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San Diego mobilizes to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home

April 28, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 On the weekend of his 69th birthday celebration, the San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Political Prisoners held a meeting to honor the world-famous political prisoner, revolutionary journalist, and author. The […]
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How to free Mumia? Shut it down!

April 27, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 On April 23, a day before Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th birthday, protesters marched down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia to a rally at the OneArt Community Center. A glorious mural demanding Mumia’s freedom marks the […]
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Court denies a fair trial: The fight for Mumia’s freedom continues

April 3, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 On March 31, news of Judge Lucretia Clemons’ decision to deny Mumia Abu-Jamal his right to a fair trial spread instantly around the world, even though in the U.S., the major media remained silent. […]
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International Transport Workers Union calls for Mumia’s release

March 31, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
International Transport Workers Union General Secretary Stephen Cotton wrote a letter of support for “the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal” to Judge Lucretia Clemons of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on March 27 […]
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Mobilizing to free Mumia Abu-Jamal – San Diego

March 23, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 The San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal hosted a meeting on March 11 at the Malcolm X Library to follow up on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.  We are answering the call to […]
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We firmly believe that the time has come. Mumia Abu-Jamal must be set free: Irvin Jim writes to U.S. judge

February 18, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
(From February 16 to March 16, trade unions and people’s movements across the world are organizing a campaign to demand the release of U.S. political prisoner, militant, and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been in […]
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We have the best chance in a very long time to actually achieve Mumia’s freedom: Angela Davis writes to Irvin Jim

February 17, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
(From February 16 to March 16, trade unions and people’s movements across the world are organizing a campaign to demand the release of US political prisoner, militant and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been in […]
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Marshall ‘Eddie’ Conway, ¡presente!

February 15, 2023 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Former Black Panther Party leader and political prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway died Feb. 13 in Long Beach, California. He was a leading member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party and was falsely […]
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Reflections on the passing of Wadiya Jamal

January 6, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
When I read the email message from Black Alliance for Peace on Dec. 27 stating Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wife, Wadiya Jamal, had transitioned, I was deeply saddened.  I recovered from my state of shock, reading the […]
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SoCal fights to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home

December 23, 2022 Gloria Verdieu
On Oct. 16, Judge Lucretia Clemons of the Common Pleas Court of Pennsylvania dismissed all the claims that political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and his lawyers presented – critical evidence, withheld for over 40 years, that […]