ginsburg and Alternative Tentacles founder Jello Biafra, two of the many celebrities who have defended Abu-Jamal...The liner notes feature the now-standard litany of complaints against the cops and prosecution in Abu-Jamal's 1982 trial. One album alone won't convert Abu-Jamal's many detractors, but people on either side of this case should take the opportunity to hear Abu-Jamal in his own words, and in his own voice.

-<a href="http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/030598/DQ1.shtml">Andrew Milner, Philadelphia City Paper March 1998</a>

Mumia Abu-Jamal - Legalized Crime

Over the last generation, the United States prison systems have grown at a rate unparalleled in history, creating what many call a Prison Industrial Complex. What happens to our legal system, our Constitution, our democracy, when a substantial part of the population feel it in their economic self-interest to lock up more and more people for longer and longer sentences? Which industries are a part of the Prison Industrial Complex? How are they profiting from prisons? And how are they using their power to affect criminal law and public opinion? How are people organizing to stop or slow prison growth? What is prison abolition?

To the extent we think about these questions at all, it is because of the tireless work of Angela Davis. She has toured the country for the last decade speaking out against prison expansion, and she was the prime mover behind the 1997 conference Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, which drew over 3,500 participants to Berkeley, California.

This 1997 talk from Boulder, Colorado offers a succinct yet compelling argument that the time to stop prison expansion is now. Angela Davis is a legendary speaker, known for the clarity & subtlety of her thought and the compelling compassion of her delivery.

Aside from talking about the Prison Industrial Complex, Angela Davis discusses the evils of Nike, corporate crimes, the demonization of immigrants, and crimes against the environment, amongst other issues.

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Angela Davis - The Prison Industrial Complex

MC MA'AT - Puppet Master Massacre. 
This song is about killing off the Illuminati or the world's power-brokers. In this song they get a taste of their very own medicine.  MUSIC VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ophS8lEwUPs

Fuck the system. 

Puppet Master Massacre

Winning remix from the first round of Chuck D's Flipmash competition.

Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Nar-C4Big

Original track is from Chuck D's 2014 solo album 'The Black In Man.'
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-black-in-man/id904355605


Chuck D - PIC I Hate Every Inch Of You (Phaze_5 COINTELPRO Mixx)

Exploded Drawing

Feather of Forgiveness

Minutos de angustia se muestran cansados. 
Pupilas dilatadas, sentimientos borrados. 
Tú y yo, amor perdido... 
Sobre mí se ciernen máscaras despellejadas. 

Me atrevo a preguntar, 
¿cuánto te importo realmente?
Para atreverse, para ver, 
¿cuánto en verdad te amo?

Bebidas frescas y cucharas sucias. 
Ambulancias, tú y yo, policías.
Escena cool y miradas sucias. 
Te enveneno, eres mi pérdida. 

Minutos de angustia se muestran cansados. 
Pupilas dilatadas, sentimientos borrados. 
Tú y yo, amor perdido... 
Sobre mí se ciernen máscaras despellejadas. 

Me atrevo a preguntar, 
¿cuánto te importo realmente?
Me angustia mirar atrás, 
me acuesto en una cama vacía.

Bebidas frescas y cucharas sucias. 
Ambulancias, tú y yo, policías.
Escena cool y miradas sucias. 
Te enveneno, eres mi pérdida.﻿

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Angela Davis - The Prison Industrial Complex

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