Is Honoring Mumia a Crime?

Philadelphia Mayoral Reception Room when the French received miniature liberty bells from the mayor's assistant. Africa is holding a picture of the late actor and Mumia supporter Ossie Davis. February 11, 2005.

Hans Bennett begins his new blog, INSUBORDINATION Photo-Journalism, with coverage of efforts by Philadelphia politicians to punish French officials and activists for honoring Mumia:

Philadelphia's 59th Republican Ward Executive Committee files criminal charges against French cities supporting black death-row prisoner.

Is it a crime to publicly honor black death-row prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal (convicted of killing white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in a 1982 trial that Amnesty International has declared a "violation of minimum international standards that govern fair trial procedures and the use of the death penalty")? Future Philadelphia mayoral candidate Peter J. Wirs thinks so. read more

Philly Officials Attempt to Withdraw Awards Given to Mumia

Dear Friends,

The movement to free Mumia in France as well as the movement in this country must be doing the right thing! The City Council of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department are working on trying to get the City of Paris and the City of Saint-Denis to withdraw the respective honors they bestowed on Mumia. They are sending a delegation consisting of four city council members and the chief of police of Philadelphia, later this month to try to persuade the French to do their bidding. The document linked below demonstrates their totally hypocritical and damned lying arguments for withdrawing these awards, claiming they themselves do not support the death penalty. Rather, they say, waving the carrot before Mumia
supporters and supposedly Mumia, they believe he should get life in prison without parole! Will they try to get the street naming project in Harlem stopped as well? Or have they aleady tried?

The movement in France is prepared to greet this delegation. And we are surely ready to continue the struggle here.

Click here for a copy of the document.

Ona Move,

Suzanne Ross
Co-chair, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC

PS Additional materials will be available on our website: www.freemumia.com

25 Years of Resistance

From The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC:

Sisters and Brothers:

Saturday, December 9th, will mark the 25th year of Mumia's incarceration, and the 25th year of his RESISTANCE, right in the bowels of the Beast. What an example of resistance Mumia has provided -- refusing to be silenced, learning, teaching, encouraging, engaged in struggle and strategy for resistance every minute of his life.

We, too, are part of that resistance!

Let's join together on Saturday December 9th in Philadelphia to mark this extremely important anniversary, when the enemy decided to make its ultimate move on a heroic revolutionary brother and leader.

We will be gathering at 12 noon at Philadelphia's City Hall to march to the AFSC building on 15th Street and Cherry.

Petition Drive to name a street in Harlem in honor of Mumia

HARLEM Can Help SAVE MUMIA!

Petition Drive to name a street in Harlem in honor of
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

Kick-Off Petitioning Drive :
Saturday, November 11th at Noon

St. Mary's Episcopal Church
521 West 126th Street
in the Village of Harlem

This sign of the street named for Mumia in a prominent Parisian suburb demonstrates the French will to free Mumia.

And now Harlem's strong resolve to give Mumia a place in its heart will help set him free.

Cultural Performances by songbird duo: Desiree Gorndon & Sala Cyril

This would be a good time to wear your Mumia button and t-shirt.

Come out and make history! We're going to hit the streets—so bring your clipboards & pens—and wear comfortable shoes!

(Nearest subway is #1 to 125th Street.)

Pam Africa Turns Sixty!

Pam Africa, Director of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, is turning 60!

Come celebrate this revolutionary sister/warrior at a fundraiser,

Saturday, November 18th from 5-9pm at the Salem United Methodist Church at 129th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem, NYC.

Donate to the work of ICFFMAJ, checks payable to:
Pam Africa
PO Box 19709
Philadelphia, 19143

The program will include Camille Yarbrough, The Welfare Poets, and many others.
Dinner will be available between 5 and 6pm

For more information visit www.freemumia.com.
or call (212)330-8029

Download the flyer for the event here.

Legal Update

Mumia's attorney, Robert R. Bryan, recently announced the filing of a new brief in the case.

From Atty. Bryan's letter:
On October 23, 2006, the Fourth-Step Reply Brief of Appellee and Cross-Appellant, Mumia Abu-Jamal was submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia. (Abu-Jamal v. Horn, U.S. Ct. of Appeals Nos. 01-9014, 02-9001.) It is attached...

The brief is of enormous consequence since it goes to the essence of our client's right to a fair trial, due process of law, and equal protection of the law, guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

To read the brief in full, go to http://www.freemumia.com.