International March 27 and April 30 Related Events
APRIL 2018 eventsIn the U.S.: Philadelphia • New York • Oakland, Calif. • San Jose, Calif. Submit your local eventMARCH 2018 eventsIn the U.S.: Philadelphia • Detroit, Michigan • Houston, Texas • New York City • Oakland, Calif. • Vallejo, Calif. |
 Fact Sheet (March 2018) Background on Mumia’s case. Intended for new audiences. |
NOTE: At the Feb. 26 status hearing, a new court evidentiary hearing date was set for Monday, April 30. Therefore, we still encourage people to continue planning local events around the March 24-27 period. And lets mobilize to go to Philadelphia on both March 27 and, especially, APRIL 30.
April 2018 Events
Philadelphia
PACK THE COURT TO FREE MUMIA
Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 am, Status Hearing, &
Monday, April 30, 8:00 am, Court Hearing
Room 1108, Criminal Justice Center
1301 Filbert Street, Philadelphia
In a court case that could eventually lead to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedom, Judge Leon Tucker has ordered the District Attorney’s office to present new testimony in reference to Ronald Castille. A second Status Hearing will take place Tuesday, March 27 followed by a court hearing on Monday, April 30 for the former Philly Black Panther Party activist.
Castille is a former PA Supreme Court judge who refused to disqualify himself when Mumia’s case came before the court despite having been the Philadelphia District Attorney during Mumia’s prior appeals. The US Supreme Court has ruled such conduct unconstitutional.
The people’s movement forced the courts to take Abu-Jamal off death row in 2011 but his freedom was not won. Despite his innocence he was re-sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. As an innocent man, Mumia must be freed! It is even more urgent that he gain his freedom because he is suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, severe itching and other ailments.
What you can do:
- Call DA Larry Krasner at (215) 686-8000.
Tell him to release all DA and police files on Mumia to the public.
Tell the DA to release Mumia because he’s factually innocent. - Organize an event for Mumia
- Pack the court on 3/27 and 4/30.
Endorsers: International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, International Action Center, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (NYC), Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, Educators for Mumia; Food Not Bombs Solidarity
Info:
ICFFMAJ: suzannewross@aol.com; Pam Africa: (267) 760-7344
Mobilization for Mumia: Mobilization4Mumia@gmail.com; (215) 724-1618
N.Y.C. bus to Philadephia Court Hearing
Bus leaves 5:30 AM on Apr. 30 from Solidarity Center (147 W. 24 St.)
Tickets are $20. Call 212.633.6646 to arrange for your ticket.
Film Festival details
Trifold layoutFree Mumia Film Festival
April 17 to 30
Multiple venues, Philadelphia metro area
Download the documents in right-hand column for film descriptions, special events, and other details.
Tues. April 17
6:30–9 PM: Kick off reception for Mumia Film Festival; Stay Woke & Release the Files at Calvary Church, 801 S. 48th St.
Thurs. April 19
6:30–9 pm: Long Distance Revolutionary; 2226 N. Front St.
Sat., April 21
11 am-1 pm: Framing an Execution & Release the Files; Kingsessing Library, 1201 S. 51st St.
6 pm: Long Distance Revolutionary; La Unique Books, 111 N. 6th St., Camden, NJ
Mon., April 23
6:30 pm: Framing an Execution; 2026 N. Broad St., Burrows Hall, Temple University
7 pm: A Tribute to Veronica Jones; 5011 Wayne Ave
Wed., April 25
5 pm: Release the Files & Manufacturing Guilt; El Centro HS, 126 W Dauphin St
Thur. April 26
7–9 pm: Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation; Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St.
6–9 pm: In Prison My Whole Life; 501 S. 52nd St.
