Thomas & Smash of Fianna Perform Death Before Revenge by Pangur Ban. 

This song looks back on the 1981 hungerstrike.

Death Before Revenge

We hear the latest on Death Row Political Prisoner Kevin Cooper’s case; we spend most of the hour with Darby Aono-Shek, lawyer for Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, organizer of the Historic  California Hunger Strikes, survivor of 32 years tortured in solitary confinement at the notorious Maximum Security Pelican Bay State Prison SHU (Security Housing Units), legally enslaved for 44 years. See his work at sfbayview.com; prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com

December 21, 2023

Temple of the Dog - Wooden Jesus

This last week of the 2023, we catch up with our friend Trey Xavier to find out how he’s adjusting to daily life in the “free” world after 27 years of being legally enslaved- the show had to be cut short as we find out that prisoners, including Political Prisoner Kevin Rashid Johnson, founder of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, go on a hunger strike at notoriously violent Red Onion State Prison in Virginia to protest they use of solitary confinement and inhumane conditions.

December 28, 2023

This week 1/04/2024, we spend the hour with Elder Historic California Hunger Striker and human rights activist Zaharibu Kambon, who speaks on the painful impact of the lack of mental health care has on prisoners,  the need to change that condition and what’s needed from us.

January 4, 2024

We are reminded of the radical legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. through his Beyond Vietnam speech which surely set him on a very unpopular but principled trajectory towards true freedom for Black People and all People. We seek to make a connection to our present day circumstances through his legacy and the voices of our legally enslaved community members and loved ones. Joka Heshima Jinsai sends a tribute to Political Prisoner and New Afrikan freedom fighter Sekou  Odinga who transitioned to the ancestors January 12, 2024; The Hunger Strike at Red Onion state prison continues and the men, and their families, need your support…

January 18, 2024

Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, New Afrikan, “Educated slave”, Human Rights activist, principal organizer of the historic California Hunger Strikes and Co-author of the Agreement to End Hostilities, is coming home after 44 years legally enslaved, and 32 years tortured by solitary confinement meant to break him! He remains unbroken!

On the first day of Black History Month we hear from New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Human Rights activist and California Hunger Striker Michael ‘Zaharibu’ Dorrough about his case, its history and the latest positive developments; the AP (Associated Press) puts out a report based on their two-year investigation into prison slavery/labor and its links to major food companies that profit from it; Update on the ongoing hunger strike at Red Onion state prison organized by Political Prisoner Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson.

February 1, 2024

We continue to get updates on the presence of black mold at SATF State Prison from Elder Zaharibu Kambon, and how we can help expose and remedy this issue; California Political Prisoner and Hunger Striker, Baridi Williamson, shares thoughts on mutual redemption; and Liberate the Caged Voices has its first public event since 2020.

February 29, 2024

Alternative rock musician hailing from Vancouver, BC. Dynamic, peaceful & powerful style. My passion is singing & playing acoustic guitar. I layer electric guitar, bass & percussion in the studio.

Heart and soul forged from the 90's Seattle sound.

Prison Focus Radio and Liberate the Caged Voices are projects of California Prison Focus. We intentionally and purposefully center  New Afrikan Political Prisoners who organized the Historic California Hunger Strikes, authored the Agreement to End Hostilities, and developed Black August Memorial/Black August Resistance.

These New Afrikans survived decades of torture in solitary confinement in Pelican Bay and Corcoran state prisons—euphemistically called “security housing units” (SHUs)— meant to break their revolutionary minds.

Liberate the Caged Voices exposes the terror and genocide plaguing our People in Prisons, and unites People with the power of revolutionary love.

New tracks tagged #HungerStrike