Mumia Abu-Jamal sends message to Occupy DOJ
Controversial
activist and former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal recently recorded a message
to the organizers of the Occupy The Justice Department action that took place in
April.
In the short audio
clip, Abu-Jamal encourages everyone to "Keep on
rolling, keep on moving and while you do it, treat each other as brothers and
sisters, companeros y companeras."
According to the
Occupy DOJ’s website, some of their demands included:
·
End mass
incarceration and the criminalization of black and Latino
youth,
·
End solitary
confinement & stop torture
·
Hands off immigrants
·
Free all political
prisoners
FACTS & FIGURES
Mumia Abu-Jamal
is an African-American writer and journalist, author of six books and hundreds
of columns and articles, who spent the last 29 years on Pennsylvania’s death
row. His demand for a new trial and freedom is supported by heads of state from
France to South Africa, by Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison,
Desmund Tutu, by the European Parliament, by distinguished human rights
organizations like Amnesty International, city governments from Detroit to San
Francisco to Paris, scholars, religious leaders, artists, scientists, the
Congressional Black Caucus and other members of U.S. Congress, the NAACP, labor
unions, and by countless thousands who cherish democratic and human rights - and
justice -the world over. freemumia.com
Now that Mumia
Abu-Jamal, is off death row, many dare to imagine the next step--his release
from prison. Occupy DOJ has a pledge to free Mumia, and many other prisoners
like him. occupythejusticedepartment.com
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