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California Prison Focus Radio archive, from KPOO 89.5 FM

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Jan 21, 2026

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November 2, 2023 09.11.2023

Free Free Palestine! We continue reading “The Evil Dehumanizing Practice Within the Short Corridor Torture Chamber” by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; we hear poetry from Kevin Rashid Johnson, and read part one of “Creating Broken Men?” by the NCTT as historical reference to the New Afrikan’s ongoing work on the plantation and why we need to help Liberate our Elders!

October 26, 2023 09.11.2023

This week we hear from Elder Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa about his case and continued fight for liberation- he’s been legally enslaved for 44 years, 32 of those years in solitary confinement; we also read from the booklet “The Evil Dehumanizing Practice within the Short Corridor Torture Chamber” by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa and Mutope Duguma.

October 19, 2023 09.11.2023

This week as the atrocity continues against the Palestinian people by the Israeli state, we hear from Marjorie Cohn in an interview with Nagwa Ibrahim of Middle East in Focus KPFK 90.7; Political Prisoner and Elder Zah; and nube reads the chapter on Fascism from Blood in My Eye, by George L. Jackson.

October 12, 2023 12.10.2023

This week Elder Brother Zah speaks on where we are now on the plantation where he is captured, highlighting the urgency to liberate our Elders and abolish slavery; we also announce the upcoming call-in campaign to act on this urgency.

October 5, 2023 12.10.2023

This week we hear from Mwalimu Shakur, Hunger Striker on his coming home this year in December; Nube speaks with Demetrius Dixon, 30 years on CDCr’s plantations, shares his expertise on prison politics, psychology and conditions; we hear an excerpt of Abolition Today UnCivil War, airs live every Sunday 4pm PST at abolitiontoday.org; finally we end with an article by Maya Miller about a guard’s sex...

September 28, 2023 29.09.2023

Nube speaks with Death Row Political Prisoner Kevin Cooper on what true freedom means to him and other thoughts; Nube reads and comments on an article regarding AB280, the bill that would’ve put restrictions on solitary confinement, but was put on hold to 2024 a win for CDCr.

September 21, 2023 22.09.2023

This week we hear poetry from Political Prisoner Kevin Rashid Johnson, and host Nube’s mother; part one of Abolition Today S4 E25- Indoctrination Nation Targeting our Children; and an article with good news of a new BA program being offered up at the notorious maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison.

September 14, 2023 22.09.2023

We continue with our tribute to Jitu Sadiki who passed on to the ancestors, September 4, 2023. We hear beautiful, heartfelt tributes and testimonies from Ifoma Modibo Kambone and Zaharibu Kambone, both men who are still enslaved after 40+ years. Rest in power Brother Jitu

September 7, 2023 22.09.2023

Shai Alkebu-lan, legally enslaved at RJ Donovan State Prison gives a report of the abusing conditions and asks for support as he and others begin a hunger strike in protest; Wide Elder Political Prisoner Brother Zah speaks on patriarchy and is genocide consequences; lastly we pay honor to Jitu Sadiki who passed onto the Ancestors September 4, 2023. Brother Jitu was a true servant of the People, a...

August 31, 2023 13.09.2023

This week we hear from Minister Balagoon About his case and this step up our urgency to free our Elders! We intend to re-launch our call-in campaign to the governor to grant parole, pardon our clemency to our Elders who have done more than their time and suffer multiple health challenges. 916-445-2841. Demand the release of our Elders!

August 24, 2023 12.09.2023

This week we link Black August and the case of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, who was finally released from prison after almost 40 years and has since passed on to the ancestors, Rest in Power, with the next phase of the emerging prison movement and its attending campaigns.

August 17, 2023 22.08.2023

This week we hear the voices of Love, Wisdom and Fire from our Elder New Afrikan Political Prisoners about why we are and continue the struggle to be our own liberators. PP Michael Zaharibu Dorrough; PP Joka Heshima Jinsai; PP Minister Balagoon; PP Mwalimu Shakur; PP Baridi Williamson; PP Kevin Cooper.

