#wadiya jamal

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By Gloria Verdieu

When I read the email message on Dec. 27 stating Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wife, Wadiya Jamal, had transitioned, I was deeply saddened. I recovered from my state of shock, reading the many replies expressing love, light, and well-wishes to the family and friends of Wadiya and Mumia. I realized that I had to be strong, stay focused and continue the fight to bring Mumia home.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal, A Sad Love Song (Wadiya's Song), 2021, Originally released on CD in 2011 by french collective 'Libérons Mumia'. Music & Lyrics: Mumia Abu-Jamal. Piano & arrangement: Alain Jean-Marie. Vocal: Morena Fattorini. Bass: Michel Rosciglione. Percussions: Roger Raspail. Drums: John Betsch. Cello: Mathias Allamane. Collage Art: Aaron Marin (Neutokyo)

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Mural in solidarity with political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been imprisoned on the US on death row since 1981.

The mural was painted at the Casa Okupa Chiapaz in Mexico City. was painted to celebrate his 69th birthday & honor his beloved wife Wadiya.

The day will come when the people break open the doors of that vile cage & free Mumia!

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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is a political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He became known while on death row for his writings and commentary on the criminal justice system in the US. After numerous appeals, his death penalty sentence was overturned by a Federal court. The prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He entered the general prison population early the following year.

He was born in Philadelphia, where he grew up.

He became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970. He completed his high school education and became a radio reporter. He served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. He supported the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia and covered the 1978 confrontation in which one police officer was killed. The MOVE Nine were the members who were arrested and convicted of murder in that case.

His trial has been criticized for constitutional failings; some have claimed that he is innocent, and many opposed his death sentence. His family, politicians, and other groups involved with law enforcement, state, and city governments argue that his trial was fair, his guilt beyond question, and his death sentence justified. Many of these groups exist within the Prison-Industrial Complex, a system that he has criticized.

When his death sentence was overturned by a Federal court in 2001, he was described as “perhaps the world’s best-known death-row inmate” by The New York Times. During his imprisonment, he published books and commentaries on social and political issues; his first book was Live from Death Row.

He married Biba (1973) and they had two children. He married Marilyn (1978) and they had a son. He married Wadiya (1981-2022). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Urgent call to action: Mumia Abu-Jamal to have heart surgery 

By International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal 

April 14, 2021, 6:01 p.m. -- We have learned that Mumia Abu-Jamal, the world renowned veteran Black Panther, political prisoner and radio journalist, had heart pain over the weekend. He was rushed to the hospital, and is expected to undergo heart surgery tomorrow, April 15, 2021. 

We demand that: 

1. Before surgery, Mumia be allowed to call his wife, Wadiya Jamal; his longtime supporter Pam Africa; his chosen doctor, Dr. Ricardo Alvarez; and his spiritual advisor, Mark Taylor; 

2. Mumia not be shackled to his hospital bed, as is the rule in Pennsylvania and across the United States;  

3. Immediate release of this innocent man from prison. 

We need not look far to see the mortal danger that the shackling of a patient represents: our dear ancestor, political prisoner Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald, was chained and shackled to his hospital bed in his last days —while he was hardly conscious— and before making his final transition, just over two weeks ago on March 28, after 52 years in prison. 

According to Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, Mumia’s chosen doctor, “Any evidence of shackling will be seen as a deliberate harm to Mumia and a perpetuation of the court-documented trauma he has already suffered.” Loud and clear are the echoes of slavery, which —as Eric Williams shows in “Capitalism and Slavery” — for the first time in human history produced the global distribution and mass use of handcuffs, shackles and fetters to bring enslaved Africans to heel. 

Dr. Alvarez continues: “There is significant evidence, both legal and medical, that Mumia has suffered severe harm because medical, legal, law enforcement and judicial professionals have not met proper standards. Mumia has been recently hospitalized for COVID and congestive heart failure and he already suffers from hypertension as well as liver cirrhosis and diabetes, both induced by court-documented medical neglect. Freedom is the only treatment.”  

Please call the following offices to make these demands: that Mumia be immediately allowed to call his wife, Pam Africa, his doctor and spiritual advisor; that he not be shackled to his hospital bed; and that he be immediately released. 

