Mumia Abu Jamal

April 24, 2009, at the Humanist Hall in Oakland, California: Celebrating Mumia Abu-Jamal's 55th birthday and the release of his new book "Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A." The featured speakers included: Angela Davis, Ed Mead, Tony Serra, Chela Simone, The Molotov Mouths, Nina Serrano, Richard Brown, POCC Minister of Information JR, Noelle Hanrahan, Lynne Stewart, Mistah F.A.B., and more. The event was produced by Prison Radio & City Lights, and co-sponsored by... Read Full Story

The WBAI Show last night gave out so much information that it is something that everyone should listen to, it clearly spells out exactly how the system has ignored it's own laws at every turn and has an answer to every question that the kill-crazy cops and their supporters raise to try and murder our Bro. It's up to ALL of us to build a movement too big for that to happen!! The radio show is riveting, not boring, please listen to it and use it for P.E. ! PLEASE HELP TO COVER EVERY CORNER OF... Read Full Story

Five of the seven Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who unanimously upheld Abu-Jamal's conviction in 1998 received critical political and other assistance from Philadelphia's police union — the main group pushing for Abu-Jamal's ... Read Full Story

Born in the United States on 24 April 1954, Mumia Abu-Jamal –an honorary citizen of Montreal — has spent the past 28 years in prison, mostly on death row, for a crime he did not commit, subject to an ongoing Kangaroo court with hearings that bear witness to a classic Rashomon -like tale, pregnant with contradictions, inconsistencies and recantings of previously sworn truths. Like Leonard Peltier , Mumia has been turned into one of the dominant order’s iconic targets, an example set against... Read Full Story

Homepage  Abu-Jamal-News.com Journalists for Mumia (Abu-Jamal-News.com) is an independent media-activist group dedicated to challenging the long history of mainstream media bias against Abu-Jamal's case for both a new trial and innocence. Please visit our website to view the newly discovered crime scene photos and the many articles we have compiled about Mumia's case. http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/index.php Read Full Story

Let this be a lesson to all you people out there who like to lie down with the FOX dog: You will always wake up with fleas, or even worse, in the unemployment line. Seems Radio Rwanda found it necessary to dump Dr. Marc Lamont Hill after a shareholder confronted the Grand Pupa at a recent share holder's meeting. The man was not pleased that Dr. Hill has been known to support alleged cop killer, Mumia Abu Jamal in the past, and he wanted to know what his black mug was doing on the people's... Read Full Story

Selection from Death Row interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1996 on the realities of the US political parties. Support Mumia on May 17th in Philadelphia when oral arguments for a new trial begin. 9AM. Duration : 0:6:4 Read Full Story

The Supreme Court has said no to a retrial for Mumia Abu Jamal. The Supreme Court decided to not review an a appeals court ruling that upheld Mumia Abu Jamal 's conviction for shooting a police officer in 1981. The former Black Panther has been on death row for more than 25 years. His cause has been wildly popular in left-leaning circles for almost as long. From a CNN.com story: The Supreme Court has let stand the conviction of former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was sent to death row... Read Full Story

By MILTON McGRIFF EACH of the candidates for Philadelphia district attorney recently told Daily Newscolumnist Michael Smerconish that, if elected, they'd pursue the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the event of a new sentencing hearing or new trial. One, Seth Williams, noted that he'd attended hearings and studied court documents and trial notes before making his decision. Three police reports and a page one Daily News story (Jan. 9, 1982) on preliminary- hearing testimony aren't... Read Full Story

Top US court rejects ex-Black Panther's trial bid This is so frustrating! It has been years, and Mumia Abu Jamal is still in prison, and society has not confronted the major, structural problems with the American justice system. Hasn't John Grisham taught us anything? Is a new trial too much to ask in cases where everything about the original trial was tainted. What is the harm? Who doesn't know that Mumia is telling the truth? And he isn't expecting to be let out, just to get a fair trial... Read Full Story