Fri., April 27
12:30–2 pm: Release the Files & Stay Woke; Multi-purpose Room, Social Justice office in Hawthorn Hall, Rowan University, NJ
Sat., April 28
4 pm: Stay Woke, Manufacturing Guilt & Release the Files; 50 N. Broad St. (Arch St UMC)
Sat., April 28
4–6 pm: A Tribute to Veronica Jones; Culture Works, 1315 Walnut St, Suite 320
NIGHT OF RESISTANCE
Free Mumia Film Festival Special Event
Friday, April 27, 6:30pm
Impacting Your World Church, 5507 Germantown Ave.
Featuring Hip-Hop stars Jasiri X and Dell-P, spoken word of Lenore Magee-Howard. Plus a edication to Winnie Mandela; and updates on Mama’s Day Bailouts and Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 4/30 court hearing. Free event.
Co-sponsored by Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books.
For more info: gabrielbryant.7@gmail.com
Conscious Minds Presents One Heartbeat
Benefit concert for Puerto Rico relief and the MOVE 9
Saturday, April 14, 7:00 pm
Taller Puertorriqueño
2600 N 5th St., Philadelphia, PA
Tickets $20 in advance, Door Price $30
Powerful artists from New York, Chicago and Philly come together to bring Afro-Latin, reggae, rock & hip hop music and magic for justice & healing.
MOVE and Mumia are almost inseparable since their cases are so intertwined and Mumia, like the rest of MOVE, always says “Long Live John Africa”. Of course, we will be urging people at the event to come to the Court Hearing on April 30.
Web page: Facebook Event page
New York City
Forum: Which Way Forward with Anti-Imperialist Consciousness & Resistance?
Sunday, April 29, 4–7 pm
SOLIDARITY CENTER, 147 W 24 St, 2nd floor
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new book, Murder Incorporated, will be discussed by Glen Ford (Black Agenda Report executive editor) and available at the event
Featuring: Estela vazquez (Ex. V.P. Local 1199), Mireille Fanon Mendes (Pres., Franz Fanon Foundation, France), Prof. Anthony Monteiro, Sara Flounders (Intl. Action Center), Dr. Suzanne Ross (ICFFMAJ International Spokesperson), and others (see flier for details)
Info: freemumia.com • 917.584.2135
Sponsors: Intl. Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Intl. Action Center, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), Campaign to Bring Mumia Home
N.Y.C. bus to Philadephia Court Hearing
Bus leaves 5:30 AM on Apr. 30 from Solidarity Center (147 W. 24 St.)
Tickets are $20. Call 212.633.6646 to arrange for your ticket.
Oakland, Calif.
Rally and March
Saturday, April 28, 12 noon
Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th St and Broadway
Local Organizer info: Jack Heyman, Terri Kay
For information email jackheyman@comcast.net or 510.501.7080 or Terri Kay at 510.600.5800
Web page: www.laboractionmumia.org
San Jose, Calif.
Saturday, April 28, Rally, 12—2 pm
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library/San Jose State University
Corner of South 4th Street & San Fernando Street at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library/San Jose State University
Mumia is innocent! Release him now!
Local Organizer: Donna Wallach
Contact Info: Justice for Palestinians, Leonard Peltier Support Group Silicon Valley (LPSG SV)
Web page: Facebook event page
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Friday, April 20: 3-6 pm
Protest in front of the U.S. consulate
Friends of Mumia made a manifestation in front of the U.S.-consulate in Amsterdam, from 3 till 6 o’clock. We handed over a petition in which we ask for Mumia’s freedom, to begin with opening all the files like judge Tucker demanded.
Mexico City, Mexico
Thursday, April 19 – Monday, April 30: Multiple events
Thursday, 19 April at 5 pm: presentation of the documentary Mumia: Revolutionary long distance and discussion with Dr. Jesus Serna in the Afroindoamerica UNAM Permanent Seminar.
Tuesday, 24 April at 7 pm: come to the celebration of Mumia’s 64th birthday 64, with feminist rap and the screening of the documentary Justice on Trial.
