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!*"For the Children..." by Mumia Abu-Jamal
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"For the Children...."
[col. writ. 9/19/09] (c) '09 Mumia Abu-Jamal
The next time I hear a politician promise to do something 'for =20
the children', I may heave.
If one thing is clear in this nation, it is that children are =20
hated. Oh -- we don't use that word to describe our relationships =20
with them, but if we honestly examine those interactions we find that =20=
it would be difficult to describe in ways other than 'hate.'
For the last several months, I've been reading, studying and =20
thinking about the nation's public school system. I've read classics =20=
in the field, like Jonathan Kozol's 1967 work, Death At An Early Age, =20=
a stunning account on his years as a permanent sub [!] in Boston's =20
Black populated schools in Roxbury, where kids were taken down into =20
dark, dank cellars and beaten with rattan sticks.
But what happened in the dark basements of the buildings, while =20
certainly dramatic and deplorable, could hardly be worse than the =20
systematic slaughter of the minds of tens of thousands of children, =20
who were, in Kozol's words, "intellectually decapitated" daily by a =20
racist, segregated school system.
Truth is, any major U.S. city could've been used with similar =20
results - Harlem, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, for nationally, =20
the drop-out rate is 50%.
Public schools are places where kids go to get their minds and =20
souls killed.
And what is war but old men sacrificing young men in often =20
meaningless battles? What is the so-called 'War on Terror' but a =20
mindless slogan used to sell lies like 'Weapons of Mass Destruction?'
And what are soldiers but mostly children, molded into madmen, =20
who fight and die, so that old rich men can get richer?
Daily, we drug millions of schoolchildren, some as young as 4 =20
years old with Ritalin, because we describe them as hyperactive or =20
deficient in attention --which means they don't sit still, while we =20
bore them out of their brains, with what we laughingly call an =20
education.
'For the children' we leave a diseased and poisoned planet, an =20
economy on crutches, and a world boiling with hatred for their fathers.
Isn't it about time we really stopped doing more damage to the =20
children?
(c) '09 maj
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
The Power of Truth is Final -- Free Mumia!
URGENT Need for Petition Signatures at: =
http://www.iacenter.org/mumiapetition/
Audio of most of Mumia's essays are at: http://www.prisonradio.org
http://mumiapodcast.libsyn.com/
Mumia's got a podcast! Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Essays - Subscribe at =20
the website or on iTunes and get Mumia's radio commentaries online.
Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book -- JAILHOUSE LAWYERS: PRISONERS DEFENDING =20
PRISONERS V. THE USA, featuring an introduction by Angela Y. Davis -- =20=
has been released! It is available from City Lights Books: =
http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=3D87286100448090
If you are planning to organize an event or would like to order in =20
bulk, you can also receive a 45% discount on any bulk orders of 20 =20
copies or more. The book retails for $16.95, for orders of 20 copies =20
or more the discounted price would be $9.32 per book, plus shipping =20
and handling. Prepayment would be required and books are =20
nonreturnable. If you or your organization would like to place a bulk =20=
order, please contact Stacey Lewis at 415.362.1901 or =
sta-@citylights.com
Let's use the opportunity of the publication of this brilliant, =20
moving, vintage Mumia book to build the momentum for his case, to =20
raise the money we desperately need in these challenging economic =20
times, to get the word out =96 to produce literature, flyers, posters, =20=
videos, DVD's; to send organizers out to help build new chapters and =20=
strengthen old ones, TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS =85 all the =20=
work that we must do in order to FREE MUMIA as he faces LIFE IN PRISON =20=
WITHOUT PAROLE OR EXECUTION!
Please make a contribution to help free Mumia. Donations to the =20
grassroots work will go to both INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED FAMILY AND =20
FRIENDS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL and the FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL COALITION (NYC).
WWW.FREEMUMIA.COM
Please mail donations/ checks to:
FREE MUMIA ABU JAMAL COALITION
PO BOX 16, NEW YORK,
NY 10030
(CHECKS FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS PAYABLE TO: FMAJC/IFCO)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
215 476-8812
212-330-8029
Send our brotha some LOVE and LIGHT at:
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AM 8335
SCI-Greene
175 Progress Drive
Waynesburg, PA 15370
WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CAN *NOT* REST!!
