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‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history.

“It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent and decided to speak out against the repression that you see with your own eyes,” Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther, said while calling from Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy state prison. “You are part of something massive, and you are part of something that is on the right side of history.

“You’re against a colonial regime that steals the land from the people who are Indigenous to that area. I urge you to speak out against the terrorism that is afflicted upon Gaza with all of your might, all of your will and all of your strength. Do not bow to those who want you to be silent.”

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[–] heartpatcher 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Considering that the appeal here is that he is an ex-black Panther this doesn't seem to me as an ad hominem attack.

Reminder that there are questions on how fair his trial was. Convicted of murder is not committed murder

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

Based on the facts of the case as presented by the cops themselves, not murder and not even attempted murder.

Defense, plain and simple.