December 9, 1981--In the early morning hours Mumia was sitting in his parked cab, filling out his log, when he heard gun shots. As he looked in his rear view mirror he saw people running and recognized his brother William Cook standing in the street staggering and dizzy. Mumia exited the cab, ran to his brother, when he saw a uniformed cop turn toward him gun in hand, saw a flash and went down to his knees. Mumia was shot in the chest and was critically wounded. After being beaten by arriving backup cops on the street Mumia lay bleeding on the curb for 45 minutes before taken to the hospital where the cops beat him again. At the scene, a Philadelphia police office, Daniel Faulkner, was also found shot. Mumia has always maintained his innocence in the shooting of Faulkner, and that he did not shoot the officer.

Dems Won't Stop Trump Reaction--For Class-Struggle Defense! SL speaker Erica at October 24 PDC-initiated united-front rally to free the Prairieland defendants and drop the charges against the Minnesota 15. Watch the full video here: iclfi.org/pubs/wvtv/2026-def…

Our comrade Ed Kartsen died #OTD 2023 (see obituary: iclfi.org/pubs/wv/1180/obit). Ed was a leading comrade in the Spartacist League. He ran for public office, helped direct work in the trade unions, and played a key role in mobilizing union defense guards and the integrated labor movement for labor/black mobilizations that successfully stopped KKK and Nazi terror. Ed developed the Prometheus Research Library’s first online catalogue. Thanks to him, every library book and pamphlet is discoverable by anyone, anywhere in the world. Ed was dedicated to the struggle to abolish the death penalty and free former Black Panther and MOVE supporter Mumia Abu-Jamal. Ed narrated the film clips about Mumia currently featured in the Partisan Defense Committee’s “45 Years in Prison—Free Mumia Now!” posts @PartisanDefense. Honor Ed’s memory by joining the struggle to free Mumia and all class war prisoners. nitter.siddz.com/PartisanDefense/status…

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Hands off Ilhan Omar! Read the latest SL/US statement here (1/3)

Defend the Minnesota 15! Fight government repression of the left! All out for the NYC rally, Saturday, November 21, 5 pm 15th St. Friends Meeting Room, 15 Rutheford Place, Manhattan

Mumia came of age politically in the 1960s amid the racist backlash against the Civil Rights movement and a black nationalist rejection of MLK’s pacifist liberalism which left the conditions of urban black lives unchanged.

Day 8 of 45 1978-1985: State’s bloody vendetta against Philadelphia MOVE

Former Black Panther and MOVE supporter Mumia Abu-Jamal was framed up for the killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981. Mumia spent 30 years on death row and is now 45 days shy of 45 years behind bars, despite massive evidence of his innocence. To mark this infamous anniversary, starting today, the PDC will be posting facts about Mumia’s frame-up for 45 consecutive days, to help revive the movement for his freedom. We must bring the fight to free Mumia and the lessons of this struggle to this generation of youth who face increased state repression. The fight for Mumia’s freedom is not only urgently necessary to get this militant fighter for black liberation out of the dungeons he has languished in for most of his life, but it would also light some fire under the fights against racist cop terror, black oppression and the silencing of political dissent.

Day 7 of 45 Mumia as Journalist: “The Voice of the Voiceless”

Outrage! Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha sentenced to 10 years! Defenders of oppressed, framed as 'terrorists'. Free them now! frontlinedefenders.org/en/ca… #pakistan #freeimrankhan #gilgitbaltistan #khyberpakhtunkhwa #balochistan

Protest at 71st Precinct in Brooklyn, NY Sheina Banatte speaks out at protest last night calling for justice for her cousin Eudes Pierre, killed by NYPD in 2021. Sheina is joined by family members including Pierre's mother. Justice for Eudes Pierre! Jail the Killer Cops! Drop the Charges against Jamie Kowalski and Daniel Koh!

Day 6: Racist Philadelphia police Red Squad and Stakeout Unit

Today's Brooklyn united front rally against government repression was a big success. It drew around 120 to hear from 4 imprisoned Prairieland Defendants (2 live by phone), a Minnesota 15 defendant, 2 LA anti-ICE protesters who beat federal charges, and a number of endorsers. Very leftwing, positive, and left everyone motivated to renew and broaden the fight against government repression of the left. An injury to one is an injury to all! Thanks to everyone who made it happen! More to come...

Day 5 of 45 At the age of 15, Mumia [Wesley Cook] was a founding member of the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party. He was identified in the FBI files as one of the top three leaders in the Philadelphia BPP. Over 800 pages of FBI files obtained for Jamal by the PDC make it clear that the FBI and cops were to use any “dirty trick” to silence Mumia—wiretaps, informants and police spies. The government relentlessly pursued Mumia at demos, newspaper sales, political meetings and fund-raisers—even at picnics. They interrogated school officials, contacted employers, harassed Jamal’s mother. It was Mumia’s talent as a young revolutionary journalist and propagandist that attracted so much FBI attention. An October 24, 1969 report on Mumia urged that he be placed under high-level surveillance: “In spite of the subject’s age (15 years), Philadelphia feels that …the subject should be included on the Security Index” [those deemed a “threat” to “national security”] and the Administrative Index (ADEX) of those to be rounded up and thrown into concentration camps in case of a “national emergency.” Despite the FBI’s acknowledgement that Jamal “has not displayed a propensity for violence” and was not once found with a gun, the files regularly labeled him “Armed and Dangerous”—a license for the cops and G-men to shoot first and ask questions later.

Day 4 of 45 The FBI’s COINTELPRO conspiracy to destroy the Black Panthers

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This is an outrageous frame-up. For the last six months, Barry Weisleder had to appear in court every 4-6 weeks: "The process is the punishment," and he was stalked by his Zionist provocateur to make it appear that he was violating bail conditions. Drop the charges!