International Day of Solidarity with Mumia Abu Jamal!
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New York City: Saturday, December 9, 2000
12 noon: March: Gather at 97 ST & Amsterdam,
12:15: leave and march to 137th Street
3pm: Rally at the historic Mother AME Zion Church (est. 1796) 140 W. 137 Street, HarlemOn December 9th anti-death penalty activists, lovers of justice and freedom and people of good conscience around the world will protest the violation of Pennsylvania death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal's constitutional rights.
The date marks the anniversary of the night Jamal was shot, arrested, and framed for the murder of a Philadelphia Police Officer. 19 years later, this political prisoner, long time critic of police brutality, former president of the Black Journalists Association and the world's most recognized death row inmate, awaits a
decision by Federal District Curt Judge William H. Yohn Jr. on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is a decision on the constitutionality of Mumia's "trial" before Judge Albert Sabo, widely known as the "hanging Judge." We are demanding justice and a full hearing by the federal court.Pam Africa, coordinator of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, correctly explains "Our continuing national and international mobilizations are the strongest way to compel Federal Judge Yohn to meet his constitutional obligation to ensure justice is done in Mumia's case." It's Five Minutes to Midnight!
What we do now matters more than ever. We call on everyone to join in protest for Mumia and against the death penalty during the week beginning on Dec. 4th and culminating in an International Day of Action on Dec. 9th, in the spirit of Shaka Sankofa.
Here are some events you can take part in in cities across the country and around the world:
Monday-Friday: Students on Campuses will be organizing flyering, meetings, and teach-ins to helpbuild for Saturday's International Day of ActionMonday, Dec. 4th - Kick off day for Mumia Week. Also anniversary of the assassination of Panther leader Fred Hampton.
Wednesday, Dec. 6th - "Resisters Day" - Support for those arrested in Actions for Mumi
Saturday, Dec, 9th — INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
12 noon: March: Gather at 96th Street and Broadway,
12:15 leave and march to 137th Street
3pm: Rally at the historic Mother AME Zion Church (est. 1796)
140 W. 137 Street, HarlemSunday, Dec. 10th - International Human Rights Day with the Presentation of 1,000,000 signatures to the United Nations for an international Moratorium on the death penalty and day of action for Leonard Peltier
Some things you can do:
Help distribute one million leaflets across the United States in this week
Hang banners in public areas - make Mumia visible everywhere Programs, speak-outs, teach-ins,
local marches, and actions"Button Days" to wear buttons for Mumia at schools & work
Get on local media with the Mumia spoken word CD or music recorded in Honor of Mumia Organize to
stand with Mumia in Philadelphia on his first day in Federal CourtStand with Mumia on his first day in federal court in Philadelphia (date to be announced)
Build for January 20th counter-inauguration in Washington, DC.
Demand a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal and an end to the racist death penalty. Bring the
election onto the streetsStart announcing the Annual Mumia Conference to take place in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24th,
2001This call issued by the National Coordinating Committee of the Mumia Movement, representing the International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia, Academics for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Bruderhof communities, Campaign to End The Death Penalty, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NY), International Action Center, Jericho Amnesty Movement, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (Northern California), Refuse & Resist!, and Western Pennsylvania Committee to Free Mumia
For more information or to endorse this call, contact the International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, 215-476-8812, or any of the sponsoring organizations
JOIN THE Intl. Action Center Contingent on DECEMBER 9 Mumia March Gathering Site has been changed to 97th St. & AMSTERDAM,12 NOON, MARCH TO HARLEM AT THE HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL MOTHER AME ZION CHURCH, 140 WEST 137th STREET, WHERE A RALLY WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M.
Speakers include: Alice Walker, Pam Africa, Ruby Dee, NY State Controller H. Carl McCall, Larry Holmes, Mayor David Dinkins, Assemblyman Roger Green, NY Daily News Journalist Juan Gonzales, Leslie Feinberg, Dr. Alvin Durant, Leonard Weinglass, Alton Maddox,Sam Jordan, Rosemari Mealy, Steve Hawkins, Julia Wright (daughter of Richard Wright), Mireille Mendes-France (daughter of Franz Fanon) For more information call: 212- 633-6646 or 212-330-8029
ALSO Join the IAC on Sun Dec 10th for: Leonard Peltier Walk for Freedom on December 10, at 2nd avenue between 45th
and 48th streets near the United Nations. All buses and vans will be able
to drop people off at Union Square and park at the above location to pick
people up.
