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Articles
by Mumia Abu Jamal
The
following columns may be reprinted and/or distributed by electronic means,
but only for non-commercial use, and only with
the inclusion of the following copyright information:
© copyright 2001 by Mumia Abu-Jamal. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission of the author.
•••2001
11•4•01_____IMPERIAL
FOREIGN POLICY …In a time of war, especially this present
war-without- end-against-terrorism...
10•25•01_____ANOTHER
SIDE OF THE WAR ...
We live in an awkward age of war, where discussion is curtailed by the
iron curtain of fear, and the choking fog of uncertainty…
10•25•01_____THE
NEW COLONIALISM …With the news that American political
leaders are involved in intense meetings with the deposed King of Afghanistan…
9•29•01_____MOTHER'S
LOSS, SON'S PAIN…There are hundreds of thousands of mothers
who weep at the incarceration of their children…
9•27•01_____IN
SEARCH OF A HOLY WAR …Throughout American history, one
thing has remained constant…
9•17•01_____"WHY?"…The
woman's voice on the phone was as plaintive as a tear, as she implored
the non-responsive talk show host to please tell her, "Why do they hate
us so much? Why?"…
9•16•01_____FIGHT
TO FREE JAMIL AL-AMIN! …The
struggle for the freedom and liberty of Atlanta Muslim leader, Imam Jamil
Abdullah Al-Amin, must take place now, before the cold fingers of the
state can close around his neck…
9•8•01_____FRAMING
THE FRAMERS …There
is a movement in the law, said to be conservative, that claims to represent
the "original intent" of the "founding fathers."…
8•21•01_____BIKO'S
BEACON …It has been almost a quarter of a century since
the great South African freedom fighter, Steve Bantu Biko, was assassinated
and tortured by the apartheid regime's police…
8•19•01_____EVERY
GENERATION NEWBORN …
A
21-year old man, newly arrived on Death Row, turns to an older man, and
asks…
8•17•01______STATEMENT
TO COURT … It is against an extraordinary and unprecedented
background that present counsel's motion for pro hoc vice status to enter
this case and assist in righting these historical wrongs comes before
this forum today.The denial of my right of self-representation and the
infringement of my right to representation itself has a long and tortured
history…
8•8•01_____WHOSE
PEACE? …
There
are millions of people, who look at the situation in the area called the
Middle East…
8•5•01_____A
CASE FOR REPARATIONS …"They got mad at us because we was
free and they let us go without a crumb of anything and without a penny
and nothing but what we had on our backs .... We had a hard time then
and I've been having a hard time ever since." - - Frank Fikes, ex-slave
[Genovese, E.D., Roll, Jordan, Roll (1974), p. 99] …
8•1•01_____THE
REAL MEANING OF GENOA …When one mentions the very name
of Genoa these days, the historical significance of its Columbian roots
mixes with its new-found renown as the site of the G-8 Meeting, and the
state killing of a young, anti-globalist demonstrator, Carlo Guiliani…
7•25•01_____CARLO'S
WAY …The
recent police shooting of 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani in the riotous streets
of Genoa has sent shock waves around the globe…
7•19•01_____FOR
PALESTINIAN, UNLIMITED DETENTION …Abed
al-Ahmar works for the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)
as an investigator. This is his area of expertise…
7•10•01_____ANTI-TERRORISM
BILL NOT FOR 'TERRORISTS' … On April 19, 1995, a massive
explosion tore through a federal building in Oklahoma City. The bombing
sent American media and national police forces into a torrid frenzy of
activity
7•8•01_____JUNKING
THE JURY …
It's been almost two decades since a Philadelphia jury sentenced Donald
Hardcastle to death…
7•3•01_____THE
LEGACY OF RADICAL RESISTANCE …
For many of us, especially those of us who are younger, who grew up
in the last few decades…
6•26•01_____BUSH
ON PARADE …When
an American president visits, his every utterance is quoted in a thousand
media outlets…
6•22•01_____MESSAGE
to the First World Congress Against the Death Penalty Strasbourg,
FRANCE June 22, 2001
5•12•01_____STATEMENT
to the May 12, 2001 Demonstrations
5•5•01_____IMPERIAL
HUMAN RIGHTS …Few
nations speak as loudly or as often of human rights than does the United
States…
3•6•01_____THE
"OTHER" WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH …Within weeks
of the arrival of Women's History Month, the nation's cultural and financial
center explodes into yet another controversy…
2•18•01_____THE
UNPARDONABLES …In the political, media-driven scandal
that marks the latest allegation of calumny against the now-departed
ex-president, Bill Clinton, once again the forest is
being missed, by acute examination of the trees…
2•13•01_____'BUBBA'
GOES TO HARLEM …News Item: Former U.S. President, Bill
Clinton, stung by criticism stemming from the almost $600,000 a year
costs of his offices in mid-town Manhattan, has sought offices in the
city's uptown Harlem district…
1•15•01_____MANY
TRAILS OF TEARS …When the phrase "Trail of Tears"
is used, many people think of the horrendous death march of the Cherokee
peoples, from what is now called Georgia, to reservations in the Western
territories…
1•10•01_____ST.
