Time for Sri Jamal, Ltd., PhD-at-Life! Shouts-out to MOVE Watcher peeps, hope to see more 411 in any comments you are encouraged to make. I wasn't in Philly that year, or any year. I've read all manner of "Hangin's too good fer him" commentary on the specifics of the case against Mumia in the killing of Officer Faulkner. I've explained my bottom line before but i'll say it some more:
There's science in the man's words, and i've seen this culture of ours kill good cops to frame and hang
white men for the
application of this particular science. MOVE was/is a religious group, which makes them as prone to being nutters as any church group, but probably shouldn't have gotten their neighborhood bombed. Cops shouldn't bomb, soldiers shouldn't do policework. This makes me niether pro-MOVE or an advocate of immediate full pardon for Jamal. Hey, i don't even approve of restitution policies, and don't get me started on the Emmancipation Desecration. I just think the guy needs a retrial
if a confessional witness has (as was the story) surfaced. Know also that i don't nessesarily believe in the confessional witness as a phenomina manifest outside of courtroom drama, and that none of this changes the fact that Mumia Abu Jamal cuts into the anthropography of 21st century America with poetic science.
The science is called
oligonomics by a few, labor relations by others, Marxism by some, and lies by those who hold power. So let's forget what we know we think about his biographic murkiness and focus on the words in the following video essays. Then we can rethink knowing, i think. You know?
An All Mumia Channel
code:Whether he's a killer or not, his words make some of the dots line up into descriptive strokes, each an aid in rattlecanning the portrait of Who We Are i'm trying to paint on the boxcar of the American Experience. I want you to see yourself, Citizen. Know that you are better than what this mirrors back, and together we can step into a New You&tyrade;, a more democratic and sensible Western Empire.
So you wanna watch
Al Jazeera English,
but not from Gitmo?
Let Citizen j take it on his Presidentially Hopeful™ chin for ya.
Download the Real Stream Webloc here,
from the Constitutionalist's Warroom.(dblclk .smil after d/l - requires Real Media Player)
code:
Below is a repost of a bulletin whose originator(s) have (has) been removed to confound the very stars. Whoa, look at Arcturus! It's all, "Confound you!"----------------- ThierSpace Message -----------------
**Please forward**
Dear friends:
On Saturday, December 9th, Mumia Abu-Jamal will have been in prison for 25 years. With his case now in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Mumia has reached one of the final stages in his quarter century long legal process. Hearings are expected within a few months in Philadelphia, and although the courts surprised everyone by agreeing to hear key arguments for a new trial, they have regularly applied different standards to Mumia, a political prisoner, barring even legal arguments similar to those that have overturned the sentences of other unjustly convicted death row inmates.
At some point this could change, though, and it might be about to happen. The courts have opened up the best possibility for a new trial in a long time. And on the political front, the case is heating up red hot. The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a resolution condemning the French city of St. Denis, a suburb just north of Paris, for naming a street after Mumia. "Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal" leads along Human Rights Square to Nelson Mandela Stadium, reportedly the largest sports stadium in Europe, and French officials have refused to rename the street. The Philadelphia media is now running a string of negative stories which fit squarely with their tradition of “unfair and unbalanced” reporting on Mumia's case, some of which I’ve pasted below. In Germany, a new book on his case has been published, while here in Philly the Fraternal Order of Police, the DA’s office and powerful people are working overtime to make sure that Mumia’s appeal fails, and his death sentence reinstated.
We must not let that happen!
So I’m writing to urge you to come out and Join Ward Churchill and others to support Mumia this Saturday in Philadelphia, if you are near this city. We’ll be gathering at 12 noon at City Hall. We’ll then march to the Friends Center at 1501 Cherry Street. Bring a friend, and let’s get busy. For info. call 215-476-8812 or visit www.freemumia.com
Below is a short list of articles and web resources I’ve compiled. A legal update follows.
Much respect to Linn Washington, Hans Bennett and Dave Lindorff for their fair reporting!
Teishan Latner
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Associated Press on U.S. House resolution to end street naming:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/16182750.htm
Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/16149513.htm
Linn Washington writes for Counter Punch on Mumia:
http://www.counterpunch.org/washington12012006.html
Dave Lindorff, author of Killing Time, writes on the appeal:
Hans Bennett's article series:
www.insubordination.blogspot.com
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net
Interview with Peter J. Wirs (Chairman of Philadelphia's 59th Republican Ward Executive Committee) and Robert R. Bryan, (Attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal):
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/80118.html
Interview with Michael Schiffmann, German author of a new book on Mumia’s case:
http://hbjournalist1.googlepages.com/schiff
Current action updates:
www.freemumia.com
Archive of Mumia’s radio essays:
www.prisonradio.org
Legal Update on Mumia Abu-Jamal:
Dear Friends:
Two weeks ago the District Attorney of Philadelphia filed a brief in reply
to our most recent brief filed on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Even though
this was to be the last of the briefs before oral argument, we felt
obligated to respond due to the complexity of the issues and the
government's factual misrepresentations. Attached is the Response of
Appellee and Appellant, Mumia Abu-Jamal, to Sur-Reply Brief, submitted
this week to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
Philadelphia.
This case is of enormous consequence. It concerns the political
repression of an outspoken journalist known globally as the "Voice of the
Voiceless," the right to a fair trial, and the struggle against the death
penalty. The authorities want to kill my client in order to silence his
voice and pen. We must not let that occur. Racism and politics are
threads that have run through this case since his arrest on December 9,
1981, and continue today.
Each of the issues under consideration by the federal court are of great
constitutional significance. They include:
a.. The prosecutor's exclusion of African Americans from sitting on the
jury.
b.. The bias and racism of the trial judge, Albert F. Sabo, who stated
that he was going to "help'em fry the nigger."
c.. The prosecutor's "appeal after appeal" argument that essentially
called upon the jurors to disregard the right to the presumption of
innocence and reasonable doubt, and err on the side of guilt.
d.. The judge's unfair and skewed jury instructions and verdict form
that resulted in the death penalty, since jurors were precluded from
considering any mitigating evidence unless they all agreed on the
existence of a particular special circumstance.
We will be presenting oral argument before a three-judge panel in the U.S.
Court of Appeals. Even though no date has been set, this will likely occur
within the next few months.
My purpose remains to win this life-and-death struggle, gain a new and
fair trial, and see my client walk out of jail a free person. However, as
I have warned, Mr. Abu-Jamal remains in great danger.
Thank you for your concern in this campaign for justice.
With best wishes,
Robert
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Robert R. Bryan
Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan
2088 Union Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, California 94123
Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
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