In a shocking decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected all Mumia Abu-Jamal's demands for a new trial. The state of Pennsylvania now has a 180 day window to file for Mumia’s death sentence to be re-instated. Socialist Action calls on all our readers and supporters to throw themselves into organizing … Continue reading Mumia’s Appeal for a New Trial Has Been Rejected!
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Mumia on the Prisonhouse of Nations
With the release of the Pew Center on the States report, comes news that proves, without question, that the U.S. is the world's champion when it comes to incarceration rates. One out of 100 American adults are in prison today. According to news reports detailing the Pew Center research, the year 2008 began with 2,319,258 … Continue reading Mumia on the Prisonhouse of Nations
Mumia on Prisons
First Open U.S. National Antiwar Conference
First Open U.S. National Antiwar Conference:The Challenge Before the U.S. Antiwar Movementby Jeff MacklerThe U.S. war and occupation of Iraq is the central issue in world politics today. The war exposes in bold relief the fundamental contradictions in U.S. and world capitalism. It is, simultaneously, an imperialist war of conquest and a geopolitical war for … Continue reading First Open U.S. National Antiwar Conference
Mumia Abu-Jamal: On the Road to Freedom?
by Jeff MacklerIt is difficult to imagine that the systematic race and class bias that permeate America's criminal "justice" system could be set aside and that the nation's most famed and innocent death row inmate and political prisoner of 25 years, Mumia Abu-Jamal, could win a new trial and freedom.But that is precisely what appeared … Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal: On the Road to Freedom?
Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal?
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been in prison since 1981 and on death row since 1983 for allegedly shooting Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He is known as the “Voice of the Voiceless” for his award- winning reporting on police brutality and other social and racial epidemics that plague communities … Continue reading Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal?
Youth in Action: Fighting for Mumia in the Midwest
As the movement to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal enters a critical stage with the signing of a death warrant, young activists from across the Midwest are organizing for a fight. College and high school students in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois are setting up Mumia committees in their schools, breathing new life into … Continue reading Youth in Action: Fighting for Mumia in the Midwest
Gloria Steinem Speaks for Mumia
Something is very rotten in the state of Pennsylvania. Gov. Ridge has signed 176 death warrants in the last five years. That's five times more than his predecessors signed in 25 years. He has done this in defiance of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, both of which have urged a moratorium until the death … Continue reading Gloria Steinem Speaks for Mumia
The Life of a Black Man
The following editorial will appear in The Nation, Nov. 15, 1999. It is signed by novelist Alice Walker, poet June Jordan, and University of California at Santa Cruz professor and activist Angela Davis. A stay of execution was issued Oct. 26. Pending the outcome of the habeas corpus brief filed for the defense of Mumia … Continue reading The Life of a Black Man
Mumia Responds to Denial of his Appeal by Supreme Court
It was not unexpected that the Supreme Court would deny my appeal. The Supreme Court hears only a tiny percent of the cases that are brought before it, roughly 75 out of 7000 in one semester or a term of the Court. I entertained no expectations that mine would be granted. We have to remember … Continue reading Mumia Responds to Denial of his Appeal by Supreme Court
FIGHTBACK: Creative Police Work
FIGHTBACK by Sylvia Weinstein Creative Police Work There is another big scandal in the Los Angeles Police Department. The last major scandal was the beating of Rodney King. Cops had stopped his car and were beating him until he had lost consciousness; he was then accused by the policemen of having beaten them. … Continue reading FIGHTBACK: Creative Police Work
US Supreme court Rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Appeal
By JEFF MACKLER On Oct. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court opened its fall term by releasing a list of all cases in which it denied defendants a "writ of certiorari." Death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was among those listed. Jamal had filed his petition on April 22. Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Ridge is expected … Continue reading US Supreme court Rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Appeal
Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Radicalization of a Generation
The following speech, edited for space, was presented by Jeff Mackler to the Socialist Action National Educational Conference in San Francisco on Aug. 20. Mackler is the Co-Coordinator of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and a member of the National Committee of Socialist Action. By JEFF MACKLER The state powers in Pennsylvania and … Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Radicalization of a Generation