Tag: Mumia
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
Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: Their Press, Their Media
No country was ever ruled by so mean a class of tyrants as, with a few noble exceptions, are the editors of the periodical press in this country. And as they live and rule only by their servility, and appealing to their worst, and not the better nature of man, the people who read them … Continue reading Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal: Their Press, Their Media
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
Federal Court Stays Death Warrant for Mumia Abu-Jamal
By JEFF MACKLER On Oct. 13, Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Ridge set Dec. 2 as the date of execution by lethal injection of African American political prisoner and award-winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal was falsely convicted of the 1981 shooting murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. On death row for the past 18 years, … Continue reading Federal Court Stays Death Warrant for Mumia Abu-Jamal
‘Mumia Awareness Week’
By JEFF MACKLER The week of Sept. 19-25, "Mumia Awareness Week," saw countless marches, rallies, teach-ins, concerts, car caravans, film showings, and other coordinated actions to publicize the case of innocent death row political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Organizers estimate that the original goal of 100 cities was far exceeded with college and university events … Continue reading ‘Mumia Awareness Week’
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
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
Youth in Action: A Poem for Mumia
A Poem for Mumia Bulldozing through ignorance, violence, bigotry, shame, hatred, and silence To reach truth To embrace beauty To give life a place to live Demanding the most simple rights Means revolution In the land of the oppressed Home of the coward - who stole even the paper upon which he wrote our … Continue reading Youth in Action: A Poem for Mumia