BOSTON
Mumia teach-in precedes protest
Special to
Workers World
Boston
On Sept. 29, the Boston Coalition for Mumia Abu-Jamal held
a successful teach-in at the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. A multinational audience of over 100
people turned out for the event.
Workers World Party presidential candidate Monica
Moorehead, coordinator of the May 7 Madison Square Garden
rally for Abu-Jamal, was a featured speaker. Moorehead talked
about the new movement taking to the streets in support of
Abu-Jamal and against racist repression. She discussed the
recent militant protests in Washington, Philadelphia and Los
Angeles.
WWP's Cemile Cakir spoke on the struggle of political
prisoners in Turkey. Cakir spent four years in prison for
being in a socialist group there. Richard Cambridge read
poetry commemorating Albert Nuh Washington, a political
prisoner who died in prison earlier this year.
Other speakers included Ramona Africa of MOVE and former
political prisoner Kazi Touri.
The teach-in was co-chaired by African American City
Council member and longtime community activist Chuck Turner
and coalition representative Sherylynne. The Free Mumia group
announced plans for its Oct. 3 march from Dudley Square in
Roxbury to the site of the first Bush-Gore presidential
debate.
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