TheWashingtonPost By Eisa Nefertari Ulen Few inmates have garnered more international attention than Mumia Abu-Jamal. Martin Luther King, Jr., Madiba Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi: these are some of the names that certainly surpas Abu-Jamal in terms of international recognition, but likely equal his in terms of active dedication to disenfranchised people of all backgrounds. And Abu-Jamal is likely a […]
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If you’re not familiar with Mumia’s case, he is a political activist and journalist who was framed for killing a police officer in 1981. Learn more: http://www.FreeMumia.com Ta
source url: http://www.voxunion.com/042613/ Now I respect Shaquille O’Neal az a b-ball player, now az a human being and az especially when u are a black man or wombmyn and a major mover in the black community. But to censor Mumia Abu-Jamal ’s Long Distance Revolutionary in Newark NJ and tha sad part about thiz, iz tha fact that Newark […]
On Friday, April 26th, there will be a special press conference and rally co-hosted by the NYC Free Mumia Coalition, the People’s Organization for Progress, the New Black Panther Party and other leaders condemning City Plex 12 decision to cancel the previously scheduled showing of the critically acclaimed documentary, Mumia-Long Distance Revolutionary, produced by Newark native […]
April 24, 1954 Mumia Abu-Jamal is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been in prison since 1981 and was on death row since 1983 for allegedly shooting Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. After decades of appeals, he left death row in 2012 but is still facing a life sentence. He is known as […]
Where were you when you learned about the May 13th, 1985 Bombing of MOVE? You remember. You remember because the tragedy that day touched everyone it reached. What did it teach you? Tell someone. Write a poem, short story, rhyme, or snapshot. What did it mean? What did you learn? What are you going to […]
Join us on Monday, April 22, to buy tickets for the bus to Philadelphia on April 24, to demand: Release Mumia from prison End mass incarceration An evening of education & discussion Mon., April 22 Time: 7 – 9 pm Solidarity Center 147 W. 24 St. 2nd Fl., Manhattan Get tickets for Philly: $10 (some […]
“I would like to leave behind me the conviction that if we maintain a certain amount of caution and organization we deserve victory… You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage […]
Mumia Abu-Jamal discusses black political thought, the great thinkers, movement builders, decolonization of the mind, his biggest political influences and political “menticide” of today’s youth. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political prisoner currently serving a life sentence for an alleged murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Incarcerated since 1981, in a trial that was plagued with blatant judicial disregard, […]
We Demand That District Attorney Seth Williams Release Mumia Now! Philadelphia • Wednesday, April 24 2–6 PM • Rally and March 3 S. Penn Square • City Hall Area 6:30–9:30 PM • Campaign Kickoff Church of the Advocate, 1801 W. Diamond St. From Mumia’s arrest up until now, the Philadelphia DA’s office has been a […]
