Mumia Updates: 1/29 Meeting On, 2/11 Philly Court Date Off, Demo On

2/11- Hearing in Philadelphia CANCELED
2/11 - Mass Demonstration in Philadelphia! (flyer attatched)
1/11 - SF Board of Supervisors Resolution! (text below)

Reminders:
1/29 - Organizing Meeting, SF
4/23 - National Actions




Dear Friends of Mumia:

**The February 11 court hearing in Philadelphia has been canceled BUT there
will still be a MASS DEMONSTRATION in Philadelphia on 2/11!
Info - http://www.mumia.org
Or call the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
in Philadelphia 215-476-8812. See flyer attached to this message.

**On January 11, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in a 9-2 vote,
approved a strong resolution supporting justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal. The
resolution proceeded through a series of technical hurdles, including a
formal posting, a public hearing at which three members of the Mobilization
to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal spoke and finally, a full meeting of the Board. See
text below...

**SF organizing meeting of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal:
Saturday, January 29, 2005, 10:30am, Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia
Street, at 16th Street, in San Francisco to work on the following:

- The National Task Force for Mumia Abu-Jamal and the International
Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal has set the date of Mumia's
Birthday -- Saturday, April, 23, 2005, for a day of coordinated mass public
events in San Francisco and New York City to demand Justice and Freedom for
Mumia!

If you can't participate in the SF (415-255-1085) and New York actions
(ICFFMAJ: 215-476-8812), organize in your own town!

- Update on the resolutions projects (obtaining resolutions of support for
Justice for Mumia from local governments, unions, community organizations,
etc.), including the SF resolution and those passed by the National Black
Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), and the NAACP.


!!FREE MUMIA!!

In solidarity,

Jeff Mackler and Laura Herrera, Co-coordinators
The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
298 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-255-1085
http://www.freemumia.org

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JUSTICE FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

Resolution approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
January 11, 2005

Whereas, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an award-winning African-American journalist,
author of nine books and internationally known social critic and opponent
of the death penalty, has been on Pennsylvania's death row for the past 22
years, and,

Whereas, Amnesty International has pointed to serious flaws in the conduct
of his 1982 trial that raise critical constitutional issues that demand a
new trial for Mr. Jamal, and,

Whereas, among the issues that Amnesty International raised are:
suppression of critical evidence pointing to Mr. Jamal's innocence, the
illegal exclusion of African-American jurors, the denial of the right to
self-representation and the intimidation of witnesses, and,

Whereas, prominent organizations including the California Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO, the Episcopal Church of the United States, the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the European
Parliament, the San Francisco Labor Council, the Detroit City Council, the
National Lawyers Guild, the ILWU, AFSCME and SEIU national unions and many
others, have called for justice and a new trial for Mr. Jamal, and,

Whereas, San Francisco's former Mayor Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. declared
August 16, 1997 as "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal Day in San Francisco."

Therefore, Be It Resolved that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
affirm its support for justice and a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and,

Be It Further Resolved that this resolution be communicated to the
Governor's office of the State of Pennsylvania for his information.

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