"SAVE MUMIA ... SAVE MUMIA!
In Stiff Resistance,
Dr Mutulu Shakur"
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From: "jay wisdom" <dashrinc@hotmail.com>
Mumia is under attack, Whatcha gonna do, Actup ! Fight Back !
Wednesday, October 20th
there will be a panel discussion on the murder and terror of the
MOVE organization
held at the the University of Pennsylvania's Du Bois Colege House, 39th and
Locust Walk from 6 - 8 PM.
the panelist will include young members of the
Move organization, Seeds of Wisdom.
Thursday, October 21st
ther will be a cultural resitance event composing Hip Hop artists, Spoken
Word artist and many more musically talented artrists against police murder
and terror.
featuring:
the Seeds of Wisdom,
Poor Righteous Teachers,
Name,
Zenzelle,
the Architects,
and many more
at the University of Pennsylvania's Du Bois College house
at 39th and Locust walk
from 7 - 10 PM
YOU DON"T NEED MONEY TO COME so SHOW UP !
Free Mumia, and Free Ya Self while you at it !
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From: "KamariYa(!!)" <ngozi@secapl.com>
Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal?:
TOWN HALL MEETING
Thursday, October 21 at 6pm
Malcolm X College
1900 West Van Buren, Chicago, IL
Sponsored by the African American Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal &
Aaron Patterson. For information contact Attorney Standish Willis at
312.554.0005
JOIN THE FREE MUMIA CONTINGENT: in the National Day of Protest to Stop
Police Brutality, Repression, & the Criminalization of a Generation!
Friday, October 22 at noon
Federal Plaza --- Adams & Dearborn
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
Participate in above events and upcoming actions... Volunteer --- make
phone calls, hand out leaflets, put up posters... Show the HBO video, "A
Case for reasonable doubt: Mumia Abu-Jamal." at your school, church or
community center...Call, email, fax and write about your outrage regarding
the recent death warrant: Governor, Thomas Ridge, Main Capitol Building,
Room 225, Harrisburg, PA 17120, voice: 7/17/87-2500, fax: 717.772.8284 or
717.783.3369, email: governor@state.pa.us; U.S. Justice Department,
Attorney General, Janet Reno, Main Justice Bldg., 10th and Constitution
Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20053, voice: 202.514.2000, fax: 202.514.4371;
U.S. President, Bill Clinton, Voice: 202.456.1111, email:
president@whitehouse.gov
Show your support and write to Mumia Abu Jamal: #AM 8335, SCI Greene,
1040 East Roy Furman Highway, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8098
For information and updates contact: 773.381.6507
Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu Jamal
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From: "leslie jones" <youth4mumia@hotmail.com>
ONA MOVE!
peace everyone......
please help spread the word............
1. FREE MUMIA! We MUST WORK HARDER to save our brother's life!
DEMONSTRATE at Broad & Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia
Saturday, October 23, 1999
11 AM
WEAR BLACK to support the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality!
WEAR BLACK in remembrance of Winston X Hood, 3-week-old Life Africa, 11 MOVE
men women and children, Kenneth Griffin, Donta Dawson, Merle Africa, and all
others who have lost their lives at the hands of the Philadelphia police!
We MUST keep the pressure on this government to do what is right! We need
EVERYONE to take the case of Mumia out into the streets. Create your own
HONK FOR MUMIA signs and get out on the corners in your neighborhood. Make
up flyers with the current legal situation and take them to your churches
and community centers, schools and laundromats, hairdressers and grocery
stores! This is a fight for life and it requires more intense efforts on
all of our parts!
For more information and updates contact the International Concerned Family
& Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal at 215-476-8812.
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2. Mumia's Habeas Corpus Petition filed Friday, October 15, 1999 is
available over the internet. You can access the full text of the petition
filed in Federal District Court in Philadelphia at
http://mojo.calyx.net/~refuse/mumia/101699petition.html.
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3. Reminder about this weekend's activities...
Youth Conference on Political Prisoners at Columbia University in NYC
Saturday, October 23, 1999
11 AM
There will be speakers, videos, and information, and an afternoon hip hop
show. You MUST BE ON GUEST LIST TO ATTEND!
For more information and to get on the guestlist, email cignesse@hotmail.com
ALSO......
Video Showing of INCIDENT AT OGLALA: The Case of Leonard Peltier
Sunday, October 24, 1999
3 PM
4601 Market Street (46th & Market)
Philadelphia
Get information about Leonard's case and find out more about FREEDOM MONTH
(November) for Leonard in front of the White House in Washington, DC
For more information email jahsun@earthlink.net or call 215-386-4209.