August 10, 2023 22.08.2023

This week we continue the conversation with, and hear commentary from, Political Prisoners Zaharibu and Joka Heshima Jinsai regarding the need for a Community Release Board and building a Peoples’ Senate to give the power back to the people - which speaks to why we need to Liberate Our Elders! Free all Political Prisoners!

August 3, 2023 22.08.2023

Black August Resistance, Black August Memorial. We arrive at our last episode promoting the Prison Lives Matter/Liberate Our Elders, August 4-6. We’ll hear excerpts from previous interviews with Political Prisoners over the month promoting the event, as well as Nube reading the five charges of genocide that the 2021 International jurists found amerikkka inc. guilty of, the five definitions of geno...

July 27, 2023 22.08.2023

This week we hear from dequi kioni-sadiki New Afrikan Cherokee, Shinnecock, BlackFeminist, Radical, Black Liberation activist talking with us about celebrating Queen Mother Moore, and the Peoples’ Senate. After 67 years enslaved, Ruchelle Magee is coming home! Soften his Reentry @freeruchellemagee

July 20, 2023 26.07.2023

We spend most of the hour hearing from Young Political Prisoner and Co-organizer of the Prison Lives Matter/Liberate Our Elders webinar Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur; we hear part one of the necessary status of Elders from Prime Minister Balagoon.

July 13, 2023 26.07.2023

We continue our discussion and promotion of the tri-city Prison Lives Matter/Liberate Our Elders webinar, and spend most of the hour speaking with former Political Prisoner Baba Jalil Muntaqim; we also hear from Andy Williams Jr. from Chicago. Rest in Power Political Prisoner, Revolutionary and loving husband, father, brother, uncle and friend Dr. Mutulu Shakur.

July 6, 2023 09.07.2023

Nube speaks with Joka Heshima Jinsai on the need to support the Prison Lives Matter/Liberate Our Elders webinar coming up August 4-6; we also hear from Tag Harmon and Kathleen Chandler of Spirit of Mandela coalition on building the People’s Senate and their event this weekend July 8-9.

June 29, 2023 09.07.2023

Nube reads a powerful letter/call-to-action from Political Prisoner and Elder Zaharibu Kambon, a short article from Political Prisoner and revolutionary Kevin Rashid Johnson in the upcoming Prison Lives Matter/Liberate Our Elders webinar, as well as one of his poems, and commentary from William Curl, legally enslaved at SATF, on the need for a Community Release Board.

June 22, 2023 22.06.2023

This week we continue with the transformation of Brother Malik, and we hear from Prime Minister Balagoon reading his article on capitalism.

June 15, 2023 22.06.2023

This week we continue our conversation about the making of Brother Malik and his personal history in the Black Liberation Struggle. We also continue with the 2002 interview with Political Prisoner Veronza Bowers Jr.

June 8, 2023 22.06.2023

This week we hear about Black Liberation Struggle personal history from Brother Malik (Leroy Bruce Thompson). We also continue with the 2002 interview with Political Prisoner Veronza Bowers Jr.

May 11, 2023 25.05.2023

This week we hear part 3 of Nube’s conversation with Joka Heshima Jinsai, California New Afrikan Political Prisoner, subjected to CDCr’s domestic torture program of indeterminate solitary confinement to break the revolutionary mind; and also we focus on Veronza Bowers Jr. 49 years a Political Prisoner in North Carolina, part 1, and his latest Shakuhachi flute music.

May 4, 2023 06.05.2023

This week we will hear Part 2 of The wisdom and fire of New Afrikan Californian Political Prisoner Joka Heshima Jinsai as he talks about the necessity of social cooperation to obtain true freedom. & We’ll hear an excerpt of Abolition Today S4-E14 regarding Involuntary Servitude (slavery)

April 27, 2023 06.05.2023

Nube spends the hour hearing the wisdom and fire of New Afrikan Californian Political Prisoner Joka Heshima Jinsai as he talks about the necessity of social cooperation to obtain true freedom. Part 1 of 2

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