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Coverage of Navalny vs. Mumia Abu-Jamal highlights corporate media hypocrisy

April 22, 2021 Greg Butterfield

In recent weeks, U.S. corporate media has been flooded with coverage of imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s hunger strike and stories of his failing health. After three weeks on hunger strike, Navalny’s personal doctors […]

Pam Africa: As Mumia awaits heart surgery, I am issuing a challenge to CNN’s Michael Smerconish and DA Larry Krasner

April 19, 2021 Pam Africa, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Ona Move! On Saturday April 17, Mumia called his wife Wadiya and told her that he is scheduled to have heart surgery on Monday April 19. Your support with calling and emailing prison authorities today and […]

Urgent call to action: Mumia Abu-Jamal to have heart surgery

April 15, 2021 International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 14, 2021, 6:01 p.m. — We have learned that Mumia Abu-Jamal, the world renowned veteran Black Panther, political prisoner and radio journalist, had heart pain over the weekend. He was rushed to the hospital, […]

In cities across the U.S.: All out April 24 for Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 15, 2021 Gloria Verdieu

The Socialist Unity Party, Struggle-La Lucha newspaper and the San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia join in the “Bring Mumia Home” campaign initiated by International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ). Saturday, April […]

Urgent call to free Turkish political prisoner Ali Osman Köse

April 14, 2021 Anti-Imperialist Front

Freedom for Ali Osman Köse, who resisted for 37 years against violence and torture of fascism in Turkey Ali Osman Köse is a political prisoner who fights for the freedom of the people of Turkey […]

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After 31 years, Gerald Reed is free!

April 3, 2021 FightBack! News

Statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) greets the commutation of Gerald Reed’s life sentence today by Governor J. B. Pritzker as a […]

We want justice: Free all political prisoners!

April 3, 2021 Gloria Verdieu

Presentation by the Socialist Unity Party and the Prisoners Solidarity Committee to the Anti-Imperialist Symposium in Paris April 2-4, an annual event sponsored by the Anti-Imperialist Front. For a complete description of the event go […]

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Mumia update: The new Krasner brief

March 30, 2021 Pam Africa, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal

As you can see from our petition, we have been seeking to approach Larry Krasner diplomatically. In our effort to attract the widest possible range of supporters, we have written the petition with polite language. We […]

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health emergency: The only treatment is freedom

March 19, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha

An interview with physician consultant Dr. Ricardo Alvarez March 18 Health Update from Noelle Hanrahan, Prison Radio: Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health still remains a deep concern. He was hospitalized with congestive heart failure and Covid 19 […]

To: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner: Stop defending Mumia Abu-Jamal’s unjust conviction

March 17, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha

Please sign the Color of Change petition to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner: Stop Defending Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Unjust Conviction Dear Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, We, the signers of this petition, declare: Mumia Abu-Jamal is […]