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MUMIA Abu-Jamal's MUND OBRERO Por que Wolfowitz está bajo fuego? • Mensaje de Mumia 12 Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! MAY 17, 2007 VOL. 49, NO. 19 50¢ MayMay 1717 isis FreeFree MumiaMumia Time!Time! The challenge: racist police terror must not win! IMMIGRANTS ON THE MARCH Protests condemn LAPD terror Houston hunger strike Michigan & ‘Minutemen’ Milwaukee interview 2-3 SUPREME COURT v WOMEN Abortion rights under attack 5 Havana Conference supports CUBAN 5 11 BUSH & SARKOZY Rightist becomes president of France 8 CUBA battles CENTERFOLD Resistingting the death penaltypenalty anti-gay bigotry 10 Prison targets Muslims Panthers salute Mumia WOMEN’S Support the MOVE 9! INTERNATIONAL By Larry Holmes and Monica Moorehead The government has always had two Family and Friends of Mumia have worked Meets in Latin America 9 plans for Mumia: plan A to execute him tirelessly with many others to hold togeth- Abu-Jamal’s struggle and plan B to relegate him to life in prison er the world movement to free Mumia. MUMIA for freedom finally without parole. The government’s hope Another reason that Mumia will never has another day in court. That day is Thurs- was that 9/11 would help them carry out be just a memory is Mumia himself. Mumia SUBSCRIBE TO day, May 17, at 9:30 a.m. in the U.S. Third plan B, and maybe even plan A. has never forgotten the world. Even from Circuit Court of Appeals at 6th and Market The police, the judges, the politicians his tiny death-row prison cell in a remote WORKERS WORLD Streets in downtown Philadelphia. and the super-rich people whose inter- area near the Pennsylvania/West Virginia 4 weeks trial subscription $1 This is a rare event. ests they serve hoped that in a climate of border, Mumia Abu-Jamal continues to It has been almost six years since war and repression against immigrants, write and speak on the important issues of One year subscription: $25 Mumia’s struggle for freedom has had a against youths of color, against women, the day such as on Don Imus, the Virginia day in court. The last one was Aug. 17, against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans Tech killings, immigrant rights, Katrina, Name _________________________________ 2001. That was only weeks before Bush people, and against civil liberties, people Iraq, Cuba, Africa and Venezuela. His Address ______________________________ and the capitalist ruling class here start- would be too busy fi ghting an avalanche most recent book, “We Want Freedom,” ed using 9/11 as an excuse to invade and of attacks to keep the movement to free is a loving, passionate tribute to the Black City/State/Zip ________________________ occupy fi rst Afghanistan and then Iraq, Mumia alive. Panther Party, which he joined as a youth and open up a new phase of U.S. impe- But the world has not forgotten about in Philadelphia. Phone________________email____________ rialism’s endless war against the people Mumia. One of the principal reasons that It seems that no matter how hard the Workers World Newspaper of the world, including those here at Mumia remains on our mind is that free- government tries to murder, demonize or 55 W. 17 St. NY, NY 10011 home, most notably now the survivors of dom fi ghters like Pam Africa and Julia bury Mumia, they cannot silence the “voice 212-627-2994 www.workers.org Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Wright from International Concerned Continued on page 7 Page 2 May 17, 2007 www.workers.org Immigrant organizer demands ‘Fair legalization & worker protection’ In the U.S. Christine Neumann-Ortiz, director of the Milwaukee- And an end to the raids because I think the whole May 17 is Free Mumia Time! . 1 based Voces de la Frontera, spoke with Workers agenda behind the raids is an attempt to disorganize and Immigrant organizer interview . 2 World reporter Bryan G. Pfeifer at the “A Day Without intimidate. It’s also been part of the agenda and effort to Latinos” Statewide Civil Rights March and Boycott, really disintegrate the Latino family structure, which has San Francisco 8 shackled in court . 2 May 1, in Milwaukee, Wis. been a source of strength for these families. … And the Protests denounce police terror . 3 Voces de la Frontera, a member of the Wisconsin raids tear families apart. They’re [the government] doing Young hunger strikers demand immigrant rights . 3 this in very violent ways: sending in automatic weapons, Legalization Coalition, was the main organizer of the MSU students protest racist ‘minuteman’ . 3 march and rally of over 80,000, one of the largest pro- coming into peoples homes, coming into their workplace, Mumia: ‘Viva May Day’ . 