For an interview with Mumia about his new book, check out the Z Magazine article.
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20677
Saturday, February 28, 2009
MORE THAN A BOOK PARTY!
Save Saturday April 25th!
The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC) in conjunction with the Prisoners' Ministry of the Riverside Church will be hosting a "MORE THAN A BOOK PARTY" for Mumia's new book:
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners: v. the U.S.A.
PLACE: RIVERSIDE CHURCH (ROOM AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED)
THE EVENING WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO JAILHOUSE LAWYERS
AND IN HONOR OF MUMIA'S BIRTHDAY!
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS:
EDDIE ELLIS, former prisoner, host of WBAI's weekly show "On the Count"
RAMONA AFRICA, former jailhouse lawyer, sole adult survivor of 1985 bombing of MOVE
HAROLD WILSON, former death row prisoner at SCI Greene with Mumia, jailhouse lawyer, exonerated after 16 years in prison
PAUL WRIGHT, Editor, Prison Legal News
book signing, food, music, and much more ....
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 212-330-8029
OR CHECK www.freemumia.com
The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC) in conjunction with the Prisoners' Ministry of the Riverside Church will be hosting a "MORE THAN A BOOK PARTY" for Mumia's new book:
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners: v. the U.S.A.
PLACE: RIVERSIDE CHURCH (ROOM AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED)
THE EVENING WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO JAILHOUSE LAWYERS
AND IN HONOR OF MUMIA'S BIRTHDAY!
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS:
EDDIE ELLIS, former prisoner, host of WBAI's weekly show "On the Count"
RAMONA AFRICA, former jailhouse lawyer, sole adult survivor of 1985 bombing of MOVE
HAROLD WILSON, former death row prisoner at SCI Greene with Mumia, jailhouse lawyer, exonerated after 16 years in prison
PAUL WRIGHT, Editor, Prison Legal News
book signing, food, music, and much more ....
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 212-330-8029
OR CHECK www.freemumia.com
FREE THE ANGOLA 3!! BRING PP'S WOODFOX AND WALLACE HOME NOW!!
Sign the petition http://colorofchange.org/angola3/
Lets make the Angola 3 household names!
Albert Woodfox, political prisoner of the Angola 3, needs your support. In July 2008 a Federal Judge (Brady) overturned Albert Woodfox's conviction after a State Judicial Magistrate found his trial was unfair due to inadequate representation, prosecutorial misconduct, suppression of exculpatory evidence, and racial discrimination in the grand jury selection process. The State appealed this decision to the 5th Circuit Court of appeals and March 3rd are the oral arguments for that appeal.
36 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Angola.
Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates, caught the attention of Louisiana's first black elected legislators and local media in the early 1970s. State legislative leaders, along with the administration of a newly-elected, reform-minded governor, called for investigations into a host of unconstitutional practices and the extraordinarily cruel and unusual treatment commonplace in the prison. In 1972 and 1973 prison officials, determined to put an end to outside scrutiny, charged Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert King with murders they did not commit and threw them into 6x9 foot cells in solitary confinement, for nearly 36 years. Robert was freed in 2001, but Herman and Albert remain behind bars.
The oral arguments on March 3 are a very short and formal process. Albert's attorneys will explain to the court why Judge Brady did the right thing, and the State will try to argue he made a mistake in overturning the conviction. Each side will argue for 20 min and then the court will take anywhere from 1-6 months to issue their decision. If the 5th Circuit agrees with Albert's attorneys and upholds Judge Brady's ruling, then the State has 120 days to either retry or release Albert. They have already vowed to retry him. If the 5th Circuit agrees with the State, then the conviction is reinstated and Albert would have to start the appeals process all over again with a different claim if he wants to try to gain his freedom.
For more info:
www.angola3action.org
www.angola3.org
Lets make the Angola 3 household names!