-LPDC
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Call the White House Comments Line Today
Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111
Be in New York City December 10th
Peltier Walk For Freedom!
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
www.freepeltier.org
On International Mumia Awareness Day: DEMONSTRATE IN SOLIDARITY WITH HUNGER STRIKING TURKISH POLITICAL PRISONERS AND FOR JUSTICE FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
PARK STREET STATION BOSTONSATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 2:00 PM
On Saturday, December 9, 2000, demonstrators in Boston will stand in solidarity with more than 1000 Turkish Political Prisoners who have been on hunger strike since October 20 against the imposition of sensory deprivation isolation cells known as the "F-system." Almost 300 of the prisoners are on fast until death. The demonstrators will also be joining with anti-death penalty activists, lovers of justice and freedom and people of good conscience around the world who will be protesting the violation of Pennsylvania death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal's constitutional rights on that day -- International Mumia Awareness day.
On Oct. 20 a group of 1000 or more political prisoners in Turkey began an unlimited hunger strike--which has expanded into a fast unto death for 100 of the prisoners--to protest the Turkish regime's plans to introduce new torture techniques in the prisons.
Turkish prisons have always been places where political prisoners faced the threat of beatings. The police and army have even carried out massacres. On Sept. 26, 1999, for example, at least 10 prisoners were killed as soldiers assaulted Ulucanlar prison.
But the many political prisoners--10,000 of Turkey's 70,000 prisoners are behind bars because of their membership in revolutionary organizations--have always been able to have contact with each other in the dormitory-style settings.
Now the Turkish regime plans to isolate the political prisoners in "F-style" prisons in individual cells in an attempt to break them psychologically. These techniques, which use sensory deprivation to weaken the prisoners, have already been applied in prisons in Western Europe and the United States.
In August, relatives and other supporters of the prisoners marched to Ankara and rallied in Istanbul to protest the new plans. Now the prisoners themselves have decided to take action with the only weapons they have available--their own lives.
Imprisoned members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), the Communist Party of Turkey--Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML) and the Communist Workers Party of Turkey (TKIP) have called for the death fast.
In a statement released to the public, the prisoners declared: "We are determined. "We will not hesitate to pay whatever price is necessary, but we will not enter the isolation cells. They can massacre all of us, we may fall martyr in death fasts, there may be only one of us left in the prisons, but even then they will not be able to put that single captive into the cells alive."
The demonstration will publicize a petition and letter writing campaign in support of the prisoners. Petitions and letters can be downloaded from www.iacboston.org
The demonstrators will also be speaking out on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of the December 9 International Mumia Awareness Day. The date marks the anniversary of the night Jamal was shot, arrested, and framed for the murder of a Philadelphia Police Officer. 19 years later, this political prisoner, long time critic of police brutality, former president of the Black Journalists Association and the world's most recognized death row inmate, awaits a decision by Federal District Court Judge William H. Yohn Jr. on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
This is a decision on the constitutionality of Mumia's "trial" before Judge Albert Sabo, widely known as the "hanging Judge." We are demanding justice and a full hearing by the federal court. Pam Africa, coordinator of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, correctly explains "Our continuing national and international mobilizations are the strongest way to compel Federal Judge Yohn to meet his constitutional obligation to ensure justice is done in Mumia's case." It's Five Minutes to Midnight!
What we do now matters more than ever. We call on everyone to join in protest for Mumia and against the death penalty during the week beginning on Dec. 4th and culminating in an International Day of Action on Dec. 9th, in the spirit of Shaka Sankofa.
For more information, contact
Justice for Turkish Political Prisoners
c/o International Action Center Boston
31 Germania St (enter 284 Amory St) Jamaica Plain, Ma 02130
617-522-6626
iacboston@iacboston.org
www.iacboston.org
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