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Steven Argue & Cynthia McKinney | 08.16.2008
"As the United States activated Navy ships and the Air Force to begin an airlift of non-specified goods into the former Soviet state of Georgia, and military exercises began in the Persian Gulf near Iran, I received communications from certain individuals among the Colorado Greens who were organizing campaign support events there, suggesting that I not participate in an anti-war program being organized by other individuals in Colorado." -Cynthia McKinney  DNC Protest,
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| 08.14.2008
Leaders who are oppessive have code words "Get the Durg Dealers off the Street" "Make the Streets safe" etc, Obama displays none of this. This is what you wrote, http://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/71826 Obama from a broken family, went on to Harvard, and I hope will go further. Mumia’s father died when he was young and his desperately poor mother had to raise the family.
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Richard Kane | 07.14.2008
There is debate whether Philadelphians are too afraid of the police to protest about Mumia, like in NY or whether we are rednecks who want to see someone punished who wouldn't even face life imprisonment much less death in punishment hungry Saudi Arabia. But as usual we Americans tend to mess things up by avoiding the subject of race. Strike up a casual conversation then mention Mumia. Avoidance rather than anger or fear will be the most likely response. Our Silence Screams out Lies
Neither fear of the police or anger
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HansBennett | 04.18.2008
I am excited to announce today’s release of the Journalists for Mumia newspaper, “Abu-Jamal News,” published as a special emergency edition. View the PDF here. We urgently need funds to pay for these newspapers! I am excited to announce today’s release of the Journalists for Mumia newspaper, “Abu-Jamal News,” published as a special emerge
Is this an April fool's joke? The last two days have featured solid articles about Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Yesterday, featured an article by Emilie Lounsberry covering the press conference on Monday at the federal courthouse, titled
Press Conference and protest outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia on March 31, 2008. This was in response the the March 27 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that denied Mumia a new guilt-phase trial.
VIDEO: Mumia press conference at the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia
"We are witness to what has become known as "Mumia Law," as opposed
to U.S. law, said Mackler. "No matter what the present law and
precedents are, the courts find ways to circumvent them with spurious
arguments that expose the political nature of Mumia's prosecution and persecution. The State of Pennsylvania wants Mumia murdered and they couldn't care less about what laws and precedents stand in their way."
New York. The National Lawyers Guild is gravely disappointed by the decision of the three-judge panel of the Appellate Court in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal v. Martin Horn.
Last week’s court decision was not a victory. While we obviously prefer to have Mumia alive, instead of executed, life in prison without parole is an unacceptable sentence for an innocent man that was convicted with a blatantly unfair trial.
THE DEMONSTRATION IN
While ruling against the three issues that could have led to a new guilt-phase trial, the court affirmed Judge Yohn's 2001 decision overturning the death sentence. If the District Attorney wants to re-instate the death sentence, the DA must call for a new penalty-phase jury trial that would be limited to the question of life in prison without a chance of parole or a death sentence. See responses from Pam Africa, lead attorney Robert R. Bryan (on Democracy Now!), and articles by the Philadelphia Inquirer (w/ special archive page), David Lindorff, Linn Washington Jr., and The German Network Against the Death Penalty and to Free Mumia.
Protest actions are planned for Friday, March 28, in New York City, and San Francisco. In Philadelphia a press conference and emergency planning meeting are scheduled for Monday, March 31, as well as a mass demonstration on April 19, the Saturday before the Presidential Primary Election in Pennsylvania. For the latest updates, go to FreeMumia.com.
Abu-Jamal's friends, The MOVE 9, have parole interviews in early April. At a PA State Capitol press conference this week (WATCH VIDEOS), supporters publicized the campaign to contact the Parole Board and sign an online petition.
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