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Hans Bennett is a multi-media journalist mostly focusing on the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners. An archive of his work is available at insubordination.blogspot.com and he is also co-founder of "Journalists for Mumia," created to challenge the long history of corporate media bias, whose website is: Abu-Jamal-News.com
Sunday, September 19, 2010 Media Justice On Trial In Philadelphia --The duel of two films about Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 2 pm, Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal will premiere in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center and at 8pm at the Ritz East. This film's release date was moved up to confront the right-wing anti-Abu-Jamal film, "The Barrel of a Gun," by Tigre Hill, also premiering on Tuesday.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 "Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal" confronts right-wing "The Barrel of a Gun"
In Philadelphia, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the day of the release of Tigre Hill's movie "The Barrel of a Gun", "Justice on Trial" is showing twice. At 2pm it will be at The National Constitution Center (yes, the big tourist attraction across the street from the Liberty Bell and the same spot that Obama gave his "race speech") and then at the Ritz East at 8pm, which is another high profile venue.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Corporate Supremacy --Still! by Mumia Abu-Jamal
"Corporations have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money on politicians?!" - "outrageous!" Really? While people have every right to be outraged, we should inform our outrage, for, in truth, corporate interests have owned the political process -- and politicians -- for the better part of a century.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 New "Criminal InJustice Kos" Series
The below is copied (with permission) from the new Criminal InJustice Kos series at Daily Kos. Check it out here: click here:-New-Series-
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 URGENT! US Activists Dhoruba Bin Wahad and Naji Mujahid detained at Israeli checkpoint
Please help us spread the word. US itizens Dhoruba bin-Wahad and Naji Fenwick have been prevented from entering Palestine (11-23-09). They were going to attend a political Prisoner conference. They are asking for our support by contacting the US Embassy and anyone else we can think of that can help. Below is a sample letter for sending an email to the US Embassy in Amman, Jordan.
Monday, November 23, 2009 Dispatches from IWW Delegation to Palestine
Below are two recent dispatches from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Delegation to Palestine that just arrived a few days ago. Stay tuned for more at iwwinpalestine.blogspot.com
Sunday, November 22, 2009 Carnage at Fort Hood, Texas
In his professional capacity as an army psychiatrist, he undoubtedly heard the deepest fears, hatreds, and perhaps racist revulsions against Arabs and Muslims, as expressed by his military comrades. What kind of stresses and conflicts could this have sparked in the man's mind?
Thursday, November 12, 2009 VIDEOS: Rebecca Doran speaks about Kevin Cooper (1 comments)
Rebecca Doran spoke on behalf of the Kevin Cooper Defense Committee, and explained that San Quentin death row prisoner Kevin Cooper has filed his last appeal to the US Supreme Court. Last week, the state responded with their filings, arguing that Kevin should be executed. A decision is expected from the US Supreme Court as early as the end of November.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 VIDEOS: We Demand A Civil Rights Investigation For Mumia Abu-Jamal! (1 comments)
We have just released new videos from the Nov. 8 event in San Francisco held in solidarity with the Nov. 12 press conference at the Justice Dept in Washington DC that will feature Amnesty International, the NAACP and more. Please help spread the word! For the latest on the campaign seeking a civil rights investigation for Mumia, and the Nov. 12 press conference, please visit: http://freemumia.com/civilrights.html
Monday, November 9, 2009 Glenn Beck's Mumia Obsession: Fox Finds a New Black Boogeyman (3 comments)
Below is an excellent article written by veteran Philadelphia journalist Linn Washington Jr, who has been covering the Mumia Abu-Jamal case from day one.
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Munich City Council Passes Resolution for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Below is an English translation of the resolution passed October 28, 2009 by the Munich City Council in Germany, calling for a new trial for death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. (translated by Michael Schiffmann, co-founder of Journalists for Mumia)
Saturday, October 17, 2009 Stop the Deportation of Denis Calderon and Julio Maldonado!
This is an open letter written to Seth Williams, by Maria Rolon, written about her two cousins Denis Calderon and Julio Maldonado. Rolon writes to Seth Williams: "As you know, I and others believe Denis and Julio were wrongfully convicted and now stand on the brink of deportation, facing permanent exile from their family here in the U.S. We have asked you to explain to the mothers of Julio and Denis your role in this miscarriage of justice."
Saturday, October 10, 2009 BREAKING: Angola 3 Appeal Denied!
