Millions March for Mumia on Apr. 24 in Philadelphia and San Francisco

The fight for Mumia Abu-Jamal focuses on the agenda of the right wing: the criminalization of youth (especially youth of color), the brutality of law enforcement, the suppression of dissent, the expansion of the death penalty, the gutting of defendants rights, and the whole political atmosphere based on a double standard of justice for the most oppressed citizens in the United States.

The fight for Mumia Abu-Jamal focuses on the agenda of the right wing: the criminalization of youth (especially youth of color), the brutality of law enforcement, the suppression of dissent, the expansion of the death penalty, the gutting of defendants rights, and the whole political atmosphere based on a double standard of justice for the most oppressed citizens in the United States.

You may ask yourself, "Why do people support the movement for Mumia?" You will find some people support the movement for Mumia because they believe he is totally innocent or because his involvement with the Black Panthers and MOVE caused him to go to jail. Others are aware of Judge Sabo's racist rulings and know how unfair the trial was.

Some are aware of how police pressured witnesses to the point where most recanted, they know that an unfair trial can't prove anything. Still some believe that the death penalty is wrong, and this killing must stop.

The death penalty is disproportionately applied to people of color. Commenting on the "unbalanced scales of justice," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun said, "Even under the most sophisticated death penalty statutes, race continues to play a major role in determining who shall live and who shall die."

YCL members from across the country have begun mobilizing for the Millions for Mumia demonstrations, in both cities. In Philadelphia, members of the French YCL will show solidarity with the YCL USA to demand an end to racism, police brutality, suppression, capital punishment, and demand a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

As World Barbara Jean Hope put it, "The fight to bring justice in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is as much a part of the class struggle as standing on a picket line."