- PROTEST! The U.S. Court of Appeals Rejected All Appeals for Mumia Abu-Jamal - CA, PA, IL, Mexico, Canada, UK, Australia for MUMIA!


NOTE changed SF dates!

4/19 - Protests - Oakland, San Jose, Philadelphia, Toronto, London
4/23 - Protest - Sydney, Australia
4/24 - Protests - San Jose, CA; Mexico City, Mexico
4/24 - Write to Mumia for his Birthday
4/26 - Protests - Los Angeles, CA; Chicago IL
5/4 - Organizing Meeting, San Francisco, CA
5/18 - Rally/Conference, San Francisco, CA
- Message from Robert Bryan, Mumia's lead attorney
- Two interviews

To All Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters,

As you are aware on March 27, 2008, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, issued an outrageous ruling denying Mumia Abu-Jamal a new trial. The court denied relief with regard to all three of the critical constitutional issues that could have led to a new trial and Mumia's freedom. Mumia's frame-up conviction for a crime he did not commit remains in place. A message from Robert R. Bryan, Mumia's lead attorney follows this message, as do links to several amazing articles about Mumia's case, a new book which provides new information about his frame up, an interview with Mumia regarding the court decision and solidarity actions that have taken place to demand Freedom for Mumia!

The Mobilization to Free Mumia organized an emergency protest of the court's decision on March 28, the day following the court's announcement. One hundred outraged protestors, including some 25 speakers, mobilized at the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco. Mobilization to Free Mumia leaders appeared on several Bay Area radio programs to condemn the court's decision. Mobilization co-coordinator, Jeff Mackler appeared on National Public Radio to debate the court's decision with Maureen Faulkner, the wife of the slain police officer that Mumia was falsely convicted of killing. Protests also took place in San Jose, Los Angeles, Portland, Philadelphia, NYC, and Erlangen and Nürnberg, Germany that week.

Mumia, his attorneys, the Bay Area based Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and other supporters of Mumia see this next year as critical in the campaign to win Justice and Freedom for Mumia. The State of Pennsylvania is still after his life and is pushing ahead with their own appeal to reinstate the death penalty!

** ON SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008, FROM 2pm to 5pm please join with activists from the Mobilization, the anti-death penalty movement, students, labor, immigrant rights organizers, anti-war activists and communities of faith for an important gathering of people from the Western Region to discuss and plan for an intense campaign to expose the racism and injustices of the courts, the government and police as they seek to execute Mumia. In the past it has been the will of the people who mobilized by the hundreds of thousands around the world that twice stopped Mumia's execution. Today, we must rededicate ourselves to the constructing of a massive movement to make the political price of Mumia's execution and continued incarceration too high to pay.

The event is tentatively scheduled to take place at the ILWU headquarters at 255 - 9th Street, at Howard, in San Francisco, mark your calendar - SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008 - FREE MUMIA!

** Please join the organizing meeting of the Mobilization to Free Mumia, on SUNDAY, MAY 4th, at 10:30am at 625 Larkin Street, at Eddy, in San Francisco at the offices of Freedom Socialist Party. We have much to do to build the May 18th event, including leafleting at several of the upcoming important actions taking place -- Cesar Chavez Day on April 19 and the May Day Labor and Immigrant Rights marches in San Francisco. Please call (510) 268-9429 for more information.

**Write to Mumia! His birthday is 4/24.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AM 8335
SCI Greene
175 Progress Dr.
Waynesburg, PA 15370

**Please see the message below from Robert R. Bryan, Mumia's lead council and the following:

- 4/7/08 Interview with Mumia, J.R. and Fred Hampton, Jr.
Transcript: abu-jamal-news.com Audio: abu-jamal-news.com

- 4/08 Interview with Hans Bennett and author J. Patrick O'Connor: abu-jamal-news.com


See you on Sunday May 4th at the next organizing meeting and on Sunday May 18th at the western regional event.

FREE MUMIA!!