The Louisiana State Supreme Court Friday denied an appeal from Herman Wallace, who has been held in solitary confinement for more than 37 years. Wallace and Albert Woodfox are members of what has become known as the Angola 3
Saturday, September 19, 2009 New Issue of Born Black Magazine
Be sure and check out the new issue of Born Black Magazine, which has just been released.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 The NAACP and Mumia Abu-Jamal -- an overview (1 comments)
The NAACP is calling for a federal investigation into the case of Pennsylvania death row prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. This compilation of stories is featured at the front page of Abu-Jamal-News.com
Monday, August 24, 2009 VIDEO: Baltimore NAACP supports Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners
Brother Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, President of the Baltimore NAACP, sent this video'd message to us for the Pennsylvania NAACP meeting which took place this past Saturday in King Prussia, Pennsylvania, and which Pam Africa addressed. Pam called on the State members to support the Campaign for a Civil Rights Investigation, which the National NAACP has already supported, in this historic 100th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP. Pam and the rest of us were received very warmly, and invited to attend the State Convention to be held in Philadelphia this coming October.
Friday, August 21, 2009 VIDEO: Pam Africa speaks at NAACP conference about Mumia Abu-Jamal (1 comments)
On Saturday, August 15, 2009, Pam Africa was invited to speak at the NAACP Pennsylvania state conference, and to address the PA chapters of the NAACP about further actions to support Mumia Abu Jamal, Troy Davis, and other political prisoners.
Saturday, June 27, 2009 The case against Mumia Abu-Jamal is ballistically impossible (new flyer)
Journalists for Mumia has been working closely with the folks organizing the campaign for a federal civil rights investigation, and we are now releasing two new resources to be used for this campaign. Please help spread the word, and if you have access to photo-copying resources, please help by printing what you can!
Sunday, June 21, 2009 Charles Rangel and Cynthia McKinney support Mumia Abu-Jamal, a civil rights investigation
Former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and current U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel, who is chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, have both released their open letters to US Attorney General Holder, calling for a federal civil rights investigation into the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Friday, May 22, 2009 Death Row Prisoner Harvey "Tee" Earvin Reviews Mumia Abu-Jamal's New Book on Jailhouse Lawyers (1 comments)
What we, the dispossessed, have most needed-lawyers, writers, poets, organizers, educators-have largely come from us. Forged out of struggle, we are the products of state oppression. Mumia Abu-Jamal says it best in his conclusion, the "Afterword." We are "men and women, often self-taught, [who] have developed a tradition of selfless service and in some cases excellence, to serve the needs of society's dispossessed."
Thursday, May 21, 2009 PHOTOS: Protest for the MOVE 9 at the US Embassy in Mexico City, May 13, 2009
FROM MEXICO CITY (by Amig@s de Mumia, Mexico City): These are photos of a demonstration about 20 of us did at the United States Embassy here in Mexico City on May 13, 2009 in support of the MOVE 9, Mumia and other pps and to demand justice for the May 13 massacre. Of course we couldn't pass up the opportunity to oppose Plan Mexico, Mexican military and police training by the US and Israel, and the new FBI center they're building on the border for hundreds of agents.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Philly IMC: May 13, 1985 Must Not Be Forgotten
This is today's feature at PhillyIMC.org. Please help spread the word so that this terrible day will never be forgotten.
Friday, May 8, 2009 Eddie Africa of the MOVE 9 has been denied parole
I just received this email from Ramona Africa that the first denial of parole for 2009 has just been issued in the MOVE 9 case:
Sunday, April 26, 2009 VIDEO: Angela Y. Davis speaks in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal
On April 24, in Oakland, CA, former political prisoner Angela Y. Davis spoke in support of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, at an event marking Abu-Jamal's 55th birthday and the release of his new book: Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA.
Friday, April 17, 2009 Why Germans Support New ONLINE Petitions for Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier (2 comments)
Within three weeks this March 3000 people signed a new online petition for Mumia Abu-Jamal addressing the US Supreme Court – among them voices from Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Ireland, India, Japan, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Great Britain and the USA – but most of them from Germany.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are Fighting Back!
Following Monday's news that the US Supreme Court has rejected death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal, supporters nationwide are fighting back by organizing events around the country!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 KBOO Radio, Uprising Radio, and Democracy Now! report on Mumia Abu-Jamal and the US Supreme Court
Three radio programs, with various guests, reported on the April 6 decision by the US Supreme Court to reject death row Journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new guilt phase trial. The Court has not yet ruled on the DA's effort to execute him WITHOUT a new sentencing hearing.
