LIVE STREAM: All out for Mumia: Fri., Dec. 9 • Philadelphia
The 30th anniversary of his incarceration and frame up
LIVE STREAM OF MUMIA EVENT TONIGHT/UPDATE FROM NYC FREE MUMIA
COALITION
The live stream will be available at: http://www.freemumia.com/?p=701
The event will feature: Dr. Cornel West, Michelle Alexander, Vijay Prashad,
Immortal Technique, Mark Lamont Hill, Ramona Africa, Michael Coard, Louisa
Hanoune, Amiri and Amina Baraka, IMPACT Youth Repertory Theater, African Dance
Ensemble, and SURPRISE GUESTS!
Full Event Listing: http://www.freemumia.com/?p=627
Dec 3, 2011
Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Having survived two execution orders and 30 years on death
row in solitary confinement, never being able to touch his dying mother or
sister, his spouse, children or grandchildren (let alone anyone else, other
than the prison guards who handcuff and shackle him), Mumia Abu-Jamal, an
innocent man, now faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in
prison.
Even though by the courts’ rulings, Mumia should
never have been sentenced to death in the first place; should never have spent
one day on death row, as his 30 years on death row were in blatant violation of
the Constitution; those who have for those 30 years wanted to “fry
Mumia,” now simply want him to rot in prison for the rest of his life.
The prosecution, resigned to the defeat of their decades-long strategy thanks
to the powerful and consistent international movement of resistance —
which has held on over these many years — is now saying, “Okay, let
him go into general population and let’s close the chapter on this case
that has caused us so much embarrassment.”
We say this is totally unacceptable: the only justice that
can be applied at this point, after 30 years of Mumia’s confinement on
death row and the torture of isolation, is Mumia’s immediate
release.
On December 9 — on the eve of International Human
Rights Day — hundreds will rally at Philadelphia’s National
Constitution Center demanding freedom for Mumia and all political prisoners,
abolition of the death penalty, an end to mass incarceration and police
terrorism, and in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., Philadelphia
7:30 p.m. sharp to 10:30 p.m., (doors open at 7
p.m.)
- No to life in prison, free Mumia now!!!
- No to the racist death penalty, no to the prison
industrial complex,
- No to police terrorism, no to U.S. wars at home and
abroad,
- Free all political prisoners, Occupy Wall
Street
- Hear: Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Ramona Africa,
Vijay Prashad, Michelle Alexander (by video),
Amina & Amiri Baraka, IMPACT Youth Repertory,
African Drum & Dance Ensemble, Attorney Michael Coard
Pick up palm cards at Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St.,
5th Floor,
212-633-6646 anytime after 2 p.m. weekdays. Call 212-330-8029 for bus tickets
& other locations for pickup of palm cards.
Buses leave NYC at 3 p.m. from 33rd St. and 8th Ave., $20 round
trip.