Ecosocialism, Mumia and MOVE

By Derek Wall     Mumia Abu-Jamal — on death row for more than 30 years in Pennsylvania for a murder he didn’t commit — is an iconic figure. Yet while the struggle for his freedom continues, less attention is given to his role as a political leader.

Referring to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, he said: “If ever there were a time to honestly question the madness at the heart of capitalism, it is now, as people are repulsed by what they are seeing, week after week, and now month after month, of environmental wreckage, corporate greed, and government subservience.

“Because, in truth, this is what capitalism, unbridled, unregulated, looks like: the spoilage of the natural world for private gain.”

Mumia signs this and many of his messages with the words “Ona Move! Long Live John Africa!” In doing so, he acknowledges the political influence of the controversial radical Philadelphia radical group, MOVE, an influence reflected in his ecosocialism.

His work in exposing the violence with which the authorities suppressed MOVE was the primary reason for Mumia being targeted and framed.           

continued

via Ecosocialism, Mumia and MOVE | Green Left Weekly.

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 1982 Death Sentence is Again Declared Unconstitutional

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has unanimously declared that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence is unconstitutional. In today’s decision, the Court of Appeals reaffirmed its 2008 finding that Mr. Abu-Jamal’s sentencing jury was misled about the process for considering evidence supporting a life sentence. The Court found that, in violation of the United States Supreme Court’s 1988 decision in Mills v. Maryland, the jury was improperly led to believe that that it could only consider unanimously agreed upon evidence favoring a life verdict.

Mr. Abu-Jamal he has been on death row in Pennsylvania for 29 years.

via Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC.

Anarchist Library publishes ‘The Free’

Just an hour ago a text version of The Free was added to The Anarchist Library.

Thanks a trillion M for your help.

This version is excellent for printing off in your office at lunchtime.

Includes EPUB version for handheld. Download from here

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Mike_Gilliland__The_Free.html

homeless blogger downloads The Free

Its only lunchtime here in Catalonia, and 100’s of people are downloading The Free!

Please help let people know it’s available, re-post etc…yippeeeeee..

Happy May Day 2011 Everyone!

Never forget the martyrs who fought against the wage system and capitalist exploitation. Never forget the millions of workers who continue the struggle today. There is nothing greater on earth than fighting for total freedom, and that means freedom from all forms of authority.

Keep the struggle going. Never make peace with your oppressors.

Solidarity and (A).

via Propaganda Lalaland: Happy May Day 2011 Everyone!.

Michael Dickinson: A Poem for the Royal Wedding

(this is the ending)

.….But in the streets of London, during the Royal Wedding Day grand

Thousands of police are on patrol, and protests have been banned.

But the dissenters are there and their voice will be heard.

Enough of this class system and monarchy absurd!

While the wedding guests sit cosy in the Abbey on their butts

The poor people of Britain suffer from vicious Conservative cuts.

While the British Prime Minister bows low to the Queen

The public observe the class system obscene.

Take heed of the rumblings, William and Kate,

The time has come to abdicate!

Abolish the monarchy, and let there not be a sequel!

Instead, from now on let’s all be equal!

Michael Dickinson lives in Istanbul. He can be contacted at his website –

http://yabanji.tripod.com/

read it all here  Michael Dickinson: A Poem for the Royal Wedding.

Christiania: last stand after 39 years

Lars Eriksen in Copenhagen and Alexandra Topping

The closed entrance to Christiania, Copenhagen

An inhabitant of Copenhagen’s free city of Christiania, long a refuge for hippies and artists stands at the entrance to the city. Photograph: Jens Noergaard Larsen/AFP/Getty Images

For four decades, the freetown of Christiania has existed as a testimony to an alternative way of life, where hash was sold openly and squatters’ shacks jostled comfortably with architect-designed eco-sheds.

For some, the commune was a human jungle in the centre of Copenhagen; for others a bastion of irreverence.

But now residents have erected its last line of defence against the Danish government attempts to “normalise” one of Europe’s most famous squats after 40 years of legal wrangling.

Residents have erected fences at entrance points which they patrol, handing out flyers which declare that “Christiania will be temporarily closed until further notice”. Cafes and shops were closed as residents began meetings to debate their future.

Continued…///

via Christiania, one of Europe’s most famous communes, faces last stand | World news | The Guardian.