Friday 27 April at 7 pm: discussion on the Collective Memoirs of the New York Panthers 21, Seek Me in the Whirlwind: From the 21 Panthers until the revolutions of the twenty-first century. Authors Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Shaba Om, Jamal Joseph. Epilogue by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Saturday 28 April at 7 PM: night of cinema, art, music, dance and resistance, with the screening of the documentary Manufacturing Guilt, on how Philadelphia’s Police and DA actively manufactured Mumia’s guilt, and suppressed his innocence.
Monday, April 30, 12:00 – 2:00 pm, we will rally outside of the U.S. embassy in Mexico and have a press conference.
Local Event Webpage: Apoyo para Mumia en Abril (in Spanish) has event details, including locations
London, U.K.
Vigil on the steps of Saint-Martin
Monday, April 30, 3:30–5:00 pm
Steps of Saint-Martin in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ
This silent vigil is part of worldwide actions on the day of a hearing which could lead to reopening Mumia’s case and establishing his innocence and secure his release.
Mumia Abu-Jamal was wrongly convicted in 1982 of killing a policeman in a trial drenched in racism. He was targeted as a former spokesman for the Black Panther Party, a MOVE supporter and a radical journalist, known as the “voice of the voiceless.” He spent almost three decades on death row, won release into general population, and is now on life sentence without parole. A jailhouse lawyer, writer and broadcaster, Mumia has consistently spoken out against injustice everywhere, while fighting for his freedom and against the prison system.
Mumia’s has been a point of reference for resistance inside and outside prison. Over the last years, hunger and work strikes by prisoners across the US have challenged the policy of solitary confinement and mass incarceration, especially in California, winning many releases and shifting the political climate for prisons and prisoners.
International support will make clear to the US authorities that people all over the world are watching. It will also bring attention to the struggle of prisoners in this country, in particular against solitary confinement, racism and other discrimination.
Local Organizer: Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike and Payday men’s network
Contact Info: +44 (0)20 7482 2496 or womenofcolour@globalwomenstrike.net, or Facebook event page
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Please submit your local event in support of Mumia’s freedom.
March 2018 Events
Philadelphia
PACK THE COURT TO FREE MUMIA
Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 am, Status Hearing, &
Monday, April 30, 8:00 am, Court Hearing
Room 1108, Criminal Justice Center
1301 Filbert Street, Philadelphia
In a court case that could eventually lead to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedom, Judge Leon Tucker has ordered the District Attorney’s office to present new testimony in reference to Ronald Castille. A second Status Hearing will take place Tuesday, March 27 followed by a court hearing on Monday, April 30 for the former Philly Black Panther Party activist.
Castille is a former PA Supreme Court judge who refused to disqualify himself when Mumia’s case came before the court despite having been the Philadelphia District Attorney during Mumia’s prior appeals. The US Supreme Court has ruled such conduct unconstitutional.
The people’s movement forced the courts to take Abu-Jamal off death row in 2011 but his freedom was not won. Despite his innocence he was re-sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. As an innocent man, Mumia must be freed! It is even more urgent that he gain his freedom because he is suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, severe itching and other ailments.
What you can do:
- Call DA Larry Krasner at (215) 686-8000.
Tell him to release all DA and police files on Mumia to the public.
Tell the DA to release Mumia because he’s factually innocent. - Organize an event for Mumia
- Pack the court on 3/27 and 4/30.
Endorsers: International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, International Action Center, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (NYC), Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, Educators for Mumia; Food Not Bombs Solidarity
Info:
ICFFMAJ March 24-27 Mobilization: suzannewross@aol.com; Pam Africa: (267) 760-7344
Mobilization for Mumia: Mobilization4Mumia@gmail.com; (215) 724-1618
Town Hall Gathering to Free Mumia
Sunday, March 25, 2—5 pm
Impacting Your World Church
5507 Germantown Ave.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, an innocent Black man fighting for his freedom, needs your support in court on March 27 and April 30. Pack the court to free Mumia!
