Mumia's Oral Arguments Set For May 17
--Pam Africa calls for mass-demonstration in
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Brief Supporting Mumia Condemns racism in black death-row prisoner's original trial Sunday, January 7
After 25 Years: Two New Reports of Mumia's "Hospital Confession"
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Friday, December 15
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Uprising Radio /KPFK Los Angeles
Interview about Mumia on the 25th anniversary of his arrest
Thursday, December 7
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Independent Media Center Website Feature Article on Mumia
This IMC web feature is written with numerous links to a variety of websites and articles about Mumia.
RADIO INTERVIEW:
Is Honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal A Crime?
Telephone interview with Peter J. Wirs (Chairman of Philadelphia's 59th Republican Ward Executive Committee) about the new criminal charges filed against two French cities supporting journalist and death-row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Freiheit für Mumia Abu-Jamal!
German book by author Michael Schiffmann reveals explosive new evidence in death-row case.
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Mumia's Best (and Last) Chance For a New Trial: A Legal Update
Provides legal update and background information on the injustice of the 1995-97 PCRA hearings as action in the court heats up with public oral arguments expected any month.
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Is Honoring Mumia a Crime?
Philadelphia's 59th Republican Ward Executive Committeefiles criminal charges against French cities supporting Mumia.
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Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal
Reports on this September's French delegation (including Julia Wright) that traveled to Philadelphia in response to recent US government resolutions condemning French cities.
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Photos From Past French Visits to Philadelphia
Noam Chomsky on Mumia
2003 Interview
With Mumia
Much more available at:
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10 Things you Can Do to Help Free Mumia
1. Get involved. Join an army of activists. Call International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 19709, Philadelphia, PA 19143, (Tel (215) 476-8812. Donate funds above. For a tax-deductible gift send a check to MAJ/Organizing c/o NBUF 40 Clinton St. Newark, NJ O7102. www.Mumia.org.
2. Contact Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Director Jeffrey A. Beard and ask that inhumane conditions, isolation, and torture of death-row inmates
be immediately addressed. (717) 975-4918 PA Dept of Corrections, 2520 Lisburn Road P.O. Box 598 Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598
3. Call, write or fax Ed Rendell, Governor, to demand a new trial for Mumia: 225 Main Capitol Building Harrisburg, PA 17120, 717-787-2500 ph 717-783-1198 fax.
4. Organize a speaking engagement in your town or at a college with Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lead attorney Robert R. Bryan (Bryanlawsf@aol.com), and Pam Africa of ICFFMAJ 215-476-8812.
5. Call your local community radio station and ask them to play Mumia's insightful commentaries, hear the commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. Help Mumia’s voice soar! Donate to Prison Radio. Mumia’s weekly radio essays reach over 100 radio stations worldwide. Every gift appreciated, a gift of $300 helps us reach new stations. PO Box 411074, SF, CA 94141. 415-648-4505.
6. Contribute to Mumia Abu-Jamal's Legal Defense Fund. Write a check to the National Lawyers Guild Foundation/Mumia. Make sure to write Mumia on the memo line, and mail to: Friends of MAJ, 130 Morningside Drive, Suite 6C, NY, NY 10027.
7. Write to Mumia Abu-Jamal, AM 8335, 175 Progress Dr., Waynesburg, PA 15370.
8. Call 1-800-VISIT-PA to say you will only vacation in Pennsylvania when Mumia is granted a new trial, a moratorium on executions is enacted, and the MOVE 9 are free.
9. Buy his new book “We Want Freedom” (www.southendpress.org). Ask your local bookstore to carry Mumia’s books.
10. Join your local Mumia organizing group, or start a new one. For more information about the death penalty and the pennsylvania prison system contact www.prisonsociety.org
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