Don't let Bush's henchmen kill Mumia

Mumia is once again under threat of execution, please help the campaign to save him from execution in Philadelphia.

thanks,

Derek



YOUR SUPPORT IS URGENTLY NEEDED!!!

via icffmaj@aol.com

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal !

The State of Pennsylvania has recently filed its appeal seeking to reinstate the order to execute Mumia. If their appeal is upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has pledged to sign the third warrant for Mumia's execution. Barring the unlikely intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, Mumia will have 90 days to live!

Pennsylvania authorities are dead set on winning. They, along with the Fraternal Order of Police, are campaigning to bring the matter to national attention.

The Fraternal Order of Police and their collaborators in the media and among politicians have been on the rampage since the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that there were two issues Mumia could appeal on that might lead to a new trial. These forces insist that Mumia should have no right to appeal. They attack all those who support Mumia's innocence or even his right to a new trial.

The naming of a street after Mumia in Saint Denis, France has only fueled their rage. The new street, leading to the largest sports stadium in Europe, the Nelson Mandela Stadium, has been formally named Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Two U.S. Congresspeople from Pennsylvania are introducing federal legislation to demand that the city of St Denis reverse its decision to name a major street after Mumia. House Resolution 407, which embodies these demands, was supported unanimously by the City Council of Philadelphia.

The U.S. legislation, House Resolution 407, proposes to sanction St. Denis or call for a U.S. boycott of the city, should the St Denis Mayor and City Council refuse to reverse their vote. Both have refused to do so.

Philadelphia newspapers are joining the reactionary chorus damning the St Denis decision. See:
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/stu_bykofsky/14662075.htm

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/opinion/local2/region/14614527.htm

Mumia's racist detractors know full well that a final decision is coming, one that could lead to Mumia's execution or to a new trial and his freedom.

To repond to the vicious attacks on Mumia in the Philly media (see above, etc.), write to the following:

The Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box 8263
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101

Stu Bykofsky, Columnist
stubyko@phillynews.com
Readers' Editor Jodie Chester
jchester@phillynews.com
Editorial Copy Chief Oscar Miller
omiller@phillnews.com

Philadelphia Daily News
P.O. Box 7788
Philadelphia, PA 19101
City Editor Gar Joseph
josephg@phillynews.com
Assistant City Editor Barbara Laker
lakerb@phillynews.com
Frank Burgos
burgosf@phillynews.com


For more info, see:
http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/
http://www.freemumia.org/
http://www.freemumia.com/

p.s.
In October 2003, Mumia Abu-Jamal was awarded the status of honorary citizen of Paris. The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, said in a press release that the award was meant to be a reminder of the continuing fight against the death penalty, which was abolished in France in 1981. Additionally, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the NAACP, the National Lawyers Guild, the Japanese Diet, the European Parliament, as well as several national U.S. trade union federations (ILWU, AFSCME, SEIU, the national postal union), the 1.8 million member California Labor Federation AFL-CIO, and the Episcopal Church of the United States of America all maintain that Mumia's original trial was not conducted in a fair and impartial manner, and demand either a new trial or Mumia's immediate release.

Free Mumia!
Free all Political Prisoners!
Ona MOVE!
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