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I've been getting most of my info from 2 organizations working to Free Mumia:

Refuse & Resist! and Partisan Defense Committee. My understanding of what Mumia really wants most is to get out of jail.

The organizations say the only way to accomplish this is by drawing International Media attention to the issues of his case.

I spoke to a woman this summer from Philadelphia who said; "They will never let Mumia out of jail!" My intention is not to convert anyone, insult ugly ignorance nor incite the worst case sceneio. My heart song is merely to connect like minded individuals, shedding some positive light and love, on the serious issues of racism, the death penalty and injustice; and hopefully getting media attention, highlighting the hundreds of millions of people around the world who care about Mumia's Freedom.

WHY IS THIS CASE SO IMPORTANT?
"The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has become a battleground in society because it concentrates so many of the reactionary elements riding high in the US today - the criminalization of black men, the suppression of dissent, the expanded death penalty, the gutting of defendant's rights, and a whole political atmosphere of blame and punishment aimed at the most oppressed. This is a dangerous time for the people, and no time to think that the government will back off from killing Mumia because they are 'too busy' with other problems, their war on the world and the shredding of civil liberties. Mumia is one of their problems. His dissenting voice from Death Row is all the more precious to the people under the government's massive clampdown on dissent and opposition; when people are locked up secretly for having an Arabic name or coming from countries the US says are 'sponsoring terrorism'; when people are persecuted for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag on command, or for protesting the war and occupation of Iraq."

WHAT IS NEEDED?
"To win justice for Mumia, and ultimately for all of us, we need a movement that is broad and diverse, because no one section of the people has the power to make this government back down. This requires the efforts of us all: Youth, black people, people of color and conscience, working people, celebrities, artists, the legal community, the movement against the death penalty, the anti-war movement and massive international pressure. When all these different forces come into action, determined to stop the execution, when Mumia's story and writings are in many different places, the tables become turned. This is what the government has to see and here, loud and clear." (Refuse & Resist!) Free Mumia!!!

I heard on NPR that all war is untimately about race. I feel just as passionate about ending racism as I do

Peace on Earth - I'm quite serious.

"For 22 years Mumia has lived, locked down, on death row in western Pennsylvania, under threat of death. He has never given up in despair or begged for a break. Mumia is a revolutionary journalist who has continued to write the truth from behind bars, inspiring a whole new generation of resistance - in this country and internationally. If Mumia is murdered by the state, he would be the first Black revolutionary legally executed for his political beliefs since the days of slavery. We cannot and must not let this happen."

Here are some websites where you can learn more:
www.mumia.org.
www.refuseandresist.org
www.prisonradio.org - You can hear Mumia's beautiful voice and radio show here!

Thank you very much for your consideration! I am welcoming you to join me to help Free Mumia!!! May Peace Prevail! Love, Jude