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International and national list of events for Mumia
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ICFFMAJ | 12.01.2008
A listing of different events this week for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Berlin, Germany
Dec. 9 Panel discussion on Mumia Abu-Jamal on the 27th aniversary of his unjust incarceration
@ CLASH, Gneisenaustr.2a, 10961 Berlin
Dec.10 Benefit Gig for the FREE-MUMIA-campaign in Berlin with BERLIN BOOM ORCHESTRA,
DETREND CITY ROCKERS and others @ SO 36, Oranienstr.190, 10999 Berlin
Dec.13 DEMONSTRATION: FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL! from Berlin-Kreuzberg to the new US-Embassy
We would like to inform you that we have an internet radio live stream on one of
our events during the FREE MUMIA week of action in Berlin, Germany.
On December 10th, 2008 ther will be a benefit concert for the FREE MUMIA
Campaign in the Berlin Club Collective SO 36 ( http://www.so36.de/ )
By now 4 performer groups and bands are confirmed, more are in the planning.
Berlin Boom Orchestra (Ska/Reggae) http://www.
Immigranstki Raggamuffin Kollektiv Soundsystem (ROTFRONT) http://www.myspace.com/
De.Trend.CityRockers (Breakbeats) http://www.myspace.com/
Host MC "REBELL DER WELT" (Rap) http://www.myspace.com/
Doors will be open at 8 pm CET. At the US-East Coast that will be 2 pm.
Our "technical department" came up with the idea of an internet livestream via
one of the free radios in town.
Most likely we will be using the internet stream of Radio-Metropolis (
http://www.basisradio.org/
been presenting the FREE MUMIA News every Monday at 6 pm CET for more than a
year now anyway. They still need to check if their server is strong enough.
If you are interested in listening and promoting a world wide FREE MUMIA event
on Dec. 10 please let us know. The exact live stream adress will be sorted out
soon.
The full programme of the Berlin FREE MUMIA week of action is here
In solidarity,
Berlin FREE MUMIA coalition
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Berliner Bündnis Freiheit für Mumia Abu-Jamal!
im HdD
Greifswalderstr.4
10405 Berlin
Mexico City
There's a consensus that support for Mumia should be tied to the work for other political prisoners and especially those here in Mexico, as we've always done. Also, now that there's talk of instituting the death penalty and life sentences here in Mexico and plans for building new maximum security prisons, among all kinds of other horrible "security" measures, we're going to tie the political prisoner work for Mumia and others to building opposition to these prisons, punitive sentences, etc. All the main political parties are in on it, including the supposedly leftist PRD. None of us have anything at all to do with any of these scumbags.
Dec. 6, 2008 3 pm Zocalo, political and cultural event in solidarity.
Monday, Dec. 8 at 7 pm: Cine Libertad: Mumia/MOVE C.A.M.A. cerrada de londres #14 Mt. Sevilla
Tuesday Dec. 9 3 pm American Embassy, political cultural act on the anniversary of Mumia’s arrest.
Saturday Dec. 13 at 6 pm Chantiollin, Melchor Ocampo 424 esq. Rio Elba: Ska, reggae, hip hop, Santocho Antifa sonidero system, Zona Norte Colektivo, Arh al Intifhada, Natty Dread fyah Attack, Radio Okupa Statement from Amig@s de Mumia, Mexico
This year, when the internationally recognized political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost three appeals for a new trial to prove his innocence, the deadliest D.A. in the United States, Lynne Abraham, is demanding that the federal Supreme Court order his execution without even holding a hearing. The only alternative, according to the courts, is to bury him in prison, in the same way that the Mexican courts intend to bury Ignacio del Valle, Felipe Álvarez, and Hector Galindo, with 112 ½ and 67 ½ ye ar sentences and furthermore, ruin the lives of hundreds of other Mexican political prisoners held in Almoloya, Molino de Flores, Ixcotel, Pochutla, el Amate, los Llanos, Topo Chico, Neza Bordo or the Reclusorio Norte with increasingly long sentences, gringo style.
Many of you are familiar with the case of the African-American writer Mumia Abu-Jamal. He was condemned to death for having been active in the Black Panther party in the sixties and for defending the MOVE organization against the Philadelphia police with his combative journalism in the seventies. The pretext for his false incrimination was the killing of the policeman Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981. Maybe you joined in the international mobilizations that stopped his execution twice in the nineties or maybe you’ve participated in more recent actions. Maybe you’ve read his essays in the independent media (although you surely haven’t been able to count on the mainstream media for adequate coverage of his case).