MARTIN, THE MILITANT …Three nights after this phone
call, King's house was bombed. It is possible, in this age of consumer-
driven commodification, for millions to know a name…
•••__________HELL
ON EARTH …When
most folks think of Hell, they think of depictions crafted by skilled
artists, of fiery pits, of an underworld, or of red, tailed, horned
beings…
•••__________The
Morning of May 13th, 1985 …There
are events in the life of a person and of a city that mark time…
•••2000
11•21•00_____THE
REAL "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS" … As the swarm
of lawyers descend on Florida (not to be outdone by the pack of journalists
accompanying them), the language of legalese sends observers into fits
of fury, as terms like "statutory construction," "stare
decisis," and "public policy" merge into the muddle over
"chads" (dimpled or pregnant?), voter's intent, and butterfly
ballots…
8•26•00_____TEXT
OF TAPED STATEMENT by Mumia Abu-Jamal for the Aug. 26, 2000
Redeem the Dr eam March against police brutality and racial profiling
in Washington, D.C.:
7•10•00_____BUSH
'B.S.es' AT THE NAACP CONVENTION … With the pleas of
half a dozen brave protestors shouting about the "legal lynching" of
the late Texas death row inmate Gary Graham (Shaka Sankofa) ringing
in the Baltimore air, the nation's Republican presidential candidate
…
7•8•00_____ANOTHER
LAW–ANOTHER COUNTRY …United States Supreme Court
Chief Justice Ellsworth, speaking just over 20 years after the American
Revolution…
6•26•00_____SNATCH
AND GRAB IN CENTRAL PARK …The
spectacle of hordes of young Black and Puerto-Rican men, wetting,
grabbing and stripping young women in New York's famed Central Park
in the waning hours of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, sent shock waves
through the city, across the nation, and indeed, around the world…
6•5•00_____COPS--PROTECT--FREE
SPEECH …On May 13th, 2000, in cities around the world
and across America, activists, students, and anarchists gathered on
the 15th anniversary of the nefarious massacre…
Transcriptions
of statements/declarations:
• Mumia Abu-Jamal:
His description of what happened to him on the night of December 9, 1981
•
Arnold
Beverly: The
man who has confessed to killing Faulkner.
• William Cook: Mumia's
brother and his account.
• Terri
Maurer-Carter: Court
reporter who heard the original trial Judge Sabo make racist comments
regarding Mumia and his trial.
•
Yvettte Williams
has come forward saying Cynthia White, the prosecution's key witness,
told her she lied in court because of police pressure (see FEB
6 Press Release)
•
Linn Washington: News
reporter who came on the scene.
• Donald Hersing: FBI
informant who exposes the police corruption in Philadelphia, including
police at the scene on Dec 9, 1981.
•
Download Brochure
(pdf
format, 140k)
Brochure: includes declarations of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Arnold Beverly,
Terri-Maurer-Carter, Yvette Williams, William Cook, and short update
as of Feb 2002
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OVERVIEW
OF AFFIDAVITS
Mumia
asks supporters to send legal funds to: Humanitarian
Law Project, 8124 W. Third Street, Suite 105, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(write
in memo: Mumia Abu-Jamal). See: Mumia's
letter or download Mumia's fund letter
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