Activism: Political Prisoners
American Civil Liberties Union
“If the rights of society’s most vulnerable members are denied, everybody’s rights are imperiled. The ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Albert DeSilver and others in 1920. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan and have grown from a roomful of civil liberties activists to an organization of more than 500,000 members and supporters. We handle nearly 6,000 court cases annually from our offices in almost every state. We work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.” - from their website
CODEPINK: Women For Peace
“CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. We reject the Bush administration’s fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. With an emphasis on joy and humor, CODEPINK women and men seek to activate, amplify and inspire a community of peacemakers through creative campaigns and a commitment to non-violence.” - from their website
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC
“The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC) is a group of individuals and organizations in New York organizing for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal based on the evidence showing he is innocent. Join us to learn more and work for Mumia’s freedom. We also support campaigns against the abuses of the present social and political system which Mumia’s case highlights: racism, the death penalty, the brutality of the police, and the unjust imprisoning of political activists.” - from their website
International Action Center: Political Prisoners
“The International Action Center is committed to the building broad-based grassroots coalitions to oppose to U.S. wars abroad while fighting against racism and economic exploitation of workers here at home. With every mobilization or campaign, the IAC strives to draw from the leadership, connect the struggles, and bring together communities of color, women, lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, youth and students, immigrant and workers’ organizations in order build a progressive movement for social justice and change. Ultimately it is our goal to work towards the liberation and freedom of all peoples living in the U.S. and around the world. The IAC has mobilized nationally against racist police brutality, to end the death penalty, and defense of political prisoners like Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier and the Cuban Five.” - from their website
Millions4Mumia.org: Protest Court Decision
“No execution! No life sentence! Free Mumia!” - from their website
Prison Radio: A Project of the Redwood Justice Fund
“Prison Radio’s mission is to challenge mass incarceration and racism by airing the voices of men and women in prison by bringing their voices into the public dialogue on crime and punishment. Our educational materials serve as a catalyst for public activism. Prison Radio’s productions illustrate the perspectives and the intrinsic human worth of the more than 7.1 million people under correctional control in the U.S.” - from their website
Refuse & Resist!
“A political and ideological program of “Resurgent America” is being cultivated and guided from the highest offices in the land. Its prominent themes - a “moral awakening of the nation” and the drive for America to be Number One in the world by force of arms - have a distinctly fascist aura and raise the specter of a police state. Some of us strongly believe in the principles and values to which this country has historically aspired; others of us find oppression and injustice to be rooted in these same principles. But ALL of us agree on the need to repudiate this new course of “Resurgent America.” The transformation now taking place is not some periodic swing of the pendulum from “left” to “right,” but a departure directly connected to preparations for war, repression of dissent, and promotion of U.S. global dominance and superiority over other people.” - from their website
The Mobilization To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning Pennsylvania journalist who exposed police violence against minority communities. On death row since 1982, he was wrongfully sentenced for the shooting of a police officer. New evidence, including the recantation of a key eyewitness, new ballistic and forensic evidence and a confession from Arnold Beverly (one of the two killers of Officer Faulkner) points to his innocence! Mumia had no criminal record.” - from their website