In all these years, the State has never been able to silence “the voice of the voiceless”. Like many other political prisoners, he’s never lost his force even in the most vulnerable conditions. His voice is now heard in the far corners of the world, instilling rage in the powerful. Even though the lies of the District Attorney’s office have been totally discredited and their racist maneuvers uncovered, the politicians of the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania have more at stake than ever in silencing this writer, simply to protect their own power base, built in large part on his case.
Mumia’s case is a strong argument against the [in]security measures planned for Mexico and dictated by Washington: the death penalty, (formal) life sentences, and the construction of more maximum security prisons, for starters. For 27 years, half his life, this activist for social justice has unjustly withstood physical and psychological torture in these hellholes under the threat of death.
Now when the Zapatista communities, the teachers of Morelos, students in teacher training schools in Guerrero, and the citizens of Morelia have been targets of the terrorism of the Zetas and other elite military / police forces trained by the government and their Israeli and gringo advisors, the architects of repression take advantage of the widespread fear in the society to demand even more military and police equipment and training, death sentences, and the construction of more prisons to dominate the society and criminalize social protest. How many of the true criminals in this country will end up in these prisons? Does anybody want to bet?
--If you don’t want to live in a society where imprisonment, legal or illegal executions, mass rape and other forms of torture, disappearances and the persecution of social activists is used to squash the legitimate opposition of the people to the looting and destruction of the country by the rich,
--If you know that most of the violence comes from the police and think it’s both illogical and criminal to train more agents of repression and torturers,
--If you want to stop the construction of more torture centers,
--If you realize that you, as a conscious person or activist, could be a political prisoner simply for defending your land, or protesting, or being in the street with more than three people, or painting graffiti, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time,
--If you share the struggle of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the political prisoners of Mexico and the world for freedom, justice and dignity, and if you want to bring them home–– speak out for their freedom.
Portland, Oregon
Strugglebration for Mumia Abu-Jamal
A night of celebration, struggle and knowledge Dec. 9, 2008 Performances by: Screening of a short film about Mumia Dec. 9, 2008 Dec. 9 marks the 27th anniversary of journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's wrongful arrest for the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia has been on death row since then, but he has continued his journalism and his activism, as a fearless defender and justice and the voice of the voiceless. We come together to celebrate his strength and to renew our fight for his freedom. Co-sponsored by KBOO, Students for Unity, Portland's Friends of MOVE and Mumia Donations go to International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. San Diego, California
Join the San Diego Malcolm X Library with a taped message from Mumia and speakers: Sabrina Green (Baltimore Free the MOVE 9 and ICFFMAJ), John Parker (Los Angeles International Action Center), David Welsh (Haiti Action Committee), Paul Loulou Chery (General Secretary, Federation of Haitian Workers).
Sunday Dec. 7, 3-5 pm, Malcolm X Library, 5150 Market Street at Euclid.
Detroit, Michigan
Meeting on the Struggle to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Location: 5922 Second Avenue at Antoinette, Near WSU Campus Film & Discussion: MOVE Documentary and US Political Prisoners Today Sponsor: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) Contact: Tel. 313.671.3715 E-mail: info@mecawi.org URL: http://www.mecawi.org Baltimore, Maryland
End the Death Penalty in Maryland and
Build the International Day of Solidarity to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Dec 5 7pm Cork Gallery Building Cork Gallery 4th Floor Doorbell #9 302 E. Federal St. Baltimore, MD 21201 contact: Ameejill Baltimore Friends of MOVE (443) 850-2840 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Join a day of International Solidarity to free MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Saturday, DEC. 6
at 12 Noon District Att orney Ofice
2 South Penn Square (East Side of City Hall)
March to Federal Courts 5th St. & Market
Before it’s too late, Stop the murder of MUMIA!
We also received word that St. Denis, France; Bonn, Switzerland; Paris, France; and San Francisco, are also holding solidarity events!
The Power of Truth is Final -- Free Mumia!
PLEASE CONTACT: Send our brotha some LOVE and LIGHT at: WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CAN *NOT* REST!! Subscribe: mumiacolumns-subscribe@topica. [Check out Mumia's latest: *WE WANT FREEDOM:
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Submitted by jon peppers (not verified) on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 9:22pmIt's a REAL shame that all the foreign supporters do NOT know the TRUE AFFIRMED facts. All they have to do is read DanielFaulkner.com. Pleas Mumia supporters, don't be fools led by fools. Over 12 Judges and Federal Justices have reviewed this case IN DEPTH and AFFIRMED Mumia's guilt for the murder/execution of another human being who happened to be a Phila. Police Officer...shot him in the back then, as he lay on the ground, shot him again killing him with a shot to the face. Some hero you have put on a pedestal. Shame
jon pisano
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