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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 […]
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Philadelphia: Fight to free Mumia Abu-Jamal continues

December 17, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dec. 16 ― Supporters packed the courtroom at Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Post-Conviction Relief Act hearing today before Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons. Outside, more supporters demonstrated in the rain. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a world-renowned political […]
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U.N. rights group files brief about systemic racism in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case

December 14, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent filed an amicus brief on Dec. 6 with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lucretia Clemons regarding the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. […]
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Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now!

December 14, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
Statement of Vermont AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen “The Vermont AFL-CIO declares that it is time that Mumia Abu Jamal, and all Black political prisoners in the U.S. who were engaged with organizing through the […]
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Judicial persecution corrupts the case Of Mumia Abu-Jamal

December 2, 2022 Linn Washington
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons is the latest addition to an odious list of appellate court jurists who craftily construct legal barriers specifically to bludgeon evidence that undermines the corrupted conviction of Mumia […]
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Demand buried evidence in Mumia’s case be heard

October 29, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Protesters rallied in Philadelphia at a Pennsylvania court on Oct. 26, demanding the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Protesters inside the court supported his lawyers, Judith Ritter and Samuel Spital.  The lawyers argued that […]
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Alabama prison strike on hold after 3 weeks

October 24, 2022 Ryan Fatica
Alabama – Prisoners in Alabama announced on Oct. 14 that they had paused their historic three-week work stoppage. The strike, which started Sept. 26, involved thousands of prisoners throughout the state, causing the breakdown of normal […]
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Open Letter to Maureen Faulkner from Julia Wright

October 24, 2022 Julia Wright
Dear Maureen Faulkner, As Mumia Abu-Jamal’s October 26th court hearing approaches, you will be yet again letting the world know what a  stab of pain you feel at seeing the “murderer” of your husband still […]
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Leonard Peltier’s 46 years in prison: ‘What else do you want?’

October 23, 2022 Mark Trahant
Leonard Peltier’s name has become a story that reflects other stories. One narrative describes Peltier as America’s longest political prisoner, serving more than 46 years in a federal maximum security prison. In that telling, Peltier […]
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Alabama prisoners strike against racism and unlivable conditions

October 18, 2022 Lev Koufax
On Sept. 26, thousands of prisoners across the state of Alabama declared a general strike in the 13 state prisons. Prisoners refused to work until the Alabama Department of Corrections met several demands. These demands […]