Mumia, like thousands of other elderly PA prisoners, is suffering from illnesses that the Department of Corrections refuses to treat adequately. His poor health is a threat to his life and he should be released now!
Presenters include: Marc Lamont Hill, Pam Africa, Ghani Songster
MUMIA: His Ongoing Legacy
Saturday, March 10, 12—4 pm
Kingsessing Library
1201 S. 51st Street, Philadelphia
Come for an afternoon of delicious food, hands-on learning, and great discussion centered on Philadelphia’s most famous political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Kama, and his latest book, Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Take part in multimedia exhibits on the history of Philadelphia’s police, Mumia’s experience with the justice system, and his never-ending work for justice and freedom for all.
Promoted by: Friends of the Kingsessing Library, Bindlestiff Books, and Mobilization4Mumia
Detroit, Michigan
National Conference to Defeat Austerity
Saturday, March 24. 10 am — 5 pm
St. Matthew’s – St. Joseph’s Church
8850 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
This conference in Detroit is to organize resistance to the banks and corporations war on the working class. We plan on playing recordings from Mumia on prison labor, and the conference will specifically express solidarity with the movement to Free Mumia.
For more information: Jerry Goldberg, 313-319-0870, apcjerry@gmail.com;
web: www.moratorium-mi.org, facebook: @defeatausterity
Houston, Texas
Banner Drop for Mumia
Monday, March 26, 5:30—6:30 PM
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement will do a banner drop over Houston’s busiest freeway for Mumia, on Dunlavy Bridge, over Highway 59.
New York City
Break Down Walls & Prison Plantation:
Mumia, Migrants & Movements for Liberation
Friday, March 23
6:00 PM Community Supper
7:30 PM Program
Holyrood Episcopal Church
715 179th Street
New York, NY 10033
Speakers:
Mariame Kaba, Prison Abolitionist, Educator, Organizer & Curator • Pam Africa, Minister of Confrontation & MOVE member • Nyle Fort, Minister, Organizer, Princeton PH.D Candidate • Father Barrios, Minister of Holyrood Church • Samuel Spital, Legal Defense Fund, Mumia’s lawyer
For more information: Campaign to Bring Mumia Home
Bringmumiahome@gmail.com or 347-709-2264. www.bringmumiahome.com
Jericho Amnesty Movement 20th Anniversary
Saturday, March 24
Holyrood Episcopal Church
715 W. 179th St, New York, NY
Dinner: 5 to 6 p.m. Downstairs; Program: 6:30—9:00 p.m. in Sanctuary
Speakers: Jericho National Co-Chair Jihad Abdulmumit • Freedom Fighter, Puerto Rican Patriot and Former Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera • Pam Africa of ICFFMAJ and MOVE Organization • “Kempis Ghani”, Songster, former child lifer, co-founder of The Redemption Project and Ubuntu Philadelphia, recently paroled after 30 years of incarceration
Cultural Warriors: Mahina Movement • Baba Ngoma Osayemi
For more information: www.jerichony.org/ or 917-544-1577. Facebook event page
English + SpanishSunday, March 25: March and Rally
Gather 12 pm, U.S. Mission (799 UN Plaza: 1st Ave. and 45th St.)
March 1 pm, to Times Square
Rally 2-4 pm, Times Square
Buses to Philadelphia: Leaving NYC 3/27, 5:30 AM from 147 West 24 St.
