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Mumia Abu Jamal First Internationalist Film Festival
Movies: Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony(South Africa), We Shall Bend - But We Will Never Break(Haiti), Voice of the Voiceless, The Fourth World War(from Chiapas to South Korea), The Revolution Will Not be Televised(Venezuela)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 3:48am PDT
Arnold Beverly Shot Officer Faulkner, Not Mumia Abu-Jamal
Arnold Beverly, a a confessed hit man for organized crime, swore under oath that on 12/9/81 he shot Officer Faulkner, a whistleblower who was telling federal investigators of corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department. Mumia Abu-Jamal, an award-winning president of a black journalists association, and a taxicab driver who was in the area at the time, was falsely accused and convicted of the murder, of which Beverly has since confessed. On April 24, 2004, Mumia celebrates his 50th birt...
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 3:59pm PDT
No to "Enemy Combatant" Status! Protest / Press Conf, Tues. 4/20
Protest and press conference, Tuesday, April 20 at noon and the San Francisco Federal Building (Golden Gate and Polk)...
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 10:40am PDT
NYC D.A. CALLS POLITICAL PROTEST “A CRIME,” URGES JAIL FOR ORGANIZERS
NYC D.A. CALLS POLITICAL PROTEST “A CRIME,” URGES JAIL FOR ORGANIZERS
In letter to court, DA demands heavier punishment based on dissent history, not criminal record....
Posted: Fri, Apr 16, 2004 9:59am PDT
Beijing's Errant Children
Now that Hong Kong is anxious for self-rule and Taiwan is serious about nationhood, China is awakening from a dream of a peaceful reunification with its democratic territories -- another round of terror is likely....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:04pm PDT
"Earth Day" at the SF Sony Metreon?
Idriss Stelley'altar inside the Metreon or peaceful protest
by their front door, April 24, 12 to 4 P.M....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 4:27am PDT
4/28 Stop the Tragedies, Stop the Abuse Statewide Vigils
On Wednesday April 28, people up and down California will be coming together in a statewide candlelight vigil to remember Durrell Feaster and Deon Whitfield. On January 19, Durrell,18, and Deon,17, were found hanged in the cell they shared in the California Youth Authority (CYA), the state's youth prison system....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 9:53am PDT
Organized Resistance Within Nazi Death Camps, Prisons and Slavery
Revolts within highly oppressive environments make sense. The stories of risks African-American slaves took to escape slavery in America’s South, are stunning. Prison uprisings are another area of intense conflict. Rebellion even existed from within Nazi death camps in Poland......
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 9:12am PDT
Iraqi 'beaten to death' by US troops for refusing to remove a picture of Sadr from his car
(4/14/2004) An Iraqi has died of his wounds after US troops beat him with truncheons because he refused to remove a picture of wanted Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr from his car, police said today....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 6:59am PDT
Request Idriss Stelley Memorial for Metreon Earth Day Event!
While ISF (Idriss Stelley Foundation) honors the
intent, we are requesting a memorial altar for Idriss
Stelley inside the theater during the Earth Day event.
If the manager, Alexandra Michalko refuses to honor
our request, we will demonstrate peacefully in front
of the theater, with the October 22nd's Stolen Lives
banner, signs with pictures of Idriss, a sidewalk
altar, and candles, from 12 to 4 P.M....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 11:30pm PDT
Defend Hatem Bazian!
have received the following complaints submitted to the university
over my speech at the emergency demo held at the UN Plaza in SF. It seems
that those recording the event are working for some group which is
attempting to make a major issue of it....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 11:27pm PDT
Farouk Abdel-Muhti Set Free After Two Years in Prison
Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti was released from jail Monday night nearly two years after he was detained by U.S. immigration officials....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 7:46pm PDT
Terrorist Attack Humboldt County? Media Black Out? Maybe
I believe Humboldt County might have suffered a terrorist attack. I was made very sick, fled, and am now feeling better, of course........
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 9:34pm PDT
San Francisco police shooting of Chinese Man
Second San Francisco police shooting of
Chinese American draws community ire...
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 2:07pm PDT
Redemption on FX this Sunday
Redemption, the made for TV movie about Stan "Tookie" Williams is
premiering on FX, Sunday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. We have organized two
group showings of the movie, one in San Francisco and one in Berkeley....
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 11:23am PDT
May 1, Education Not Incarceration Teachin + Speakout
teach-in and speakout
at Oakland Tech High School
4351 Broadway, 10am-3pm...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 11:16pm PDT
4/20+4/28: Call for Action at the Supreme Court - About People's Rights
Call for Action at the Supreme Court - Can the Rights of People
Simply Disappear by Presidential Order...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 9:59pm PDT
Death Penalty Focus: Upcoming Events!
April 11, 2004 - San Francisco
Screening of "Redemption" and Discussion
7pm Discussion
8pm Live Screening
Haymarket Books Library
110 Capp St., 2nd Floor (near 16th St. BART Station)
San Francisco, CA
Admission is Free. For more info: 415-861-3103.
(more events included in this message)...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 1:07am PDT