Schiffmann urges those in the U.S. to attend (or support locally) the massive Philadelphia demonstrations being organized to support Abu-Jamal while we wait for a decision from the federal 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, following the May 17 hearings. “We have kept Mumia alive. Against the odds, we have won the first stage of an uphill battle. Now we must go on all the way – and that is to free Mumia Abu-Jamal!”
This review is based on both an exclusive reading of the (as of yet unpublished) English language version of Race Against Death and the author’s recent full-length interview with Schiffmann about his book and the German movement supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Michael Schiffmann’s book Race Against Death: Mumia Abu-Jamal. a Black Revolutionary in White America has just been released in Germany. Schiffmann is still looking for a US publisher. He can be contacted via email: mikschiff@t-online.de. His website is www.againstthecrimeofsilence.de.