For information email info@freemumia.com or call 212.330.8029
Sponsors: International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ), Mobilization for Mumia, The MOVE family, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition NYC, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, Alianza de Oposion USA D19, Bronx Community Greens, Educators for Mumia, Food Not Bombs Solidarity, H.F.Y.L. Garifuna Honduran, Honduras Solidarity Network, Information Al Desnudo, International Action Center, Lynne Stewart Organization, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Morales-Shakur Community & Student Center, New Abolitionist Movement, NY Cuba Solidarity Project, NYC Jericho Movement, Oscar Mandela Committee, People’s Organization for Progress, Peoples Power Assembly, Pro Libertad Freedom Campaign, Safiya Bukhari–Albert Nuh Foundation, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Socialist Front of Puerto Rico, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), Universal Zulu Nation, Venezuela Solidarity New York, Workers World Party
Save WBAI, Save Mumia, Honor the Legacy of Lynne
Friday, March 30, 5:00—8:00 pm
Theatre 80 St Marks
(80 St Marks Place, near 1st Ave., Manhattan)
Lynne Stewart Presente! The people united can never be defeated. We brought Lynne home. We can save WBAI which has been the main champion of both Lynne, Mumia, and all political prisoner struggles for freedom and liberation. We can bring Mumia home!
Local Organizer: Ralph Poynter & Lynne Stewart organization
Contact Info: Tel: 917.853.9759
Event Web page: www.lynnestewart.org
Oakland, Calif.
Monday March 26, 4:00 pm
A Teach-in: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal & Stop Police Terror!
Room D-200 – Laney College
Sponsored by: Laney College Ethnic Studies Department and the Free Mumia Coalition
Speakers: Arthur League • Cat Brooks • Jack Heyman • Judy Greenspan • Gerald Smith • and Richard Becker • Alia Sharreif – hip hop artist • Ras Ceylon & Carole Seligman, co-chairs
Video – Longshore Workers Shut Down Ports to Free Mumia
For more information: Web page: www.laboractionmumia.org; or call Jack 510.501.7080, Terri 510.600.5800, or Gerald 510.417.1252
Vallejo, Calif.
Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Vallejo JFK Library
505 Santa Clara Street
Vallejo, CA 94590
Local Organizer: Aleta Alston Toure’
Contact Info: New Jim Crow Movement (Vallejo), 707-652-8367,
withjusticepeace@gmail.com
Toronto, Canada
Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm
Across the street from the U.S. Consulate
360 University Avenue
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!
Mumia Abu-Jamal, who spent almost 30 years on death row as the victim of a racist frame-up, has an important court hearing in Philadelphia on March 27, 2018. The former Black Panther and radical journalist is demanding the release of all evidence pertaining to the role of Ronald Castille, then Assistant District Attorney, in his case. Castille was later elevated to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where he turned down Mumia’s appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the “Williams decision” (also involving Castille), ruled it is unconstitutional for a judge who had previously been involved in a prosecution to subsequently hear an appeal of the same case.
If Mumia succeeds in getting the evidence released, he can have his appeal rights restored. That would open a legal path to overturning his bogus conviction. The demonstration planned to take place in Toronto on March 24 is part of an international day of protest to support Mumia in this important initiative. Mass protests stayed the hand of the executioner decades ago. Mass action now can win his freedom once and for all!
Abolish the racist death penalty!
Open the Prosecution Files—Release the Evidence!
Sponsors: International Bolshevik Tendency, Socialist Action;
Endorsers: A Different Booklist, Black Students’ Association (UofT), Brock Socialists Club (BSC), Independent Jewish Voices (Toronto), International Workers Committee against War and Exploitation, NDP Socialist Caucus, Norman ‘Otis’ Richmond (Diasporic Music), Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), Parkdale Club (Communist Party of Canada), Socialist Alternative, Solidarity Against Fascism Everywhere (SAFE), Toronto IWW General Defence Committee (Local 28)
Contact Info: march24freemumia@gmail.com and Facebook event page
Saint-Denis, France
Wednesday, March 21, 6 pm
Film Screening and discussion
City Council Hall/Metro Saint-Denis Basilica
A film showing of In Prison All My Life, followed by a discussion about Mumia’s current situation. Samuel Legitimus and Juliette Seydi, leaders of the Saint-Denis Collective, and Jacky Hortaut and Claude Guillaumaud-Pujol, leaders of the French Collective, Liberons Mumia, will be the commentators. This evening will be part of the two week anti-racist and solidarity actions organized by numerous associations and the municipality of Saint-Denis. Saint-Denis, of course, is the city where a street was named in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Following the discussion, Claude Guillaumaud-Pujol will dedicate her recently published book, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Freedom Fighter.
