Date: Wed, 28 Apr 99 11:34:34 EDT
From: "Brian J. Callahan" <Brian=J.=Callahan%MT%DFCI-AT-EYE.DFCI.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject: Mumia Protest Shuts Down W. Coast Ports?


Hey, Chuck, had you heard this?  If true, it's pretty impressive:

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Title: Demonstration for Political Prisoner Mumia abu Jamal Shuts Down
U.S. Pacific Coast
Source: Flint Jones <flint-AT-nsa.secret.org>
Date: 25-APR-1999
Source: Evan <struggs-AT-mindspring.com>, DAMN's labour topic specialist
Reference: iww-news-AT-iww.org

As many as 25,000 protesters, representing a broad-based coalition,
march in San Francisco in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal.  Representatives
of the Longshoremen, representatives of committees to free Mumia,
activists against the death penalty, Angela Davis, Peter Coyote and Ed
Asner, among others, are keynote speakers at the rally.  In addition,
The International Long Shoreman's Union shuts down ports on the West Coast
from Canada to Mexico in an unprecedented display of solidarity.

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Of course, the longshoremen on the West Coast have always been more radical, 
but this still surprises me.

And here's another view of the Philly mumia demo:

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Title: "Millions for Mumia" March in Philadelphia
Date: 24-APR-1999
Author: Agence France Presse
Source: MichaelP <papadop-AT-PEAK.ORG>

Thousands of demonstrators converge on city hall Saturday protesting the
death sentence of US political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal and to press
demands for a new trial for the 45-year-old former Black Panther.
Speakers draw links between Abu-Jamal's case and those of others
imprisoned for their political convictions (notably native American
activist Leonard Peltier), and with the NATO bombing campaign against
Yugoslavia.                                                                

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