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4. Friday, October 22, 1999 is the 4th Annual NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. To remember all those who have been killed at the
hands of police nationwide, people are encouraged to WEAR BLACK!
The Philadelphia area Youth Coalition WILL NOT be meeting because there is
an Oct 22nd event going on at UPENN and I believe there will also be a
demonstration that day. I gotta get the update! I'll let you know the
details ASAP!
Questions? Need more info? youth4mumia@hotmail.com
take care.........
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From: <tank@xs4all.nl>
Via: "bensilver" <bensilver@prodigy.net>
Subject: Oct 23rd NYC benefit for Mumia
A BENEFIT CONCERT
in support of
MUMIA ABU JAMAL
Saturday, Oct. 23rd, 1999
8 p.m.
With performances by:
BEV GRANT
BEN SILVER
PROF. LOUIE & FAST EDDIE
PEOPLES' VOICE CAFE
133 West 4th Street
Washington Square Church Parlor
Admission $10 or TDF + $2
Despite a growing international movement on Mumia's behalf, there is still a
need for greater public understanding and outcry in the US about this case.
Two-thirds of the proceeds of this event will go toward the struggle to win
a new and fair trial for Mumia. The other third will pay for use of the
space.
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From: NPC LA <npcla@earthlink.net> (by way of Michael Novick
<part2001@usa.net>)
SERIAL KILLER HONORED IN L.A.!
Protest Mumia Abu Jamal's Executioner: Governor Tom Ridge
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, whose has already signed the death
warrent against 100 Black men, signed the death warrent against Mumia
Abu-Jamal Oct 13. The execution has been set for Dec. 2nd, 1999. In
spite of this horrendous act a luncheon sponsored by the Wednesday
Morning Club will honor Ridge in Beverly Hills on Tues., Oct. 26, 1999
WE MUST AND WILL STOP THIS EXECUTION!
Demand a New Trial,Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Tell Ridge:
Tuesday Oct 26,
11:30am,
Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel...
9500 Wilshire Blvd. (at El Camino & Wilshire)
For information call 213. 487-2368
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RAMONA AFRICA, Minister of Information for the
MOVE Organization will be at The M'Backe House of Hope,
2913 N.Market St., Wilmington, DE on Sunday, October 31, 1999,
3:00 PM. Sis. Ramona will discuss the System Vs. the
MOVE 9 and Mumia Abu-Jamal. Q & A will follow.
No fee. Call 302-762-9632 for more info.
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From: "Maine Mumia List Serve" <maine_sup_net@hotmail.com>
Free Mumia Autofaxer
http://www.bckweb.com/mumia/
Express your outrage over the December 2, 1999 scheduled execution of
political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Send a free fax from the above web site
to Attorney General Janet Reno demanding a new trial for Mumia. Sending a
fax from this web page should take you less than a minute to do!
Don't forget to enter in you name at the bottom of the fax.
Background information available on the above site
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From: La Place <ecrire@laplace.qc.ca>
I designed 2 banners to link sites interrested in letting their readers know
about Mumia.
The original text is in french, but I can translate it if you are interrested.
The text says :
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Emergency Action
This African American journalist supported by Amnesty International
is to be executed on Dec 2 1999. Only international awareness & action
can save his life. Act Now
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I think it would also be a good idea to create a webring (I added a webring
navigation graphic at the end of the page). I have the technical knowledge
and am willing to spend time doing the technical part of it (sending code to
webmasters, answering their questions, manage the list, do the list's home
page), but I need you for the contact with other sites.
The ring could be bilingual (English/French) since http://www.wasadugu.org/
seems interrested, adding to the international nature of the awareness.
Webrings are a powerful way to reach sites that are concerned, and let their
readers know about the situation.
Wish you the best, Éric.
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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:50:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: "KamariYa(!!)" <ngozi@secapl.com>
We had a demo in Chicago on yesterday where at least 300 people came out!!
Between 4:30pm & 5:00pm people gather at the Federal Building to listen to
a few speakers and at 5:00pm we hit the streets of downtown. We caused
many traffic jams as we passed out leaflets, chanted & sang songs of
freedom and liberation. I was glad to see the amount of young people as
well as Black people who came out. After about an hour of marching the
police began to get a little more aggressive with the horses (those horses
were strong!!) so that we were only able to stop traffic going West on
Adams & Dearborn (Right in front of the Federal Building), as opposed to
traffic going North (on Dearborn) and West (on Adams). The crowd ended up
dispersing around 6:30PM in front of the Depaul Center. We were supposed
to have a meeting in the Depaul Center but the kkkops locked the doors and
we were forced to meet outside. 4 People ended up getting arrested and we
were able to raise $300-$400 on the spot. As I know it, we didn't receive
any press but we are not giving up and we will continue to organize,
educate and agitate until we liberate Mumia and All political
prisoners!!!!
