The Feral Underclass
13th January 2005, 12:49
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Award-winning African-American journalist, the author of several books, and a political prisoner currently sitting on Pennsylvania's Death Row. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the alleged murder of a white policeman on December 9, 1981, in a trial defined by prosecutorial, judicial, and even defence attorney misconduct.
Sherman Austin
Anarchist webmaster, was sentenced on August 4, 2003, to one year in federal prison with three years of strict probation. Austin was sentenced to this despite entering a plea bargain with the prosecution who had asked that Austin be sentenced to 4 months in prison.
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations, is a father, a grandfather, an artist, a writer, and an Indigenous rights activist. He has spent more than twenty-seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Amnesty International considers him a "political prisoner" who should be "immediately and unconditionally released."
Sir Mark Thatcher
Former arms trade business man and son of former conservative prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, now is involved in business ventures in South Africa including diamonds. Arrested for involvement in the oil motivated attempted coup of Equatorial Guinea. 4 year suspended sentence and a £250,000 fine.
Links:
Free Mumia (http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/)
Sherman Austin (http://www.freesherman.org/)
Free Leonard Peltier (http://www.freepeltier.org/)
Award-winning African-American journalist, the author of several books, and a political prisoner currently sitting on Pennsylvania's Death Row. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the alleged murder of a white policeman on December 9, 1981, in a trial defined by prosecutorial, judicial, and even defence attorney misconduct.
Sherman Austin
Anarchist webmaster, was sentenced on August 4, 2003, to one year in federal prison with three years of strict probation. Austin was sentenced to this despite entering a plea bargain with the prosecution who had asked that Austin be sentenced to 4 months in prison.
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations, is a father, a grandfather, an artist, a writer, and an Indigenous rights activist. He has spent more than twenty-seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Amnesty International considers him a "political prisoner" who should be "immediately and unconditionally released."
Sir Mark Thatcher
Former arms trade business man and son of former conservative prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, now is involved in business ventures in South Africa including diamonds. Arrested for involvement in the oil motivated attempted coup of Equatorial Guinea. 4 year suspended sentence and a £250,000 fine.
Links:
Free Mumia (http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/)
Sherman Austin (http://www.freesherman.org/)
Free Leonard Peltier (http://www.freepeltier.org/)