So, are you saying that Mumia is being expoited by the very people who are supporting him? Kind of like how all the hippies/socialists on campus have Free Mumia! posters and t-shirts? So the very people who claim to be against capitalization/exploitation are exploiting Mumia to prove that they are "down for the cause"? I mean, most people have no idea about other political prisoners other than Mumia. I'd like to think of this as the "Che Guevara Syndrome" where people latch onto a symbol that they may or may not know a lot about in order to show that their contempt for "the Man" and that their down with the whole protesting trend (and in many cases and for many people it is just the latest trend) Hmmmmmmm...

As for the HipHop for Respect CD, I don't know how they split up the proceeds. I agree though, if Rawkus or the MCs took a cut of the profits that would be wack. Either way, I get an uneasy feeling whenever the selling point of any commercial product is that "a portion of the proceeds go to charity X". Using guilt as part of the marketing plan doesn't sit well with me.


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Not every end is a goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; however, if the melody has not reached its end, it would also not have reached its goal. A parable.
--Nietzsche