A Luta Continua,
Kamaria
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From: Debbierwor@aol.com
Stop the Execution: Voices of Resistance
Revolutionary Worker #1027, October 24, 1999
Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge's signing of the death warrant sparked widespread
outrage and expressions of support for Mumia. The following are excerpts from
some of the statements:
Pierre Sané, Secretary General of Amnesty International:
This death warrant serves no purpose except to put Mumia Abu-Jamal on "death
watch"--causing him unnecessary suffering. This is playing politics with a
man's life. The unnecessary infliction of suffering upon a prisoner by a
government official constitutes torture. The vast majority--or almost
all--of the death warrants signed by Governor Ridge have had two effects:
forced the prisoner concerned to undergo the harsh regime of "death watch";
and forced the prisoner to file his appeals earlier, when the appeal may be
insufficiently prepared. The unnecessary signing of death warrants is an
attempt to rush death row prisoners through appeals that are guaranteed to
them by the U.S. Constitution.
Congressman from Philadelphia:
Justice can only be served through a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, concluded
Congressmen Chaka Fattah and John Conyers, speaking on behalf of the entire
38-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Congressman Fattah, a
Philadelphia Democrat, has been closely monitoring the Abu-Jamal case for
almost two decades and has concluded that a new trial is necessary in order
to carry out Abu-Jamal's constitutional right to due process. Congressmen
Conyers, the leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, agrees....
There are many reasons for the CBC's reservations in the Abu-Jamal case. Even
if he were guilty, there should be a more solid assurance of fact before he
is put to death. If he is innocent, putting him to death on the basis of the
current evidence makes the government guilty of the very thing for which it
is accusing Abu-Jamal.
"The only thing we know for sure is that he has not been given due process
and that alone is enough for a new trial," said Congressman Fattah.
Jesse Jackson Sr., president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition:
The decision to kill Mumia should be repugnant to the people of Pennsylvania
and throughout our nation.... I am disappointed that Gov. Ridge would seek
revenge through capital punishment. There are still too many unanswered
questions in this case. We support the attorneys and people of good will
everywhere who are working on Abu-Jamal's appeal.... In far too many cases,
the issuing of death sentences fall disproportionately on African Americans,
Latinos and, in general, the poor who are unable to afford an adequate
defense. This lopsided form of justice should cast a foul smell throughout
our criminal justice system. Until this broken system is corrected, there
will be no closure for Mr. Faulkner's widow and no justice for Mumia
Abu-Jamal.
Sam Jordan, Director of Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty
International USA:
Amnesty International calls on Governor Ridge to immediately rescind the
death warrant for Abu-Jamal and to cease issuing further death warrants while
inmates have appeals pending. We hope that the appellate court, once it
receives the appeal, will order an immediate and thorough review of the
fairness of Abu-Jamal's trial and sentencing hearing.
Amnesty International unconditionally opposes the death penalty, which is
applied disproportionately on the basis of race, ethnicity and social
status...
Howard Zinn, historian:
There is one powerful reason why the judicial system should not permit
the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The evidence is now overwhelming that there
have been deadly errors made in sending prisoners to the death chamber. Again
and again, it has turned out that prisoners pronounced guilty and sentenced
to death have proved later to be innocent. In the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
the evidence is conflicting, and there is certainly more than a reasonable
doubt of his guilt. The history of executions in this country shows the
system biased against poor people, people of color, and political activists.
Mumia Abu-Jamal fits all three categories. To allow Mumia Abu-Jamal to die at
the hands of the judicial system would be a terrible commentary on a system
that claims to dispense "equal justice before the law." The whole world is
watching to see if our country will live up to that claim.
Mike Farrell, actor:
Governor Ridge's death warrant for Mumia Abu-Jamal is yet another example of
the misplaced zeal in this case. If the energy and resources expended trying
to kill Mr. Abu-Jamal were instead used to root out racism and corruption in
the criminal justice system, Americans could once again pray for a day when
the behavior of their government would finally be consistent with their
fundamental beliefs. Instead, the governor postures, authorities beat their
breasts and justice goes wanting. With it, sadly, goes the faith of those who
want to believe in the American ideal.
