Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son
May 27, 2021, By Betsey Piette, Workers World. For decades, the endorsement of the powerful Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was sought by almost every candidate running for office in the city and throughout Pennsylvania. Through the power of its purse strings, the FOP has been able to fill the courts with judges who favor …
Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOPRead More
Krasner’s resounding victory over Carlos Vega was an emphatic marker of the rapid decline of the FOP’s political brand. May 20, 2021, By Sean Collins Walsh, Chris Brennan, and Julia Terruso, Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer (original link). After voting for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Jesse Vincent walked out of his Mount Airy polling place and said …
Sunday, May 16, 2021, Jamal Journal (original link),
Sat., May 15, 2021, 12 Noon – 4 pm. Join original MOVE members Ramona Africa, Consuewella Africa, Janet Africa, Janine Africa, Eddie Africa, Carlos Africa, Pam Africa, Sue Africa and Alberta Africa. Free Food giveaway by @TheProduceSpot. Panel discussion with NBA Star Stephen Jackson. Produced by @Tez_TheWriter. Sponsored by @TTW Productions, @OnTheMOVEventures, and @TheProduceSpot.
Join the MOVE Family on the 36th Anniversary of the MOVE BombingRead More
Link to live stream: https://youtu.be/Yr-at2qOSco(if stream crashes, new stream will be automatically created at YouTube channel (youtube.com/hate5six) May 13, 2021, 5 pm, Osage Ave. & Cobbs Creek Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA (map/directions). Featuring MOVE Speakers. March to Malcolm X Park. Community Altar. Oral History Station. Please wear white.
Thurs., May 13, 2021, Event to Honor MOVE Lives Lost, Black Neighborhood Torched.Read More
May 1, 2021, By Janine Jackson, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), Reprinted from https://FAIR.org/. Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY (4/24/2021) 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 …
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Reprinted from The Jamal Journal. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been transferred out of the hospital today from receiving triple heart bypass surgery and is now in the prison infirmary. Mumia is at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) Mahanoy.
April 26, 2021, By Marie Kelly, Reprinted from Workers World. An international coalition of groups supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal held events April 23-25, 2021, to commemorate his 67th birthday (April 24) and call for his freedom. Mumia has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 40 years. His health has deteriorated due to the harsh conditions he has …
By Steve Zade, The Paris Collectif Libérons Mumia. The Paris Collectif Libérons Mumia organized a meeting at the Place de la Concorde opposite the American Embassy in Paris today in response to Mumia’s state of health and the secretiveness surrounding his hospitalization. Around two hundred people showed up for the event, including representatives from the …
Coordinator of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home and a member of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s legal team, Johanna Fernández, Ph.D. and an associate professor in Baruch’s Department of History, recently won a slew of awards for her latest book, The Young Lords: A Radical History. At their annual meeting in mid-April, the Organization of American Historians …
