From: nattyreb@ix.netcom.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 16:09:56
Subject: !*Hip Hop Benefit @ UofChicago  

FORWARDED MESSAGE
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:19:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kamaria Ngozi 

Revolutionary Greetings,

There will be no serving of alcoholic beverages of any kind, so the event
is for all ages.

Uhuru Sasa!!!

Kamaria

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From: Ben Evans 

Friends,

The following event is a benefit concert to help raise money and, perhaps
more importantly, to help raise awareness about political prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal and his struggle against the death penalty, a struggle I know
that you support. If you would like to help out with this event please
don't hesitate to email me. I know that there is also a gospel music event
on the University of Chicago campus begining earlier in the evening. I'm
sorry about the scheduling conflict, but hopefully folks will be able to go
to both since this event continues later into the night. 

Thanks for your support,

Ben Evans
b-evans@uchicago.edu

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Humble Quest Entertainment, Trix, 
Amnesty International Hyde Park/Uof C Chapter,
and the Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal present:

All 4 One: Supporting the Freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Unity of Hip Hop Day

Saturday May 29th, 7:30pm to midnight

featuring:
All Natural
Iomos Marad
Nemisis
DJ Planet
DJ PNS
DJ Timbuck2
Mars Gamba-Adisa
Speakers from the Crossroad Support Network

Open Mic Poetry
for poets expressing support for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Hosted by Humbleselvez

Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street, Third Floor Theater
$3 before 8:30pm , $6 after 8:30pm

All proceeds will go to Mumia Abu-Jamal's legal defense:
c/o Black United Fund
2227 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Pa 19132-4502

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background info:
We must free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The only way we can prevent this courageous
and principled advocate of justice from being executed by our government is
through a massive public mobilization. It worked in 1995 when we forced
Pennsylvania to halt his scheduled execution. Other Black Panther political
prisoners like Geronimo ji-jaga Pratt and Dhoruba Bin-Wahad have been
freed. We can do it. We are not alone.

The injustice of Mumia Abu-Jamal's trial has been recognized by hundreds of
thousands of Americans, including the 5,000 members of the National
Lawyer's Guild and 26,000 members of the United Farm Workers, 156,000
members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, 140,000 members of 1199 Nat'l
Health & Human 
Services Union/SEIU, and more than 51,000 members of the Int'l Longshore &
Warehouse Union, as well as many other groups.

Many prominent activists such as Julian Bond, President of the NAACP, and
international dignitaries, such as President Nelson Mandela of South
Africa, as well as the former President of West Germany and the Foreign
Minister of Belgium, among others, have called for a new trial for Mumia
Abu-Jamal. International legislators, such as 38 members of the Japanese
Diet and 74 members of the Danish Parliament, have also called for a new
trial. The European Parliament has passed resolutions calling for a review
of his conviction. 

Pierre Sane, Secretary General of Amnesty International, issued a statement
on November 25, 1997,after visiting with Mumia, expressing concern that
"...Amnesty International fears that Mumia Abu Jamal's original trial may
have been contaminated by the deep-rooted racism that appears to taint the
application of the death penalty in Pennsylvania”, and calling for a
moratorium on executions in Philadelphia because of the pervasive effects
of race in imposing capital punishment. 

More information about Mumia Abu-Jamal's case is on the web:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/mumia002.htm
http://www.igc.org/quixote/ej/case1.html
http://www.unstoppable.com/ccfmaj
http://www.mumia.org/

"It is the silent acquiescence of millions that supports the system. When 
you don't oppose a system, your silence becomes approval, for it does 
nothing to interrupt the system. Many people say it is insane to resist 
the system, but actually it is insane not to." 
--Mumia Abu-Jamal