Albert Woodfox, political prisoner of the Angola 3, needs your support. In July 2008 a Federal Judge (Brady) overturned Albert Woodfox's conviction after a State Judicial Magistrate found his trial was unfair due to inadequate representation, prosecutorial misconduct, suppression of exculpatory evidence, and racial discrimination in the grand jury selection process. The State appealed this decision to the 5th Circuit Court of appeals and March 3rd are the oral arguments for that appeal.
36 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Angola.
Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates, caught the attention of Louisiana's first black elected legislators and local media in the early 1970s. State legislative leaders, along with the administration of a newly-elected, reform-minded governor, called for investigations into a host of unconstitutional practices and the extraordinarily cruel and unusual treatment commonplace in the prison. In 1972 and 1973 prison officials, determined to put an end to outside scrutiny, charged Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert King with murders they did not commit and threw them into 6x9 foot cells in solitary confinement, for nearly 36 years. Robert was freed in 2001, but Herman and Albert remain behind bars.
The oral arguments on March 3 are a very short and formal process. Albert's attorneys will explain to the court why Judge Brady did the right thing, and the State will try to argue he made a mistake in overturning the conviction. Each side will argue for 20 min and then the court will take anywhere from 1-6 months to issue their decision. If the 5th Circuit agrees with Albert's attorneys and upholds Judge Brady's ruling, then the State has 120 days to either retry or release Albert. They have already vowed to retry him. If the 5th Circuit agrees with the State, then the conviction is reinstated and Albert would have to start the appeals process all over again with a different claim if he wants to try to gain his freedom.
For more info:
www.angola3action.org
www.angola3.org
LIVE FROM DEATH ROW! with PAM AFRICA, Intern'l Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Tuesday, March 10 - 7 PM
at
City College - 137th St. & Amsterdam - NAC Ballroom
These are America's condemned, who bear a stigma far worse than "prisoner." These are America's death row residents: men and women who walk the razor's edge between half-life and certain death.--Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pennsylvania death row prisoner, from his book 'Live from Death Row'
Over 3,500 men and women sit on death row across this country. This national tour will bring you their voices and their struggles.
The tour features death row prisoners speaking live via speakerphone. Including:
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Pennsylvania death row prisoner, author of Live from Death Row, We Want Freedom and numerous other books
KEVIN COOPER
California death row prisoner who came within 3 1/2 hours of being executed before he won a stay of execution
TROY DAVIS
On death row in Georgia and came within hours of execution in 2007 before he won a stay
STANLEY HOWARD
Former death row prisoner and torture victim still imprisoned in Illinois; contributing writer to the New Abolitionist
...and more!
Also speaking at City College:
Lawrence Hayes, former NYS death row prisoner
Yusef Salaam, exonerated in the Central Park jogger case
www.nodeathpenalty.org
nyc@nodeathpenalty.orgSponsored by: Campaign to End the Death Penalty & the Free Mumia Coalition-NYC
at
City College - 137th St. & Amsterdam - NAC Ballroom
These are America's condemned, who bear a stigma far worse than "prisoner." These are America's death row residents: men and women who walk the razor's edge between half-life and certain death.--Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pennsylvania death row prisoner, from his book 'Live from Death Row'
Over 3,500 men and women sit on death row across this country. This national tour will bring you their voices and their struggles.
The tour features death row prisoners speaking live via speakerphone. Including:
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Pennsylvania death row prisoner, author of Live from Death Row, We Want Freedom and numerous other books
KEVIN COOPER
California death row prisoner who came within 3 1/2 hours of being executed before he won a stay of execution
TROY DAVIS
On death row in Georgia and came within hours of execution in 2007 before he won a stay
STANLEY HOWARD
Former death row prisoner and torture victim still imprisoned in Illinois; contributing writer to the New Abolitionist
...and more!
Also speaking at City College:
Lawrence Hayes, former NYS death row prisoner
Yusef Salaam, exonerated in the Central Park jogger case
www.nodeathpenalty.org
nyc@nodeathpenalty.orgSponsored by: Campaign to End the Death Penalty & the Free Mumia Coalition-NYC
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