By Abayomi Azikiwe During the late 1960s, Mumia Abu-Jamal became a youth activist in the city of Philadelphia where a succession of racist police chiefs engaged in widespread abuse against the African American community. Philadelphia […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the 1970s, amid a draconian counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against African American organizations throughout the United States, a cadre of activists in New York […]
Press release August 8, 2022 CONTACTS: Brad Thomson, Attorney, People’s Law Office 1180 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642 Nyeusi Jami, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), Atlanta Coordinator nyeusi.jami@protonmail.com Today, on Dr. Shakur’s 72nd birthday, […]
By Terri Kay July 3rd marked the 40th anniversary of the conviction and death sentence of honored and celebrated political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Activists in over 40 cities around the world held events on this […]
By Fighting Words Staff July 3, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the conviction of African American journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal in the city of Philadelphia. Activists from around the country and the […]
By Verbena Lea, Sarah Torres, Tova Fry July 3, 2022 marks 40 years (July 1982) since journalist and Black Panther Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in Pennsylvania, framed in the government war […]
By Linda Ford, CounterPunch magazine The media coverage of the hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas has been predictably hysterical, Islamophobic and inaccurate about Aafia Siddiqui, the apparent political cause of the hostage-taker Malik Faisad […]
By Michael Schiffmann If you happen to live in Philadelphia, I’d like to suggest that you take a walk at the crime sce ne of one of the most famous murder cases of our time […]
By Johanna Fernandez, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home Dear Friends: In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” With continued pressure […]
By Mobilization 4 Mumia Abu-Jamal NEWS ADVISORY PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7, 2021 – Human rights and community activists from throughout the world are organizing online and in-person events to mark the anniversary of the December 9, […]
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