New York: Seven Stories Press, (2000). Hardcover first edition - The second book by this former Black Panther, activist and radio journalist written while he was still on death row for the murder of a police officer (an action he has steadfastly denied and a sentence which was commuted to life imprisonment in 2001). This includes 79 essays by Abu-Jamal, edited and with an introduction by Noelle Hanrahan and a foreword by Alice Walker. Abu-Jamal was engaged by National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' program to deliver a series of monthly three-minute commentaries on crime and punishment, but this was canceled following condemnations from the Fraternal Order of Police and others. Tipped onto the front endpaper is a sleeve holding a cd with 19 of his recorded essays and comments by literary figures and activists- including Howard Zinn, Cornel West, Dorothy Allison, Adrienne Rich, John Edgar Wideman annd others - who support Mumia. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph and drawings. 303 pp. ISBN: 1-583220224.