Posts Tagged ‘mumia’

Mumia: Unjustly Imprisoned For 40 Years

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – On July 3 people in Philadelphia and dozens of other cities across the U.S. and around the globe marked the 40th anniversary of the unlawful and unjust imprisonment of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, including 29 years on death row. Now imprisoned for life in the general population, Abu-Jamal is still fighting […]

New Legal Filing In Mumia’s Case

Above Photo: Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. (April Saul / Philadelphia Inquirer). The following statement was issued Jan. 4 regarding new legal filings by attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal. In her novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” With continued pressure from below, […]

Why Have Media Gone To Such Lengths To Silence Mumia Abu-Jamal?

Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY (4/24/21) was one of the few outlets to report on an April 24 rally seeking the release from prison of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The story included important information on Abu-Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for the 1981 killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. It noted that the case has “drawn scrutiny” over […]

Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Injustice Industrial Complex, and the Human Miasma

As his 67th birthday nears, and Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces challenging and potentially fatal health crises, his legal case is still slowly winding its way through the arduous appellate court system. — New court filings for Abu-Jamal’s appeal, Workers World, March 22. Injustice is an industry in the United States of America, just […]

Mumia Abu-Jamal Has COVID-19

Mumia Abu-Jamal Has COVID-19 Above photo: From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Internationally known U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has reported to friends and family on the outside that he has contracted Covid-19 in the Pennsylvania prison where he is incarcerated, and says he is having difficulty breathing. His life is in immediate danger and he is […]

Pennsylvania Will Rule On Mumia’s Case, After Proceeding In Secret

Pennsylvania Will Rule On Mumia’s Case, After Proceeding In Secret The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has put Mumia Abu-Jamal’s evidentiary hearing on hold.  The case is under seal and is proceeding in secret! Pennsylvania Supreme Court “Justice is being conformable, human and divine; fair, impartial, honest in administering, coordinating and relating with others, no matter what. Not […]

Mumia Seeks To Show Top State Judge Doubled As Prosecutor And Jurist Reviewing His Appeals

Mumia Seeks To Show Top State Judge Doubled As Prosecutor And Jurist Reviewing His Appeals Above Photo: Prison Radio/Flickr Following a brief hearing in Philadelphia on Monday, Court of Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker, learning that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office had thus far failed find and turn over, in response to his earlier order, any […]

Philadelphia DA’s Office Stonewalls At Hearing For Mumia Abu-Jamal

Philadelphia DA’s Office Stonewalls At Hearing For Mumia Abu-Jamal Above Photo: Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal march through the streets of Philadelphia on April 30 (Photo: John Leslie / Socialist Action) The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office continues to stonewall in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. At a court hearing on April 30, prosecutors failed, once again, […]

New Legal Action Is A Path To Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Freedom

New Legal Action Is A Path To Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Freedom Above Photo: Prison Radio/ Flickr For over three decades thousands of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals around the globe have mobilized to save Mumia Abu-Jamal from execution, to overturn his conviction, to demand his freedom. Without these international mobilizations, crucially including the organized labor […]

Mumia Abu-Jamal Fights For New Trial And Freedom

Pennsylvania – On Mumia Abu-Jamal’s birthday, April 24, about 125 demonstrators mobilized outside Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas in solidarity with Mumia’s effort to reverse his 1982 frame-up murder conviction and win a new trial that could lead to his freedom. Mumia Abu-Jamal is perhaps the world’s best known political prisoner. He has been imprisoned […]

Russians Ask “Why Do You Demonize Us When We Are So Much Like You?”

Print Friendly Above Photo: Photo of Russian kids attending a youth camp called Artek in Crimea.  Photo by Ann Wright I’ve just ended two weeks visiting cities in four regions of Russia.  The one question that was asked over and over was, “Why does America hate us?  Why do you demonize us?” Most would add a […]

Radical Politics In Age Of American Authoritarianism

Print Friendly Above Photo: If the left is to fight back against authoritarianism, we must bring together diverse movements working for social change. (Photos: Bob Simpson, Ella, Workers Solidarity Movement, Mark Klotz, Mark Klotz / Flickr; Edited: JR / TO) The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by many in […]

Cell 411 Is About to Become Your New Favorite Tool

Don’t call 911 during emergencies, call your trusted friends instead, using Cell 411, the decentralized emergency alerting and response platform. Cell 411 is a powerful smartphone app that allows you to stream content and notify people in your cell(s) during police interactions and things like medical emergencies, car troubles and fire. Download Cell 411 for […]

Activists In Bushwick Hope To Illuminate Gentrification

Print Friendly Above Photo: From CreativeResistance.org. Stop Gentrification by Leslie Bender. Link To Video Here Some light displays in Brooklyn are spreading awareness of gentrification instead of holiday cheer. Activists in Bushwick have posted signs around the neighborhood as part of a campaign called “Illumination Against Gentrification.” They are trying to keep longtime residents from being […]

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