Weds., December 9, 2020, 11am – 2pm EST, 52nd and Larchwood St. (across from Malcolm X Park), Philadelphia, PA, 11am: Press Conference, Book Release of Murder Inc. Book 3: Perfecting Tyranny by Mumia Abu-Jamal and Steven Vittoria Stream: https://facebook.com/pam.africa Food giveaway by Frontline Dads Sponsored by: Mobilization4Mumia, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, International Concerned Friends …
Colin Kaepernick, Angela Davis headline new call for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedom
Colin Kaepernick called on the current movement against racist policing to join in the work to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home: “If the Black Lives Matter movement is to mean anything, then Mumia’s life and legacy must also matter. Mumia still fights for our human rights. We must continue to fight for his right to be …
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Colin Kaepernick calls on law enforcement authorities to ‘Free Mumia’
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2020, By Julie Shaw. Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers player who famously took a knee during the national anthem as a protest against racial injustice, called Monday for the immediate release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. He contended …
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You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal
October 25, 2020, An interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal by Maresi Starzmann,Reprinted from Truthout. “We must move for what we want, not for what we think the system can produce, because the system is the problem.” Mumia Abu-Jamal The somber baritone of Mumia Abu-Jamal is unmistakable. Before we can exchange greetings, one of several automated announcements …
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Frances Goldin, a Crusader for Mumia, Dies at 95
A neighborhood preservationist, she had significant victories as a protester, provocateur and voice for lost causes. By Sam RobertsMay 18, 2020Reprinted from The New York Times Frances Goldin, a lifelong firebrand who won her first street brawl when she was 11 and as a grown-up never stopped fighting to safeguard her beloved Lower East Side …
PA prison official falsely claimed Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms
Cruel hoax further terrorizes communities already under assault from a biased and genocidal public health care system
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Action urged to protect state prison inmates from COVID-19 outbreak
JULIAN ROUTH, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, jrouth@post-gazette.com – Reprinted from March 19, 2020, Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Warning that an outbreak of COVID-19 in state prison facilities would signal a “death sentence” for many inmates, three legal reform groups sent a letter to Pennsylvania officials this week urging immediate action to dramatically reduce the prison population. The American …
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Protest PA Supreme Court ruling on Mumia’s appeal.
Fri., February 28, 2020, 4 – 6 pm, Office of Philadelphia District Attorney, 3 South Penn Square, see map, Philadelphia, PA 19107 In a blatant attempt to try and stand on the scales of justice, these judges sided with the Fraternal Order of Police’s (FOP) King’s Bench Petition requesting that the court take jurisdiction from …
Pa. Supreme Court will investigate alleged conflicts in DA Larry Krasner’s handling of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals
Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24, 2020, By Julie Shaw The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday said it would appoint a special master to investigate whether the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has a conflict in its continued handling of appeals in the case of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The move follows a petition filed …
Rally to free Mumia highlights exonerations of unfairly convicted Black men
Reprinted from https://IACenter.org, PHILADELPHIA, PA: By Joe Piette, February 2, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal’s supporters rallied outside Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office on Jan. 31, 2020. That day he was expected to file his response to legal briefs filed in September by Abu-Jamal’s attorneys for Post Conviction Relief Act hearings and a request to remand …
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