Adrienne Rich, poet:
More and more citizens of conscience are looking at Mumia Abu-Jamal's case in
the light of our deep concern about racist bias and unfairness in the
criminal justice system, a national pattern of abuses of police authority,
and efforts to censor strong dissident voices. More and more of us see this
denial of due process as our own cause, threatening our own human and
constitutional rights. The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal will not go away.
Steve Hawkins, Executive Director, National Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty:
Did the Scottsboro Boys receive a fair trial? Did Sacco and Vanzetti? Did
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? No, of course not. Their cases loom as the
hallmarks of injustice in this century. The Pennsylvania courts, in their
denial of the most basic and fundamental rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, have
sought to add him to this saga of shame. The federal courts are now presented
with the opportunity to correct a terrible wrong--or else add Mumia's name to
a tragic legacy.
Arnold Mesches, visual artist, and Jill Ciment, author:
Mumia Abu-Jamal deserves a new trial because of new evidence. The treatment
of Mumia is totally unfair. Let's end the death penalty.
Stan Willis, Chicago Conference of Black Lawyers, African American Committee
to Free Mumia and Aaron Patterson:
30 years ago, on December 4, the government carried out its plan to murder
Fred Hampton...to destroy the freedom movement in the African American
community, to destroy the leadership of the freedom movement. And Mumia is a
victim of that thinking. He is a victim of the COINTELPRO thinking and the
COINTELPRO infiltrations. And that is clear now--that Mumia was framed, that
the FOP, the reactionary police and the police community want to move into
the next century with a moral victory for reaction.
José Lopez, executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago:
I stand here in solidarity with the African American political prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal. Today is a sad day. The U.S. Supreme Court, in its unwillingness
to hear the case of Mumia and the Pennsylvania injustice system in condemning
this innocent man to death, clearly harkens us back to the memories of the
illegal lynchings in this country. It reminds us of the fact that hundreds of
Mexicans, Blacks and Native Americans were lynched during the 19th and 20th
centuries... We should call upon people of good will and conscience to
support Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Black Liberation Struggle.
Rev. Michael Yasutake, Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience Project:
I speak as an Episcopal priest in the diocese of Chicago--and also as one who
had introduced [a resolution which] was accepted at the Episcopal general
convention. We met in Philadelphia last time, and we passed a resolution
saying that the whole judicial system in the U.S. is racist, that Mumia
Abu-Jamal's case is a classic example of miscarriage of justice, and that he
should have a new trial... Our faith mandates us to preach good news to the
poor and to proclaim release to the captives. Mumia is a living example of
one who is living this mandate.
Amy Ray, musician, Indigo Girls:
Mumia is just one of many whose criminal convictions arise out of unjust
conditions and complex situations.... The full evidence has not been heard.
The Jury should still be out. The State has no business executing Mumia. The
State has no business killing anyone.
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The following are from statements made at the October 15 press conference at
the national headquarters of the American Friends Service Committee in
Philadelphia. Pam Africa, (International Concerned Family and Friends of
Mumia Abu-Jamal), and C. Clark Kissinger (Refuse & Resist!, contributing
writer to the RW) also spoke.
Pat Clark, national criminal justice representative for the American Friends
Service Committee:
When you think of Mumia, think of the millions of other people who are
incarcerated and the 3,600 other people who are on death row. And think about
a criminal justice system that is overwhelmingly incarcerating people of
color. And ask yourself: Can we ever, ever just sit by idly and say things
can continue the way they are?
Jeff Garis, executive director of Pennsylvania Abolitionists Against the
Death Penalty:
Those of us who are concerned about the death penalty are also deeply
concerned about this particular case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.... If these courts
can ignore the overwhelming international outcry, the outcry of people across
this country who are concerned about basic issues of justice, then what will
happen to other people in this state on death row who do not even have that
kind of support?
Kenny Henderson, activist from Germany:
I got a phone call last night from Berlin that there was a demonstration
yesterday. There will be a demo tomorrow. There are posters all over the city
of Berlin about Mr. Jamal in Turkish and German. There are cities all across
Europe where people are taking to the streets and fighting... People across
Europe are demanding Mr. Jamal's release.
This article is posted in English and Spanish on Revolutionary Worker Online
http://www.mcs.net/~rwor Write: Box 3486, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 773-227-4066 Fax: 773-227-4497 (The RW Online does not currently
communicate via email.)
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WE MUST NOT FAIL!
International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
P.O. Box 19709 - Philadelphia, PA 19143
Ph: 215-476-8812 / Fax: 215-476-7551
E-mail: mumia@webcom.com
MUMIA MUST LIVE! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!