death penalty, indigenous rights, Mumia

1998-12-13

Jan Slakov

Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:39:39 +0000
From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Agitprop/Mumia

AGITPROP NEWS 12.13.98

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3.  Vote Mumia Abu-Jamal as "Man of the Year"

Please go to this page and vote Mumia Abu-Jamal as "Man of the Year"
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/moy/index.html
Please spell it exactly like this: Mumia Abu-Jamal
Please pass this along to friends

The A-Infos News Service

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4.  All Things Censored

"All Things Censored, Volume I" - A compact disc of essays written and read
by Mumia Abul Jamal on Death Row for a crime he did not commit "
Reflective, humorous, anecdotal, and focused, it is the voice of a
professional journalist and gifted storyteller. That voice can penetrate
even concrete, bend the power of law towards justice, and melt
institutional cowardice" Send $15.00 (includes p+p) to Prison Radio /
Quixote P.O. Box 411074, San Francisco, CA 94141 •••@••.•••
415-648-4505

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5.  Who Will Be the 500th Person Executed in the US?

Sometime in the next few weeks the United States will execute the 500th
person since the resumption of executions in 1977.

Will number 500 be:

. Tuan Nguyen, a Vietnamese native with mental illness and neurological
  impairment, on his 39th birthday, in Oklahoma?

. Joseph Faulder, a Canadian national, whose rights according to the
  Vienna Convention were violated, in Texas?

. Louis Truesdale, convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of
  18-year old Rebecca Eudy, in South Carolina?

. Robert Robbins, who has dropped his appeals and volunteered for
  execution in Arkansas?


On the day that the United States of America executes the 500th person,
concerned individuals and groups like the Abolitionist Action Committee,
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Amnesty
International, and The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
will draw attention to this solemn event by holding prayer vigils and
nonviolent rallies at state capitals and execution sites in the U.S.A.
Groups in Paris, Rome, Munich, Helsinki and Olso will conduct protests at
the American Embassies.

For more information about the 500th execution in the U.S.A. and this
national day of protest, call Joan Brett (214)768-3630, Rick Halperin
(214) 768-3284, or Abe Bonowitz (800) 973-6548.


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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:47:54 +1300
From: Makere Harawira <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Award-winning journalist and former
  Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal
>
>At a time when indigenous rights are being sidelined and undermined in
>every way possible, when the debates on the Draft Declaration [on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples] don't get a mention in the international
press, the imminent death of this man for a crime for which there is no
evidence at all, must surely symbolise the plight of all indigenous peoples
everywhere. Please help to prevent this outrage by sending in your votes.

>>>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:58:37 -0800 (PST)
>>>From: Rafael Martinez <•••@••.•••>

<snip>
 In just two days, Mumia Abu-Jamal has become # 7 on
Time Magazine's Man of The Year List.  We may not be able to catch Matthew
Shepard, but should have no problem getting Mumia to come in at #2.  If you
have not yet voted, please do so at the below address.  Voting is over soon, so
do so immediately. Also get all of your friends and acquaintences to vote, or
use their computers to it yourself.  If they don't have a computer, make them
write a letter. Please forward this message to everyone you know.

http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/moy/index.html

 -- Man of the Year 1998
 
 Man of the Year for 1998?                      %
Tally
 1  Matthew Shepard
  62.23  33866
 2  Thor Newman
   3.87  2107
 3  Michael Hiebert
   2.85  1551
 4  Mick Foley
  2.66  1450
 5  Russell Henderson
  2.64  1442
 6  Linda Tripp
   2.31  1258
 7  Mumia Abu-Jamal
   2.16  1179
>>>> 8  Click on pop-up ...
>>>2.13  1160
>>>> 9  Madonna
>>> 1.40  766
>>>> 10  Mark McGwire
>>>1.24  675
>>>> 11  Bill Clinton
>>>   1.10  602
>>>> 12  Kenneth Starr
>>>0.96  527
>>>> 13  Hillary Clinton
>>>  0.77  421
>>>> 14  Nitendra Rajput
>>>0.74  407
>>>> 15  Gurp
>>>    0.62  339
>>>> 16  Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf          0.57
>>>314
>>>> 17  Jesus Christ
>>> 0.56  305
>>>> 18  John Glenn
>>>  0.52  288
>>>> 19  Steve Jobs
>>>  0.52  286
>>>> 20  Tomwhore
>>> 0.43  235
>>>>
>>>> --------- End forwarded message ----------
>>>
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