Mumia Abu-Jamal quotes

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American journalist and political activist, known for his work on issues of racial injustice and prison reform. His controversial conviction and death sentence for the 1981 murder of a police officer have drawn international attention and sparked debates about the fairness of the US justice system. He continues to write and speak out from prison, becoming a symbol for movements against capital punishment and mass incarceration. Here are 7 of his quotes:

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death... They haven't stopped me from doing what I want every day. I believe in life, I believe in freedom, so my mind is not consumed with death. It's with love, life and those things. In many ways, on many days, only my body is here, because I am thinking about what's happening around the world.

Mumia Abu-Jamal