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style=3D"font-family: 'Calligraph421 BT'; font-size: large; "><div =
align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><strong><u>"For the =
Children...."</u></strong></font></div><div align=3D"center"><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><strong><u>[col. writ. 9/19/09] (c) '09 Mumia =
Abu-Jamal</u></strong></font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">The next time I hear a politician promise to =
do something 'for the children', I may heave.</font></div><div><font =
face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">If one thing is clear in this nation, it is =
that children are hated. Oh -- we don't use that word to describe =
our relationships with them, but if we honestly examine those =
interactions we find that it would be difficult to describe in ways =
other than 'hate.'</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">For the last several months, I've been =
reading, studying and thinking about the nation's public school =
system. I've read classics in the field, like Jonathan Kozol's =
1967 work, <u>Death At An Early Age</u>, a stunning account on his =
years as a permanent sub [!] in Boston's Black populated schools in =
Roxbury, where kids were taken down into dark, dank cellars and beaten =
with rattan sticks.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">But what happened in the dark basements of the =
buildings, while certainly dramatic and deplorable, could hardly be =
worse than the systematic slaughter of the minds of tens of thousands of =
children, who were, in Kozol's words, "intellectually decapitated" daily =
by a racist, segregated school system.</font></div><div><font =
face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">Truth is, any major U.S. city could've been =
used with similar results - Harlem, Chicago, Philadelphia, =
Baltimore, for nationally, the drop-out rate is =
50%.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">Public schools are places where kids go to get =
their minds and souls killed.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">And what is war but old men sacrificing young =
men in often meaningless battles? What is the so-called 'War on =
Terror' but a mindless slogan used to sell lies like 'Weapons of Mass =
Destruction?'</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">And what are soldiers but mostly children, =
molded into madmen, who fight and die, so that old rich men can =
get richer?</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">Daily, we drug millions of schoolchildren, =
some as young as <strong><em>4 years old</em></strong> with =
Ritalin, because we describe them as hyperactive or deficient in =
attention --which means they don't sit still, while we bore them out of =
their brains, with what we laughingly call an =
education.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">'For the children' we leave a diseased and =
poisoned planet, an economy on crutches, and a world boiling with hatred =
for their fathers.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div> <font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">Isn't it about time we really stopped doing =
more damage <strong><em>to</em></strong> the =
children?</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4">(c) =
'09 maj</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
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href=3D"http://mumiapodcast.libsyn.com/"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
">http://mumiapodcast.libsyn.com/</span></font></a></div><div =
align=3D"left"><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; ">Mumia's got a =
podcast! Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio Essays - Subscribe at the website =
or on iTunes and get Mumia's radio commentaries =
online.</span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
"><br></span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
">Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book -- JAILHOUSE LAWYERS: PRISONERS DEFENDING =
PRISONERS V. THE USA, featuring an introduction by Angela Y. Davis -- =
has been released! It is available from City Lights =
Books: </span></font><a =
href=3D"http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=3D87286100448090"><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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">http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=3D87286100448090</span></font></a><=
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style=3D"font-size: 13px; ">If you are planning to organize an event or =
would like to order in bulk, you can also receive a 45% discount on any =
bulk orders of 20 copies or more. The book retails for $16.95, for =
orders of 20 copies or more the discounted price would be $9.32 per =
book, plus shipping and handling. Prepayment would be =
required and books are nonreturnable. If you or your organization =
would like to place a bulk order, please contact Stacey Lewis =
at 415.362.1901 or </span></font><a =
href=3D"mailto:sta-@citylights.com"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px; ">Let's use the opportunity of the publication =
of this brilliant, moving, vintage Mumia book to build the momentum for =
his case, to raise the money we desperately need in these challenging =
economic times, to get the word out =96 to produce literature, flyers, =
posters, videos, DVD's; to send organizers out to help build new =
chapters and strengthen old ones, TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS =85=
all the work that we must do in order to FREE MUMIA as he faces LIFE IN =
PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE OR EXECUTION!</span></font></div><p align=3D""><font=
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px; ">Please make a contribution to help free =
Mumia. Donations to the grassroots work will go to both =
INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL and =
the FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL COALITION (NYC).</span></font></p><p =
align=3D""><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; =
">WWW.FREEMUMIA.COM</span></font></p><p align=3D""><font =
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style=3D"font-size: 13px; ">Please mail donations/ checks to:<br>FREE =
MUMIA ABU JAMAL COALITION<br>PO BOX 16, NEW YORK, <br>NY =
10030<br>(CHECKS FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS PAYABLE TO: =
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