Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son
Abu-Jamal, convicted of the 1981 murder of a police officer, became the face of the anti-death penalty movement and a widely published commentator on the prison system. By Jennifer Schuessler, August 24, 2022, Reprinted from The New York Times. For years, Mumia Abu-Jamal was the face of the anti-death penalty movement in the United States. …
Brown University Acquires the Papers of Mumia Abu-JamalRead More
Weds., August 17, 2022, 7 pm, RSVP: https://linktr.ee/MUMIA. In honor of Black August & Marcus Garvey’s Birthday, we acknowledge August 17, 1995, the day Mumia Abu-Jamal was to be executed by the state of Pennsylvania. However, the Power of the People prevented that from happening. The powerful film, Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia …
Sat., July 31, 2021. 5 pm – 8:30 pm BST/London time. 12 Noon – 3:30 pm EST/New York time. 9 am – 12:30 pm PST/California time. 6 pm – 9:30 pm France time. Register: https://bit.ly/36Ffi5S to watch on Zoom. or Watch at https://www.facebook.com/freemumiabritain. International Online event organized by Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Campaign UK and featuring: …
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 …
From the March 18, 2021, forum sponsored by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Featuring Larry Holmes (Workers World), Pam Africa (pre-recorded, Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal), Dr. Johanna Fernandez (author of The Young Lords: A Radical History and assistant professor of history at Baruch College), Betsey Piette (Prisoners Solidarity Committee of …
Watch updates about Mumia with Pam Africa, Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Betsey Piette & Ted KellyRead More
Learn more: Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters say he has COVID, call on Pa. to release all vulnerable incarcerated people
Latest prison tests show Mumia has COVID 19 (video)!Read More
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 …
Colin Kaepernick, Angela Davis headline new call for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedomRead More
January 21, 2014, By Johanna Fernandez. Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent. Mumia has been wrongfully imprisoned for 41 years. He spent the first 28.5 years of his imprisonment on Pennsylvania’s death row. In 2011, his death sentence was confirmed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and he is now serving a sentence of “life in prison” …