Monday, April 6, 2009 US Supreme Court Rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal's Appeal For a New Guilt Phase Trial
Today, the US Supreme Court rejected Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new guilt-phase trial. The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to consider the Philadelphia DA's separate appeal, which is attempting to execute Abu-Jamal WITHOUT a new sentencing hearing.
Saturday, April 4, 2009 Philadelphia's KKK-cops continue to flaunt their racism!
Is the Frank "Vote White" Rizzo inspired era of Philly Cops publicly flaunting their racism a thing of the past, now that there is a Black mayor and Police Commissioner?
Friday, March 20, 2009 VIDEO: Police attack protesters in Philadelphia City Hall (3 comments)
On Wednesday, March 19, 2009, police attacked members of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) in the gallery of the City Council during the City Council session where Mayor Nutter was announcing his 2010 budget. International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement members were holding signs protesting Mayor Nutter's budget, which cuts essential services for the African population while spending more than one billion dollars a year for police and prisons attacking the black community. Subsequent to the police attack, InPDUM international organizer Diop Olugbala, (aka Wali Rahman), and member Shabaka Mnombatha, (aka Franklin Moses), were brutally arrested and are being charged with aggravated assault on police!
Thursday, March 19, 2009 Please help Leonard Peltier (2 comments)
I just received this alert, so I am asking you to please consider taking action in support of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier. The info for action is in the body.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 TAKE ACTION! Don't let Mexican police get away with it (1 comments)
Last month, the Mexican Supreme Court confirmed that women in San Salvador Atenco suffered major physical and sexual abuse at the hands of police officers. But even with the affirmation of the highest court in Mexico, the women in Atenco are still waiting for these officers to be held accountable for their crimes.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 ROOT RADIO: The importance of Mumia Abu-Jamal (2 comments)
Root Radio host Jeremy Syrop sits down with Orie Lumumba from the Free Mumia Coalition and the MOVE Support Network to discuss the case and importance of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Show includes in depth conversation, rare audio clips, roots music and more.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book on Jailhouse Lawyers just released online
Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book JAILHOUSE LAWYERS: PRISONERS DEFENDING PRISONERS V. THE USA, featuring an introduction by Angela Y. Davis, is now available. In Mumia's words, "This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the hidden, dank dungeons of America ... It is law learned in a stew of bitterness, under the constant threat of violence, in places where millions of people live, but millions of others wish to ignore or forget. It is law written with stubs of pencils, or with four-inch-long rubberized flex-pens, with grit, glimmerings of brilliance, and with clear knowledge that retaliation is right outside the cell door. It is a different perspective on the law, written from the bottom, with a faint hope that a right may be wronged, an injustice redressed. It is Hard Law."
Sunday, March 8, 2009 Call in campaign for MOVE 9 parole hearings! (1 comments)
An action alert has just been sent out by MOVE supporters to help the remaining eight of the MOVE 9 prisoners, who are now having parole hearings. Last year an online petition and letter campaign was initiated, but despite this, the parole board denied parole to everyone(remember that the women never even faced weapons charges!) officially for many unfair reasons including a "lack of remorse" for a crime for which they have always maintained their innocence.
Thursday, January 22, 2009 SF BAY VIEW NEWSPAPER: No justice, no peace! Nadra Foster, Oscar Grant
"No justice, no peace" – now's the time to turn up the volume. Presiding over federal policy is a man who, in his first two days in the Oval Office, has announced no tolerance for torture and wrongful detention. We need to bring that message home to every mayor, police chief, district attorney and warden here at home: NO MORE POLICE, PROSECUTORIAL OR PRISON TERROR!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Emergency Action: Protect Rights of Anti-Mining Protesters in Ecuador
Indigenous organizations and communities affected by mining launched coordinated protests January 20 in nine out of Ecuador's 24 provinces. The protests are in response to passage of a new mining law that favors multinational mining companies and permits large scale mining.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 El Salvador Elections -- Action Alert from CISPES! (1 comments)
Please support CISPES in this campaign. The US has such a terrible history supporting death-squad violence to squash legitimate democratic, poor people's movements. Below is an email alert I just recieved.