3 gressive events in state history and one of the largest treating them as if they were mass murderers. … So I actions in the U.S. for May Day 2007. May Day 2006 think people are making a statement today that we’re not The Flint sit-down strike . 4 in Milwaukee drew 70,000. going to be intimidated. We’re not going to be driven into Con Edison and the subways: greed kills . 4 the shadows. We expect respect. Building support for Mumia . 5 Workers World: Why are you marching today? WW: What do you see as a connection between the Supreme Court sides with anti-woman ideologues . 5 Christine Neumann-Ortiz: immigrant rights movement and the anti-war move- PURE statement in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal . 6 We’re marching as part as a national ment and why does Voces de la Frontera work to Prison offi cials discriminate against Muslim prisoners . 6 day of action for more comprehen- unite these two struggles? sive immigration reform. Activities to support the MOVE 9! . 6 CNO: Because you see the same companies benefi t- WW: What has been the response Racism, resistance & the death penalty . 7 ing off militarization abroad that are benefi ting from in the Latin@ community, labor and the criminalization of the immigrant community Around the world other community organizations to and the militarization of the border. Boeing, GE, this march and rally? Workers promise ‘war’ if auto giants close. 4 Halliburton. The very same companies who’ve been French elect rightist to attack workers’ rights . 8 CNO: It’s been phenomenal. It’s very exposed for corporate corruption in the war that Pakistan movement grows to confront dictatorship . 8 comparable to May 1 last year. So it’s now 70 percent of the American public recognizes as an illegitimate war are the very same companies Women’s International meets in Latin America . 9 again one of the largest marches in Christine Neumann-Ortiz Wisconsin’s history. that stand to gain and are gaining from this attack Lavender and red, part 97 . 10 on immigrants. And it really serves this function. Havana conference mobilizes solidarity for Cuban 5 . 11 WW: What are the demands of this march and rally and And part of the other reason we felt it was important where are you going from here? Workers Day celebrated worldwide . 11 [to unite the immigrant and anti-war movement] was CNO: The most fundamental demand is fair legalization, because these issues were being pitted against each other by which we mean fi xing our immigration system in a way when we were talking to elected offi cials. ... When you Editorials that is going to lead to a path of earned citizenship for consider that $467 billion has been spent on the Iraq war Iraq war comes home . 10 people who are already in this country. And something this year alone and then immigrants are being used as the that is going to maintain strong workers’ rights protec- scapegoat for all of the economic problems. Noticias En Español tions for people within the country or for any immigrant The other critical point that I think is never really talk- Por que Wolfowitz está bajo fuego? . 12 in this country regardless of immigration status. ed about enough is the fact that the undocumented work- We want strong worker protections and benefi ts for all ers, young men 18 to 25, are required, like U.S. citizens, to Mensaje de Mumia para el 1º de Mayo . 12 workers. And we want increased visas to address the tre- enroll in the Selective Service for an emergency draft. So mendous backlog in family visas, so families can be united you have to wonder if the whole justifi cation for denying and not have to be concerned about whether they’re not them citizenship is that they’re a national security threat Workers World going to see their husbands or wives or children again. yet that same government forces, requires legally with 55 West 17 Street And then of course an end to the dastardly policy of just a threat of incarceration, undocumented young men to New York, N.Y. 10011 militarizing more and more of the border which is caus- enroll in an emergency draft to fi ght and die for this coun- Phone: (212) 627-2994 ing more people to die. try. So that’s the kind of hypocrisy in the system. Fax: (212) 675-7869 E-mail: [email protected] San Francisco 8 shackled in court Web: www.workers.org Vol. 49, No. 19 • May 17, 2007 Closing date: May 9, 2007 By V. Edwards on bail, which is now set at $3 mil- San Francisco lion for each defendant. Judge Editor: Deirdre Griswold Little announced that the case is Technical Editor: Lal Roohk being transferred to Judge Philip Seven of the former Black Managing Editors: John Catalinotto, LeiLani Dowell, Moscone.
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