BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18344325 SEQUENCE:18353704 CREATED:20070106T071300Z DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Lynne Stewart,\n\nGreetings and Best Wishes for Peace and Justice in 2007!\n\nThis Saturday, January 6 at 10:30am there will be an important meeting of\nthe Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Lynne Stewart Defense\nCommittee at our offices at 298 Valencia Street, at 14th Street in San\nFrancisco's Mission District (415-255-1085). We will be discussing the\nlatest developments in Mumia's case, and the historic Bay Area tour of\nLynne Stewart and Michael Ratner on February 23, 24 and 25th. Lynne,\naccompanied by her husband Ralph Poynter, will stay on several more days\nfor additional meetings through March 1.\n\nSaturday's meeting will be a joint planning meeting of the tour co-sponsors\nand friends including:\n\nThe Lynne Stewart Defense Committee\nThe Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal\nThe National Lawyers Guild, Bay Are Chapter\nThe Middle East Children's Alliance\nThe Peninsula Peace and Justice Center\nKPFA\n\nEveryone is welcome!\n\nBy agreement with Lynne and Michael, the tour proceeds are to be divided by\nthe Lynne Stewart Defense Committee and the Mobilization to Free Mumia\nAbu-Jamal. The basic themes of the tour will be defense of civil liberties\nand democratic rights.\n\nMore info below...\n\nPlease attend this important meeting this Saturday!\n\nFREE MUMIA!!\nIn solidarity,\n\nJeff Mackler and Laura Herrera\nCo-coordinators of The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal\n298 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103\n415-255-1085\n\n\n\n* Michael is the President of the Center for Constitutional Rights and\namong the leading U.S. figures in the fight for fundamental constitutional\nrights for those illegally detained and tortured by U.S. authorities in\nGuantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ratner has also been involved in filing war crimes\ncharges in a German court against several figures in the Bush\nAdministration.\n\n* Lynne Stewart is in the process of preparing her appeal to the U.S. Court\nof Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was falsely convicted of conspiracy\nto aide and abet terrorism in a trial replete with constitutional\nviolations including the government's use of some 80,000 wiretaps, phone\ntaps and other infringements on the attorney client privilege. Lynne's\nappeal and her similarly framed co-defendants Ahmed Sattar and Mohammed\nYousry, will be combined with a defense against government efforts to\nreverse and lengthen the two-year jail sentence jail imposed by District\nCourt Judge John Koeltl. The government originally asked for a 30-year\nsentence and is insisting that it be imposed.\n\n* In addition to Lynne and Michael, Jeff Mackler, a national coordinator of\nthe defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal will speak on the final stages in the fight\nfor Mumia's life and freedom. Oral arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals\nfor the Third Circuit are expected to be presented in Mumia's case in the\ncoming months. The government continues to seek a re-imposition of the\ndeath penalty, while Mumia fights for a new trial and freedom.\n\n* To date the tour includes mass meetings in Palo Alto, Berkeley, San\nFrancisco and Marin. We need your help to schedule additional meetings at\ncolleges and universities, law schools, legal organizations, new\ncommunities, etc. We need dedicated activists to help with media work,\npublicity, outreach and all the other ingredients that make for a\nsuccessful tour in terms of political gains, new support for Lynne, Mumia\nand Michael and serious fundraising. Lynne's last visit raised in excess\nof $15,000. We expect to significantly top this figure with the present\ntour. Your participation is essential. Your attendance is required for the\nkind of effort that is vital to the breakthrough victories we seek.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/05/18344325.php SUMMARY:Urgent Meeting of Mobilization to Free Mumia LOCATION:298 Valencia Street, at 14th Street in San\nFrancisco's Mission District URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/05/18344325.php DTSTART:20070106T183000Z DTEND:20070106T203000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR