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Mumia Abu-Jamal Innocent Man on Death Row! We Accept Nothing Less Than His Freedom! On March 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, ignoring its own rulings and precedents as well as those of the U.S. Supreme Court, denied the appeal of innocent death row inmate, frame-up victim, award-winning journalist and leading fighter for human and democratic rights, Mumia Abu- Jamal. The State of Pennsylvania now seeks Mumia’s execu- tion. We seek a new trial and his freedom. After twenty-six years on death row resulting from a racist trial and Amnesty International-repudiated conviction presided over by Judge "Yeah, I’m going to help ‘em fry the nigger," Albert Sabo, a worldwide effort to win Mumia’s freedom is underway. As Mumia’s legal struggle enters its final stages we must reded- icate ourselves to a fight that makes the political price of his continued incarceration impossible and his freedom inevitable. The broken criminal "justice" system has excluded a mountain of evidence proving Mumia’s innocence. The truth will be heard! Mumia’s freedom is in our hands! Join us! Hear Cynthia McKinney former Congresswoman from Georgia Soffiyah Elijah Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School. Legal counsel for Sundiata Acoli, Marilyn Buck, Kwame Turé Cindy Sheehan founding member, Gold Star Families for Peace, an organi- zation founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost fam- ily members in the U.S. war on Iraq Walter Turner Host, Africa Today, Pacifica Radio/KPFA Also Jeff Mackler Director, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Alan Benjamin Exec. Bd., San Francisco Labor Council Kali Akuno Director, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Devorah Major & Jack Hirschman Former Poets Laureate of San Francisco Mesha Monge Irizarry Founder, Idriss Stelley Foundation Gloria LaRiva ANSWER Coalition; Pres., Typographical section, CWA Local 39521 Chris Kinder Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:00 pm ILWU Local 6, 255 Ninth Street, near Howard, San Francisco Admission $10 sliding scale. Apologies: Bathrooms not wheelchair accessible. Sponsor: Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; [email protected] 510-268-9429. Send contributions to: Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 10328, Oakland, CA94610 Freemumia.org Tables: $25 labor donated 5/7/08
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Mumia Abu-JamalInnocent Man on Death Row!
We Accept Nothing LessThan His Freedom!
On March 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit,ignoring its own rulings and precedents as well as those ofthe U.S. Supreme Court, denied the appeal of innocent deathrow inmate, frame-up victim, award-winning journalist andleading fighter for human and democratic rights, Mumia Abu-Jamal. The State of Pennsylvania now seeks Mumia’s execu-tion. We seek a new trial and his freedom. After twenty-sixyears on death row resulting from a racist trial and AmnestyInternational-repudiated conviction presided over by Judge"Yeah, I’m going to help ‘em fry the nigger," Albert Sabo, aworldwide effort to win Mumia’s freedom is underway. AsMumia’s legal struggle enters its final stages we must reded-icate ourselves to a fight that makes the political price of hiscontinued incarceration impossible and his freedominevitable.
The broken criminal "justice" system has excluded amountain of evidence proving Mumia’s innocence. The truthwill be heard! Mumia’s freedom is in our hands! Join us!
Hear
Cynthia McKinney former Congresswoman from Georgia
Soffiyah Elijah Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard LawSchool. Legal counsel for Sundiata Acoli, Marilyn Buck,
Kwame Turé
Cindy Sheehanfounding member, Gold Star Families for Peace, an organi-
zation founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost fam-ily members in the U.S. war on Iraq
Walter TurnerHost, Africa Today, Pacifica Radio/KPFA
AlsoJeff Mackler
Director, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Alan BenjaminExec. Bd., San Francisco Labor Council
Kali AkunoDirector, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Devorah Major & Jack HirschmanFormer Poets Laureate of San Francisco
Mesha Monge Irizarry Founder, Idriss Stelley Foundation
Gloria LaRivaANSWER Coalition; Pres., Typographical section,
CWA Local 39521
Chris KinderLabor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:00 pm ILWU Local 6, 255 Ninth Street, near Howard, San FranciscoAdmission $10 sliding scale. Apologies: Bathrooms not wheelchair accessible.
Sponsor: Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; [email protected] 510-268-9429. Send contributions to:Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 10328, Oakland, CA 94610 Freemumia.org Tables: $25
labor donated 5/7/08
