Abu-Jamal, Mumia

  • Democracy Now! January 15, 2003

    Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 15, 1929 April 4, 1968: To celebrate his birthday, we hear King outline his opposition to war; Sarah Jones performs Waking The American Dream, about new immigrants experience in America; she also discusses The Exonerated, a play about innocent death row prisoners; Your Revolution Will Not Happen Between…

  • Democracy Now! July 30, 2002

    A MUMIA-ABU JAMAL SPECIAL |Mumia is still on death row, after 20 years. Today, we are joined by the French National Collective To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Activist Julia Wright, daughter of the renowned writer and anti-death penalty activist Richard Wright, leads a delegation to see Mumia on Pennsylvania’s death row. All that and more coming…

  • Democracy Now! August 7, 2001

    PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ORDERS MUMIA ABU-JAMAL SUPPORT GROUP TO CEASE FUND RAISING ; A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT FISK IN JERUSALEM, AND PROFESSOR NOAM CHOMSKY ; CONVERSATION WITH RALPH NADER AND WINONA LADUKE. |NEWS HEADLINES PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ORDERS MUMIA ABU-JAMAL SUPPORT GROUP TO CEASE FUND RAISING A state agency in Pennsylvania,…

  • Democracy Now! February 26, 1999

    Jasper Trial; Africa Trade Bill; Mumia Town Meeting |Jasper Trial John William King, the white supremacist convicted of dragging James Byrd to his death, heads to death row today in Huntsville, TX. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, reporter for Pacifica Radio Africa Trade Bill This week, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill) announced his HOPE for Africa Act,…

  • Democracy Now! March 4, 1999

    Lori Berenson: MIT Graduate in Peruvian Prison; Nigerian Elections; Police Brutality in the U.K.; Mumia Town Meeting; Geronimo Pratt Interview |Lori Berenson: MIT Graduate in Peruvian Prison As Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday wrapped up an international conference of Latin American justice ministers in Lima, Peru, Amy Goodman was able to conduct the first ever…

  • Democracy Now! January 29, 1999

    Mumia Concert Stirs Huge Outcry: Why?; Colombia Earthquake; A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys |Mumia Concert Stirs Outcry: Why? Despite angry criticism by the governor of NJ and law enforcement officials, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal held a sold-out benefit concert last night in East Rutherfor, NJ. the Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Bad…

  • Democracy Now! January 1, 1999

    Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary; 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution |Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary Written by Abu-Jamal but read by Adrienne Rich since Pennsylvania prison officials have banned Mumia from recording commentaries for broadcast. 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution It was forty years ago today that the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced to…

  • Democracy Now! November 6, 1998

    U.S. Options After U.N. Iraq Resolution; Jefferson’s Emancipation; Presidential Task Force-Sweatshops; Activists’ Tribunal on Police Brutality |U.S. Considers Options After U.N. Iraq ResolutionU.S. has signaled that it plans to move ahead with preparations for unilateral aire strikes against Iraq. GUEST: Farhan Haq, U.N. correspondent for the Inter-Press ServiceJefferson’s Emancipation – CommentaryA DNA study pubished yesterday…

  • Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Mumia Abu Jamal The Pennsylvania courts have denied Mumia’s appeal for a retrial–an appeal that was endorsed by leaders world wide, including Nelson Mandela.