"We aren't supposed to feel connected with people 'inside'—least of all those on Death Row. Mumia Abu-Jamal's eloquent, scholarly, urgent dispatches teach us that we ignore those connections at our own peril."

"He has withstood so much trauma, so much abuse, so much misrepresentation, and yet, he is shining, he is shining, he is shining like a star in his work, in his messages, in his complete dedication to making a wiser and clearer and more understanding of where we are...and we will continue to be sustained by his spirit. It's an incredible gift that he offers us."

"Mumia Abu-Jamal is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time… He offers us new ways of thinking about law, democracy and power. He allows us to reflect upon the fact that transformational possibilities often emerge where we least expect them."

"He had one of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. I found him to be a superb reporter. He could have been an anchor at NPR.”

"A lot of these interviews are in prisons because they also remind us of the price, that when you effectively defy the state, the price that you often have to pay."

"How many years of his life has been stolen away from him, his community and his loved ones? Mumia has been in prison longer than I’ve been alive."

"Silencing Mumia would mean silencing 3000 people condemned to death in a land where the number of imprisoned people is breaking all records…the Americans do not deserve such barbarism! ... Mumia has always claimed his innocence and did not receive a fair trial..."

"The time has come for everybody to wake up and realize that this ain't no joke. We're not going to let you take Mumia's life...Governor Ridge is getting a message again...We're not going to take this lying down and I know that Mumia in his heart knows that we're all with him. So brothers and sisters, we're here as freedom fighters and black liberation strugglers who understand the importance of who and what we are and we ain't going to let no titles get in the way. Free Mumia."

"Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice will not be served by relegating him to prison for the rest of his life—yet another form of death sentence. Based on even a minimal following of international human rights standards, Mumia must now be released."

"a man who could see through cells without windows / who could speak though bound and gagged...i'm going to work on...the making sure there are better days ahead poem / working on the free mumia poem / working on freeing mumia"

"How low can you go? Death row, they better let Mumia go. Once again, let me say he's incredible. They try to treat our family like he's an animal."

"Will we ever listen to, and learn from, our bloodstained prophets? Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks to us of the institutional injustice and spiritual impoverishment of our culture."

"Listen to an incisive critic of our criminal justice system speaking from the depths of prison. Tune in to hear this rare and courageous voice speaking from a place we fear to know."

"If Mumia Abu-Jamal has nothing important to say, why are so many powerful people trying to kill him and shut him up?"

"There are so many issues of dubious police behavior, judicial impropriety, and apparent prosecutorial misconduct attached to this case as to have established a clear moral imperative to reconsider the entire basis of the case against Mumia."

"We must fight the establishment, and we must fight the press. This fight is for the nation's soul. Mumia must not die."

"The Police, FBI, CIA, and other government agencies targeted the BPP, assassinating members and imprisoning many others. See...the case of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal who was the deputy minister of information of the Philadelphia chapter of the BPP when he was just 15 years of age and is still a political prisoner along with many other BPP freedom fighters."

"...a legendary political prisoner…this man’s been locked up for decades…there’s been no deterioration of his mind, no deterioration of his analysis..."

"He did not commit the crimes he's been charged with, and those who've prosecuted him know that. It is up to us, citizens of the world, who care about justice to stay the course to make sure that he is released and that all charges are dropped against him."

"Mumia is a dramatic example of how the criminal justice system can be brought to bear on someone who is African-American, articulate, involved in change in society...A voice as strong as his and as truthful--the repression against him is intensified."

"A brilliant, lucid meditation on the moral obligation of political commitment by a deeply ethical—and deeply wronged—human being. Mumia should be freed, now."

"There is ample evidence that Mr. Abu-Jamal’s constitutional rights were violated, that he did not receive a fair trial, and that he is, in fact, innocent."

"...judged and sentenced under conditions that appear more than suspect...Mumia Abu-Jamal has often been considered, justifiably, alas, a political prisoner under threat of death in a democracy."

"Said he wanted to talk about my mission
Listen to my past lives (Word?)
Took me on long walks to places where butterflies rest easy
Talked about Moses and Mumia
Reparations, blue colors, memories of shell top adidas"

"I was in Nicaragua with the Sardinistas. I've argued for Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the United Farm Workers. I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck. But I got into this to tell the truth as I saw it."

"If we are able to unify the masses and stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, we are not only saving the life of the man who speaks for those who are not often heard and whose stories are rarely told, but you are saving all of us who remain unjustly behind bars, saving us from the depths of hopelessness."

"As a lawyer I know that what happens outside the courtroom is as important as what happens inside. Because Mumia was an outspoken critic of the corrupt Philadelphia police department, when they got him near a murder, boy their cups overflowed...Let’s get him a new trial, but let’s never forget that Mumia is innocent."

"When you listen to Mumia Abu-Jamal you hear the echoes of David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and the sisters and brothers who kept the faith with struggle, who kept the faith with resistance."

"An incisive critic of our criminal justice system. ...a rare and courageous voice."

"There’s quite a number of eminent people on the left...that go so far about certain things, and they’ve got to flash their anti-communism to maintain their bonafides. Mumia doesn’t do all that crap."

"I believe in the fundamental principles of this country, one of which is equal justice under law. I believe equal justice under law was not served in this case, and unfortunately, is not served in many cases...I also think that in this case and in many other cases, we have instances wherein we see that our criminal justice system is rampant with racism, is rampant with mal-prosecution, is rampant with police subornation of perjury, as is I think at least alleged in this case."

"Free Mumia means all Africans let go / 'Cause just livin' in the ghetto puts you on death row"

"Solitary Confinement is simply torture. It has been well known for a long time. It is savagery. Mass incarceration is an incredible crime. All of these things are a true international scandal. [Mumia] is a striking case, but it is far more general. Maximum security prisons in the United States are horrendous. They make Guantanamo look like a vacation resort."

"On humanitarian grounds I urge...[the] Governor of the State of Pennsylvania to commute the death sentence imposed upon Mumia Abu-Jamal...the death penalty is inconsistent with the right to life, the right to dignity and the right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment..."

"(Locked away) Wrongfully accused / (Nowhere to turn) I'm locked away with nowhere to turn...Yeah, but I'm stilll speaking the truth...Can't stop me. My words gonna live on, man."

"I want Mumia out the cage the time for action is here"