Check out this excellent new essay by Mumia that was just released by Reporters without borders!
For more on Mumia's recent book, please check out this page of information that I have compiled: http://abu-jamal-news.com/...
Also, for a summary of the US Supreme Court ruling against Mumia, this is an essay that I wrote for the SF Bay View Newspaper:
http://www.sfbayview.com/...
http://www.rsf.org/...
United States - "Journalism in Hell": Mumia Abu-Jamal relates his experience as a journalist from his prison cell on death row
MONTREAL, June 10 CNW Telbec - Reporters Without Borders has just
released "Journalism in Hell," an article by Mumia Abu-Jamal written from his prison cell on death row, where he has been incarcerated since 1982.
At the time of his arrest, he was known as the Voice of the voiceless for speaking out as a reporter against governmental abuses and corruption. In this eyewitness account written on May 23, 2009, at this organization's request, the journalist describes what has been happening to him and how he has managed to pursue his profession since his arrest. He notably relates how he had to plead his case on the grounds that his activity was protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment in order to obtain the right which he had previously been denied. His account is published here in its entirety.
"Although Mumia Abu-Jamal was not arrested and sentenced to death in his professional capacity, it is certainly likely that his status as an activist and committed journalist was a driving force. Mumia Abu-Jamal's fate hinges on human rights, of which the death penalty already constitutes a violation. We will be giving Mumia Abu-Jamal an opportunity to relate his experience in his own words" stated Reporters Without Borders.........
Read Mumia's essay here:
http://www.phillyimc.org/...