The Liberons Mumia Collective is also urging its supporters to contact DA Krasner calling for him to release the records relevant to Judge Castille’s role in Mumia’s case.
Berlin, Germany
Tuesday, March 27, 6:00 pm
FREE MUMIA – Free Them ALL! Rally
Boxhagener Platz in Berlin-Friedrichshain
Heraus zum Free Them All Frühling 2018: heute hat der seit 37 Jahren gefangene Journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal eine von mehreren wichtigen Gerichtsverhandlungen in Philadelphia, USA. Es geht darum, ob er nach diversen, z.T. bereits seit Jahrzehnten dokumentierten Verfahrensfehler und Manipulationen endlich einen neuen Prozess erhält, mit dem er frei kommen könnte.
Wir wollen den Tag nutzen, um auf ihn und die vielen anderen kämpfenden Gefangenen aufmerksam zu machen, die dort gegen die Sklaverei unter anderem Namen, die Gefängnisindustrie kämpfen. Streiks und Kämpfe um medizinische Versorgung bestimmen derzeit das Leben hunderttausender Gefangener und ihrer Angehörigen in den USA. Der Knast als letztes Glied zementierter Armut gegen überwiegend People Of Color ist dort inzwischen an die Stelle der als überwunden geglaubten Ketten-Sklaverei getreten. Anders als in Europa solidarisieren sich aber immer mehr soziale Bewegungen mit dem Kampf gegen die Masseninhaftierung und für eine Gesellschaft ohne Gefängnisse.
Darüber wollen wir auf dem Boxhagener Platz sprechen, Gefangenen schreiben und den Kampf um Freiheit gemeinsam unterstützen:
Local Event Webpage: http://mumia-hoerbuch.de/demonstration.htm#kundgebun270318 (in German)
Seville, Andalucia, Spanish state
Multiple activities leading up to Tuesday, March 27
They hung a banner and read informational flyers about Mumia at the Ninth Annual Anarchist Book Fair there in Sevilla. They also organized a concentration of people outside the u.s. embassy there in Sevilla, hung the banner, did flyering inside and outside the embassy and read the flyer over a megaphone in the street. They also carried the banner and read the flyers out loud in several open air concerts that were part of the Alternative Encounter held for the last 20 years and attended by a lot of people.
Los actos fueron: pancarta(manta), lectura de manifiesto informativo y foto en la IX Feria Anarquista del Libro de Sevilla, Concentración frente embajada gringa en Sevilla, volanteo dentro y fuera, pancartay lectura del volante con megafonía en la calle.Tb se leyó y repartió el mismo volante y se puso durante todo el día la manta en unos conciertos al aire libre en un Encuentro de Alternativas que se celebra cada primavera en la ciudad desde hace más e 20 años y al que acude mucho público.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sunday, March 25
Freedom Park RDD
Poetry. Hip Hop. Kwaito. Drama.
Local Organizer: Pastor Rev
Contact Info: +27 649 240514
London, U.K.
Saturday, March 24, 7:00 pm
Public meeting & showing of the film In Prison All My Life
Crossroads Women’s Centre
25 Wolsey Mews, London NW52DX
A recent court ruling makes it possible to reopen Mumia’s case and prove his innocence. Crucial hearings will take place in Philadelphia on 27 March and 30 April. International support actions are crucial. Join us in supporting Mumia’s and other prisoners’ fight for freedom and justice.
(Fully accessible event: in English with subtitles; accessible toilets)
Local Organizer: Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike and Payday men’s network
Contact Info: payday@paydaynet.org, or Facebook event page
