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?