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Kalonji Changa on Black August, commemorating Black resistance & winning freedom for Black prisoners

On this show:

0:08 – Black August is a time set aside to commemorate Black resistance and focus on Black prisoners. Kalonji Changa is East Coast Coordinator of the Black August Organizing Committee and author of How to Build a People’s Army.

0:36 – We bring you audio clips from an event in Berkeley with Angela Davis, Johanna Fernandez and Walter Turner, discussing “Writing on the Wall,” selected prison writings of the imprisoned freedom fighter Mumia Abu-Jamal. All listeners who donate at any level to KPFA during this fund drive will receive a link to the audio of these speeches. Donate to support listener-funded radio here.