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Urgent Meeting of Mobilization to Free Mumia | |
Date | Saturday January 06 |
Time | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Location Details | |
298 Valencia Street, at 14th Street in San Francisco's Mission District |
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Event Type | Meeting |
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Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Lynne Stewart,
Greetings and Best Wishes for Peace and Justice in 2007! This Saturday, January 6 at 10:30am there will be an important meeting of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee at our offices at 298 Valencia Street, at 14th Street in San Francisco's Mission District (415-255-1085). We will be discussing the latest developments in Mumia's case, and the historic Bay Area tour of Lynne Stewart and Michael Ratner on February 23, 24 and 25th. Lynne, accompanied by her husband Ralph Poynter, will stay on several more days for additional meetings through March 1. Saturday's meeting will be a joint planning meeting of the tour co-sponsors and friends including: The Lynne Stewart Defense Committee The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal The National Lawyers Guild, Bay Are Chapter The Middle East Children's Alliance The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center KPFA Everyone is welcome! By agreement with Lynne and Michael, the tour proceeds are to be divided by the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee and the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The basic themes of the tour will be defense of civil liberties and democratic rights. More info below... Please attend this important meeting this Saturday! FREE MUMIA!! In solidarity, Jeff Mackler and Laura Herrera Co-coordinators of The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal 298 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415-255-1085 * Michael is the President of the Center for Constitutional Rights and among the leading U.S. figures in the fight for fundamental constitutional rights for those illegally detained and tortured by U.S. authorities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ratner has also been involved in filing war crimes charges in a German court against several figures in the Bush Administration. * Lynne Stewart is in the process of preparing her appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was falsely convicted of conspiracy to aide and abet terrorism in a trial replete with constitutional violations including the government's use of some 80,000 wiretaps, phone taps and other infringements on the attorney client privilege. Lynne's appeal and her similarly framed co-defendants Ahmed Sattar and Mohammed Yousry, will be combined with a defense against government efforts to reverse and lengthen the two-year jail sentence jail imposed by District Court Judge John Koeltl. The government originally asked for a 30-year sentence and is insisting that it be imposed. * In addition to Lynne and Michael, Jeff Mackler, a national coordinator of the defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal will speak on the final stages in the fight for Mumia's life and freedom. Oral arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit are expected to be presented in Mumia's case in the coming months. The government continues to seek a re-imposition of the death penalty, while Mumia fights for a new trial and freedom. * To date the tour includes mass meetings in Palo Alto, Berkeley, San Francisco and Marin. We need your help to schedule additional meetings at colleges and universities, law schools, legal organizations, new communities, etc. We need dedicated activists to help with media work, publicity, outreach and all the other ingredients that make for a successful tour in terms of political gains, new support for Lynne, Mumia and Michael and serious fundraising. Lynne's last visit raised in excess of $15,000. We expect to significantly top this figure with the present tour. Your participation is essential. Your attendance is required for the kind of effort that is vital to the breakthrough victories we seek. |
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