In solidarity,

Jeff Mackler and Laura Herrera, Co-Coordinators
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
510-268-9429

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SAN JOSE, CA

All Out to Free Mumia Now - TWO Protests

**Saturday, April 19
12noon - 2:00pm
Cesar Chavez Plaza (@ the fountains)
170 S. Market Street (across from the Fairmont Hotel)
San Jose, CA

**Thursday, April 24
5:00pm - 6:00pm
south end of Cesar Chavez Plaza
Market & San Carlos Streets
(across from Marriott and Saint Claire Hotels)
San Jose, CA

For info, Donna: 408-293-4774 or email: dbwall@earthlink.net
Sponsored by Justice for Palestinians

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PHILADELPHIA, PA

**Saturday, April 19, 11:00am
Federal Building, 6th & Market Streets

Federal Building, 6th Street & Market
Phildelphia, PA

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)
freemumia.com

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Seven United-front Protests:

**Saturday, April 19:
OAKLAND: 14th and Broadway at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call the PDC: (510) 839-0852 or e-mail: pdcbayarea@sbcglobal.net web: partisandefense.org

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**Saturday, April 19:
TORONTO: Across the street from the U.S. Consulate, 360 University Avenue, between Dundas (St. Patrick Station) and Queen (Osgoode Station), at 1 p.m. For more information: (416) 593-4138 or e-mail: pdctoronto@bellnet.ca

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**Saturday, April 19:
LONDON: U.S. Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London W1A, at 1 p.m.
Info: 020 7281 5504 or e-mail: partisandefence@yahoo.co.uk

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**Wednesday, April 23:
SYDNEY, Australia: Outside U.S. Consulate, corner Martin Place and Castlereagh St., at 5:30 p.m. For more information: Sydney (02) 9281 2181 - Melbourne (03) 9654 4315 or e-mail: pdc.sydney@exemail.com.au

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**Thursday, April 24:
MEXICO CITY: Fac. de Filosofía y Letras (main entrance), C.U., UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), at 5 p.m. Info: je_contacto@yahoo.com.mx

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**Saturday, April 26:
CHICAGO: Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn) at 12 Noon. Info - call the PDC: (312) 563-0442 or e-mail: chicagopdc@sbcglobal.net

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**Saturday, April 26:
LOS ANGELES: Westwood Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd., at 1 p.m. Info - call the PDC: (213) 380-8897 or e-mail: pdc-la@sbcglobal.net
Info and round-trip transportation from New York City to the April 19 demonstration in Philadelphia, call the PDC: (212) 406-4252 or e-mail: partisandefense@earthlink.net

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**Sunday, May 18:
SAN FRANCISCO: Rally/conference - 2pm-5pm at the ILWU Local 6 Hall at 255 Ninth St, San Francisco, CA - more details TBA freemumia.org

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Supporters of The Day After events compiled by ICFFMAJ:
(list still in formation)

INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
PO Box 19709, Philadelphia 19143
215-476-8812

Pam Africa, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ)
The MOVE Organization
Amiri and Amina Baraka, Poets/Activists
Albany Political Prisoners Support Committee
Ashanti Alston, National Jericho Movement
Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition/ Harlem Campaign to Name a
Street in Honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Comite de Soutien a Mumia Abu-Jamal de Marseille (France)
Comite Mumia de Saint-Denis (France)
Dhoruba Bin Wahad, National Jericho Movement
Tameka Cage, Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Martha Conley, Pittsburgh Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Committee
Colia Clark, Grandmother, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters and Granddaughters
on the Move to Free Mumia and More; Richard Wright Centennial,
International Liason Committee; Socialist Party, Pennsylvania;
Solidarity Committee, Capital District New York
Gwen Debrow, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)
Johanna Fernandez, Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Frances Goldin, Mumia's literary agent
Lawrence Hamm, People's Organization for Progress (New Jersey)
Chairman Fred Hampton, Prisoners of Conscience Committee (P.O.C.C.)
Noelle Hanrahan, Prison Radio
Leslie Jones, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu
Jamal, (Ithaca, NY)
Phoebe Jones, Global Women's Strike/ Philadelphia, on behalf of
international network
JR, Prisoners of Conscience Committee/POCC, Block Report Radio
Jeff Mackler, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (California)
Esperanza Martell, Harlem Campaign to Name a Street in Honor of Mu mia
Abu-Jamal/Iglesia San Romero de las Americas
Monica Moorehead, Millions for Mumia of International Action Center
Suzanne Ross, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)
Sundiata Sadiq, Ossining NAACP In Exile, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Coalition (NYC)
Comite Mumia de Saint-Denis, France
Johnnie Stevens, Ad Hoc Committee to stop police terror
Taina Asili, Activist/Poet
Mark Taylor, Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Kazi Toure, The National Jericho Movement
Harold C. Wilson, 122nd Exonerated Death Row Prisoner (Philadelphia)
Kema C. Washington, Father Paul Washington Committee (Philadelphia)
Julia Wright, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-
Jamal (Paris, France)