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OEA Statement on Colin Kaepernick’s Call for Mumia’s Freedom

The Oakland Education Association (OEA), representing nearly 2,800 educators in the Oakland Unified School District, applauds Colin Kaepernick’s statement calling for freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. In a video statement, Kaepernick documented how nearly 40 years ago Abu-Jamal was framed for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, framed by a police department notorious for its systematic racist brutality and for tampering with evidence to convict the innocent.

Kaepernick himself has been blackballed by the NFL for protesting police violence against the African American community since he first took a knee as an SF 49er. His courage in the forefront of anti-racist struggle inspired much of the NFL to take a knee, leading athletes to protest police violence and to boycott sporting events following the murder of George Floyd.

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Colin Kaepernick Supports Mumia!

21 November 2020

Colin Kaepernick is a professional football quarter-back with a sterling record, but he is now an unemployed free agent. This could not be a more important indication of systemic racism in the US, nor a greater condemnation of the corporate worms that own football in this country.

In the 49ers’ third preseason game in 2016 Kaepernick sat during the playing of the US  National anthem prior to the game, as a protest against police brutality and systematic oppression of blacks in this country. Throughout the regular season, Kaepernick continued his protest by kneeling during the anthem. During a post-game interview that year, Kaepernick explained his position stating, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”

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No Execution by COVID-19! Car Caravan to San Quentin, May 9th

No State Execution by COVID-19!
Join the Car Caravan to San Quentin – May 9th

Click here for a PDF of this flyer

Click here for a Spanish Language flyer

Saturday, May 9th
10 am
Larkspur Ferry Terminal (near San Quentin Prison)

The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal is calling for a car caravan/protest and rally at San Quentin Prison on Saturday May 9th. We demand that Governor Newsom act to prevent prisoners from being infected by this deadly pandemic. Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions which are pervasive in San Quentin and prisons across the country! In the Marion, Ohio prison fully 80% of prisoners have tested positive! Packing inmates like sardines in San Quentin Prison cells will infect many and some will die. Confined spaces like prisons, ICE jails and cruise ships act as incubators of the deadly COVID-19 virus.

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¡Ninguna ejecución estatal por COVID-19! Únete a la caravana de coches en La Prisión Estatal San Quentin – 9 de mayo, 2020

¡Ninguna ejecución estatal por COVID-19!
Únete a la caravana de coches en La Prisión Estatal San Quentin – 9 de mayo, 2020

9 de mayo, 10 AM
Larkspur Ferry Terminal

Clic aqui para obtener un folleto en PDF

Clic aqui para obtener un folleto en PDF (ingles)

El Comité de Acción Laboral para La Liberación de Mumia Abu-Jamal ha llamado una protesta/
caravana de automóviles en San Quentin State Prison el sábado 9 de mayo. Exigimos que el
Gobernador Gavin Newsom actúe para evitar que los prisioneros sean infectados por esta
pandemia mortal. Condiciones insalubres y el congestionamiento son sumamente comunes en
San Quentin State Prison y en las prisiones en todo el país. En la prisión de Marion, Ohio, el
80% de los prisioneros han dado positivo por coronavirus! El acto de poner a los prisioneros
juntos como sardinas en las celdas de la prisión de San Quentin infectará a muchos y algunos
otros morirán. Los espacios de confinamiento como las prisiones, las cárceles de ICE y los
cruceros actúan como incubadores del mortal virus COVID-19.

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“No State Execution by COVID-19”: SAN QUENTIN PRISON PROTEST West Gate, Saturday May 9 @ 10AM

Saturday, May 9, 10am
Larkspur Ferry Terminal (near San Quentin Prison)

For information call: Richard Tan 650- 996-7888 or Jack Heyman 510-501-7080

A car caravan demonstration to demand protection from the deadly COVID-19 virus for prisoners is set for Saturday, May 9th. Cars will assemble at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal parking lot at 10AM. The caravan will begin at 11AM driving up Sir Francis Drake Blvd. to the West Gate of San Quentin State Prison. They will be protesting prison authorities who are leaving the most vulnerable people—prison inmates in overcrowded conditions—in danger without basic protections and unable to enact physical distancing. Kevin Cooper, an innocent San Quentin Death Row prisoner who has served 35 years, wrote “being on death row with this COVID-19 pandemic raging is like having another death sentence.”

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