The Roar of Silence: Why Censoring Mumia is a Fail

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Fri, 10/03/2014 - 10:00am to 10:15am
Interview with Noelle Hanrahan

My guest today, Noelle Hanrahan, has been standing at the gates of Hell shouting truth to power for as longer as Mumia abu Jamal has been in Hell shouting truth to power.  The man’s whole life  is lived on line, in the ether, on the airwaves, above the Cloud.   Hanrahan is a private investigator and journalist based in Philadelphia – where it all began - .where she is director of Prison Radio.
So the other day the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that:: "Senator Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) sent an outraged letter to the Vermont college that will have Mumia Abu-Jamal as a commencement speaker, urging the school to revoke its invitation to the convicted cop-killer.   On Sunday the school is due to have Abu-Jamal address 20 fall graduates in a pre-recorded speech." The Washington Post: "Goddard College sparks outrage with invitation to jailed cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal."
 
 
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