Mumia Abu-Jamal -- A Daily Terror!

The power of the media to condition consciousness is vast. For, with the merest mention of a word, say, for instance, "terror," a flood of images roar through the mind, like a well-placed row of dominoes, each falling one into the other, tumbling like a hard, dry, crackling wave: terror, terrorism, the twin towers of midtown Manhattan, planes circling like metallic vultures, plunging into solid rock and steel, flames, smoke, and humans blown into dry dust. Osama bin-Laden; Mullah Omar; Saddam Hussein, (fill in the blanks). Those are the thoughts we have been conditioned to think by the media. We have virtually no choice in the matter.

There is though, another terror that ravages the land. It affects not thousands, but millions. It affects Whites, Blacks, Anglos, Latinos, Citizens, Immigrants, Male, Female, Gay, Straight, Jew, Gentile, Northerner, Southerner, from Maine to Mississippi.

It is the terror of financial failure. The terror of not getting next week's paycheck. The terror of being fired; of being unable to pay rent (or the mortgage); of seeing one's children wracked by hunger.

This is the silent terror; the hidden terror. Indeed it is the invisible terror that is all too real. It is one that the State not only refuses to fight, but refuses to acknowledge.

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[JShr1234]

Mumia Abu-Jamal= Innocent + A Genius

[pierredeleux]

fucking americans

[sean327120]

9/11 was an inside job.

[kingofae]

so sad, i was never slightly fear ful, propaganda only works on nitwits. OUr current state is the terror. I fear no radical terror. I fear an apathetic society ruled by wall mart.

[RHYMePRIMe]

NO NWO-POLITICIAN WOULD DEBATE THIS GUY. NONE!!

[rclark23]

With Great Knowledge Comes Great Responsibility!

My knowledge becomes my responsibility!

Globalism is a failed experiment. It only served to make

the rich richer and bring the overall? standard of living

across the globe down to that of a war-torn African

nation. No more globalism.

[marreson]

@njcroboy1 word

[KORG4567]

Everything that world leaders do, everything that they 'think' is right for us, are conspiracies, that will ultimately lead to the third world war. I believe this WW will be the final one, but who knows how long this one will last, and no doubt it will be even more horrific. I never believed in presidents, but Zeitgeist truly opened up my eyes as to why wars happen. I think everyone should wake up from the so called 'american dream' and stop counting on people that will never truly care for us!

[njcroboy1]

i want to lick ice cream off that bitches tits

[CoffeehouseGirl25]

I love Mumia's writings / broadcasts, but why did the videographer here feel the need to use Mumia's words to further conspiracy theories about 9-11? damn. minus one star for that sh!t. FREE MUMIA