Earlier this week, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Angela Davis both made video statements to the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (UN EMLER). Mumia spoke on “the Mumia exception” and Angela Davis spoke in support of her former co-defendant Ruchell Magee. Click the links below to view hi-res versions of each video.
Protest of Denial of Mumia’s Appeal for New Trial 4/4/2023 (video)
There is No Justice in the Capitalist Courts!
Lucretia And The Law Of Lawlessness: Clemons Cops Out
(Originally published on This Can’t Be Happening!, April 4, 2023)
When Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons released an inmate from prison in May 2021, she clearly saw how prosecutors illegally withholding evidence of innocence caused that Philadelphia man to languish in prison for nearly 30-years on a wrongful murder conviction.
As Clemons released Eric Riddick from prison on May 28, 2021, she declared that misconduct by Philadelphia prosecutors against Riddick constituted a “constitutional violation.”
Continue readingBearing Witness March 11 at ILWU Local 10 Union Hall (Video)
The March 11 Bearing Witness program, as viewed by live stream at the ILWU, longshore workers union local 10 hall in San Francisco, was wonderful and inspiring. Local 10 and the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal co-sponsored the live stream preceded by a report back from longshore delegates who went to South Africa last month to build international support—mainly in Africa—for Mumia. So, before the live stream of the Bearing Witness event, we heard 4 longshore workers speak about their experience and we viewed a short video of a militant demonstration of the largest union in South Africa, NUMSA for freeing Mumia.
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