!Thurs 6/1 Mtg. Organize for Rally! Need Help!

* 6/1 - Organize for Rally!
* 6/9 - Rally!
* PA congress members demanding removal of Mumia's name from Paris street
* State of PA still seeking to reinstate order to murder Mumia; Gov.
Rendell poised to sign death warrant if reinstated



Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,

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URGENT MEETING FOR MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ACTIVISTS!!
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006, 6:00 PM
298 Valencia St., San Francisco (at 14th St.)
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We need your *help this Thursday, June 1* to organize the rally!
(6/9 rally, 4-6 pm, Federal Building in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate at
Larkin).

Please come and help to build support for and plan the details of the rally
including:

- Leaflet distribution
- Sound system
- Speakers
- Endorsements
- Placards
- Media/Press work and Press Conference (set for 4 pm on the day of the rally)

Don't miss this planning meeting!

The State of Pennsylvania has recently filed its appeal seeking to
reinstate the order to execute Mumia. If their appeal is upheld by the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Governor Ed Rendell has pledged to
sign the third warrant for Mumia's execution. Barring the unlikely
intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, Mumia will have 90 days to live!

Pennsylvania authorities are dead set on winning. They, along with the
Fraternal Order of Police, are campaigning to bring the matter to national
attention.

Two Pennsylvania Congresspeople are introducing legislation to demand that
the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis reverse its decision to name a major
street after Mumia. The new street, leading to the largest sports stadium
in Europe, the Nelson Mandela Stadium, has been formally named Rue Mumia
Abu-Jamal.

The proposed U.S. legislation proposes to sanction St. Denis or call for a
U.S. boycott of the city, should the Saint Denis Mayor and City Council
refuse to reverse their vote. Both have refused to do so.

Philadelphia newspapers are joining the reactionary chorus damning the
Saint Denis decision, while the Philadelphia City Council prepares to take
similar action as that proposed in the U.S. Congress.

Mumia's racist detractors know full well that a final decision is coming,
one that could lead to Mumia's execution or to a new trial and his freedom.

Mumia's legal team, headed by Robert R. Bryan, has expressed the view that
Mumia's final appeal on the three central issues before the court will be
successful and that the Pennsylvania's effort to execute Mumia will fail.
BUT, Bryan warns that nothing is certain in these matters and especially in
these times.

In the present climate, a decision to reinstate and act on the death
penalty cannot be excluded.

Our June 9 Federal Building demonstration will be part of a national and
international effort to win new support for Mumia's appeal and to counter
the efforts to execute him.

Your help is essential.

Please make every effort to build our June 9 demonstration. Send this email
to your list and otherwise help get out the word.

If you cannot attend the June 1 planning meeting, send your generous
contribution to:

Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
298 Valencia Street
Sand Francisco, CA 94103


Continue to spread the word: STOP THE EXECUTION -- MUMIA IS INNOCENT --
FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!

In solidarity for Mumia's freedom,

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

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