Forwarded message: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 8 10:31:43 1995 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 19:24:11 -0400 > Reply-To: PNEWS Progressive News and Views Distribution List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: PNEWS Progressive News and Views Distribution List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: PNEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Mumia Abu-Jamal > > [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please disseminate the following article. > > By Mumia Abu-Jamal -------------------------------- > > Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania prison system's death row since > 1983, a notorious system currently under investigation by international > organizations for its record of human rights abuses. Supporters around the > world are fighting to secure a new trial for Mumia as there is strong > evidence of improprieties in his first trial. You are also urged to get > involved on Mumia's behalf. > > We at the Bruderhof only came into contact with Mumia in late May of this year. > Already we have found a friend and fighter in him: a fighter for justice, > whatever the personal cost may be. And for him the personal cost is high: his > very life! In prison since 1981, Mumia is running out of appeals, but not out > of steam. His pen is still poised to deliver the truth. Here is his latest > message to the world, written on 4 June 1995. > -------------------------------- > ) Copyright 1995 by Mumia Abu-Jamal. All rights reserved. Used by permission. > -------------------------------- > On 3 June 1995, one day after being served with a Death Warrant, I was served a > Misconduct Report for engaging in a business or profession, > i.e., as a journalist. > > So strongly does the state object to me writing what you are now reading, that > they have begun to punish me, while I'm in the most punitive section that > the system allows, for daring to speak and write the truth. > > My institutional offense? The book Live From Death Row. > > It paints an uncomplimentary picture of a prison system that calls itself > Corrections: but does little more than corrupts human souls; a system that > eats hundreds of millions of dollars a year to torture, maim and mutilate tens > of thousands of men and women; a system that teaches bitterness and hones > hatred. > > Clearly, what the govt wants is not just Death but silence. > > A correct inmate is a silent one. > > One who speaks, writes and exposes this horror for what it is, is given a > misconduct. > > It that a correct system? > > Is that a system of corrections? > > In this department of State Govt, the First Amendment is a nullity. It > doesn't apply. > > No one not a cop, nor a guard can find a lie in Live from Death Row; > indeed, it is precisely because of its truth that it is a target by the > state and its minions it is a truth that they dont want you to see. > > Consider: Why haven t you seen, heard or read anything like this on TV, radio > or newspapers? Newspapers, radio and TV are increasingly the property of either > multinational corporations or wealthy individuals, therefore they reflect the > perspective of the rich, the established, not the poor, the powerless. > > In Live From Death Row you hear the voices of the many, the oppressed, the > damned and the bombed. I paid a high price to bring it to you, and I will pay > more; but, I tell you here, I would do it a thousand times, no matter what the > cost, because it is right! Long Live John Africa! > > To quote John Africa: When you are committed to doing what is right, the > Power of Righteousness will never betray you...Long Live John Africa! > > It was right to write Live From Death Row, and its right for you to read it, > no matter what cop, guard, prisoncrat, politician or media mouthpiece tells you > otherwise. > > Every day of your life youve no doubt heard of Freedom of the Press or > Freedom of Speech; but what can such Freedom mean without the freedom to > read, or to hear what you want? > > As you read this, know that I am being punished by the govt for writing Live > >From Death Row, and these very words. Indeed, Ive been punished but the > govt for my writings since I was 15 years of age; but, Ive kept right on > writing. > > You keep right on reading! > ************************************************ > Allen Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Deer Spring Bruderhof Community Playthings > 207 West Side Road Rifton Equipment > Norfolk, CT 06058 203/542-5545 > See our Death Penalty pages at > http://www.esslink.com/~brud/issues/deathpen/dpenpage.html > ************************************************ >
