{"product_id":"death-blossoms-reflections-from-a-prisoner-of-conscience-expanded-edition","title":"Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience, Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith, written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was awaiting his execution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncompromising, disturbing . . . Abu-Jamal's voice has the clarity and candor of a man whose impending death emboldens him to say what is on his mind without fear of consequence.--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, lucid meditation on the moral obligation of political commitment by a deeply ethical--and deeply wronged--human being. Mumia should be freed, now.--\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr., \u003c\/strong\u003eAlphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor \u0026amp; Director of the Hutchins Center for African \u0026amp; African American Research at Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, powerful book by a prophetic writer . . . his language glows with an affirming flame.--\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Kozol, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eDeath at an Early Age\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRachel and Her Children\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been imprisoned since 1982 for the killing of a police officer, a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not commit. In 1996, after serving more than a decade on death row, and with the likelihood of execution looming, he began receiving regular visits from members of the Bruderhof spiritual community, a group of refugees from Hitler's Germany. Inspired by these encounters, Mumia began to write a series of personal essays reflecting on his search for spiritual meaning within a society plagued by materialism, hypocrisy, and violence. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, writes Mumia, but actually it is insane not to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eDeath Blossoms \u003c\/em\u003ebrings a classic, influential work back into print with a new introduction by Mumia, and includes the entire text of a groundbreaking report by Amnesty International detailing the legal improprieties and chronic injustices that marred his trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDeath Blossoms, Expanded Edition\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years in my classrooms I have watched \u003cem\u003eDeath Blossoms\u003c\/em\u003e do its luminous work. It has awakened the conscience of so many of my student readers. Once awakened, they begin to shoulder the disciplines of its revolutionary knowing, moral passion, historical precision and clarity of reason. No wonder repressive powers seek death for this prisoner of conscience. Alas for them, Mumia still lives. From streets to classrooms and back, \u003cem\u003eDeath Blossoms\u003c\/em\u003e keeps opening up consciences, hearts, and min\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39326119100516,"sku":"9780872867970","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/death-blossoms-reflections-from-a-prisoner-of-conscience-expanded-edition","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}