Monday, January 5, 2009 SF Bay View Newspaper dubs 2009 the year of the freedom fighter
Free Gaza! Free Haiti! Free Congo! Free political prisoners! Free 'em all! This is the year we have a shot at freeing everyone we can from tyranny, exploitation and poverty.
Friday, January 2, 2009 Lori Berenson Update
Below, in the main body is a Dec. 31, 2008 email update from the parents of Lori Berenson, who is a US political prisoner in Peru. For more background on her case, check out this 2001 article by Media Channel:
Friday, December 19, 2008 Mumia Abu-Jamal faces US Supreme Court, as supporters mobilize globally
On Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed his appeal to the US Supreme Court, asking it to consider his case for a new guilt-phase trial. One month before, the Philadelphia DA filed its separate appeal to the court asking to have Abu-Jamal executed without a new sentencing-phase trial. Both are appealing the March 27, 2008 rulings by the US Third Circuit Court.
Thursday, December 18, 2008 VIDEO: Dec. 6 Intl. Week of Action for Mumia--a report from the frontlines in Philadelphia
While focusing on the Dec. 6 protest for Mumia in Philadelphia, this video also features Mumia's recorded message to supporters alongside photos of solidarity protests at the US Embassies in Mexico City, Mexico, and Berlin, Germany. The footage from Philadelphia includes Pam Africa, Betsey Piette, Maiga Milbourne, Lynne Stewart, Isolina de la Cruz, Ashanti Alston, and Journalists for Mumia's presentation at the crime scene.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Mexican Solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Be sure to view all the photos and read the report-back, which ties Mumia's case to those of political prisoners in Mexico.
Sunday, December 7, 2008 What Happened to Freedom?, by Jamal Hart
Jamal Hart is Mumia Abu-Jamal's son. Mumia's last name is arabic, literally meaning "father of Jamal".
Monday, December 1, 2008 NEW VIDEO: "Fighting for Mumia's Freedom: a report from Philadelphia"
Featuring original footage from 2008 in Philadelphia, this video focuses on the March 27, 2008 denial of a new guilt-phase trial for death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, the DA's continued attempt to execute him, and the response of Abu-Jamal and his international support network. This features Pam Africa, Linn Washington Jr., Sundiata Sadiq, J. Patrick O'Connor, Ramona Africa, Julia Wright, Veronica Jones, Rebel Diaz, and more.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 "Angola 3" Member to Be Released On Bail After 37 Years (1 comments)
GREAT NEWS! Albert Woodfox, who has spent 37 years in prison at Angola Penitentiary, must be released on bail, according to a ruling issued today by United States District Judge James Brady. On September 25th, Judge Brady overturned Woodfox's conviction for the 1972 murder of prison guard Brent Miller. Though the State has announced its intention to appeal that decision, until such an appeal is successful, according to today's ruling, there is no conviction on which to hold Woodfox.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Send Obama a message about the Cuban Five! (2 comments)
I got this email today from the support group for The Cuban Five. This case is very important, so I urge you to please send Obama a message, and please spread this around everywhere you can!
Friday, November 14, 2008 Mumia Abu-Jamal: 'Day of Days'
Unlike any election in generations, this race drew out enormous numbers of first-time voters, and young folks between 18 and 30. Indeed, Obama carried all age groups up to those over 65. This was, in sheer historical terms, an impressive political event.
Thursday, November 13, 2008 Mumia Abu-Jamal on President Obama
We cannot deny its symbolic value. In millions of Black homes, his picture will be placed on walls, beside Martin, John F. Kennedy, and a pale painting of Jesus. I'd be that quite a few African homes (especially in Kenya) will also boast his smiling visage. But beyond symbol is substance, and substantively, some scholars have defined Obama as little different from his predecessors.
Thursday, November 6, 2008 Update on political prisoner Ruchell Cinque Magee (1 comments)
"All right gentlemen, hold it right there.we're taking over!" Armed to the teeth, Jonathan Jackson, 17, George's, younger brother, had raided the Marin Courtroom and tossed guns to prisoners William Christmas and James McClain, who in turn invited Ruchell to join them. Ru seized the hour spontaneously as they attempted to escape by taking a judge, assistant district attorney and three jurors as hostages in that audacious move to expose to the public the brutally racist prison conditions and free the Soledad Brothers (John Clutchette, Fleeta Drumgo, and George Jackson).
Thursday, November 6, 2008 Message from Leonard Peltier
Check out this new message from COINTELPRO prisoner Leonard Peltier.