John Wetzel, head of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 717-728-2573  

Christopher Oppman, deputy secretary for administration who oversees healthcare for Pennsylvania DOC, 717-728-4122 or 717-728-2573 ext. 5 

SCI Mahanoy Superintendent, 570-773-2058 

Tom Wolf, governor of Pennsylvania, 717-787-2500 ext. 3

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Tuesday April 20 9:34am:  Mumia's medical attorney's have received word from the Open Heart ICU doctors.  Mumia's surgery was successful.  There were no complications.  He is receiving minimal oxygen and has one IV. 

Mumia's wife Wadiya was waiting all day yesterday, and all night for word and only heard this news this morning at 9:30 am.   

Wadiya Jamal says  "I won't know he is ok until I hear from him directly."  

We are demanding that the hospital officials and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections do the following immediately:

1) Mumia must not be shackled to his hospital bed during his recovery.

2) Let Mumia speak with his Family.

2) Let Mumia speak directly with his physician Dr. Ricardo Alvarez

3) Let Mumia speak with his spiritual advisor Dr. Mark Taylor

4) Provide the appropriate rehabilitation plan for his recovery

The next days, weeks, and months will be critical in Mumia's recovery.

The conditions of his confinement contributed to his heart disease. He was held in isolation solitary for over a year, never able to exercise.  Limited to walking in his very small cell.  He was allowed off his block rarely. These were due to the covid restrictions. 

As he recovers he MUST have access to his physician, exercise and a heart healthy diet.  

Please continue to call and write to the PADOC and let them know we are watching and that "Freedom is the only treatment": 

Head of PA DOC, John Wetzel

717-728-2573 *** EMAIL:  J.Wetzel@state.pa.us , ra-crpadocsecretary@pa.gov

twitter: @johnewetzel, @DOCSecretary 

  

PA DOC, Deputy Secretary for Administration of Healthcare, Christopher Oppman 

717-728-4122 or 717-728-2573 Ext 5

 

SCI Mahanoy Superintendent, Bernadette Mason

570-773-2158 

Governor of PA, Tom Wolf

717-787-2500 ext. 3. *** FAX 717-772-8284 *** EMAIL:  Brunelle.Michael@gmail.com  

facebook: @governorwolf, @TomWolfPA  instagram: @governortomwolf

Via Prison Radio

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TAKE ACTION: Please make 3 phone calls to demand health care for Mumia Abu-Jamal

If you're sick, you can go to a doctor or an emergency room to be examined and treated, in a hospital if necessary. If you're being held behind bars, getting sick can be a death sentence. Profits come before prisoner care for the Dept. of Correction's medical contractors. 

SCI Mahanoy political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal needs your help in getting treatment for a severe skin disease so bad he told his wife Wadiya he “can’t take it any more.” For more than 2 years, he has suffered from intense itching all over his body. 

The treatment for hepatitis C which we fought for and won has not cleared up his skin conditions.He is also concerned about his cirrhosis of the liver and neuropathy. People suspect tainted water may be causing problems for many prisoners.   

Mumia and recent visitors report he can't sleep because the itching is so overpowering and relentless. His condition is worsening: his back, chest and arms have become rough and leathery, alligator-like. There appear to be hairline cracks in his skin that show bleeding. 

Instead of a hands-on exam by an expert dermatologist, the DOC's doctor had a teleconference with Mumia, after which Ultra Violet (UVB) treatment and Dupixent were recommended. 

Mumia stopped unsupervised, self-administered UVB treatment last year because his skin got burned. Mumia's UVB treatment should be safely administered at a hospital with a Narrow Band UVB, reducing the risk of burns and is more effective than Broad Band UVB.

Mumia needs a full diagnostic work-up before he receives a new medicine like Dupixent, which can have serious side effects if administered incorrectly outside of a hospital setting. 

Mumia has been unjustly imprisoned for 36 years. The DOC's continuing failure to effectively diagnose and treat this severe skin disease is nothing less than torture and is one more reason Mumia should be released from prison, now.

1. Please call: 

• SCI Mahanoy Superintendent Theresa DelBalso: 570-773-2158

• PA Secretary of Corrections John E. Wetzel: 717-728-4109

• PA Dept of Health Acting Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine: 717-787-9857

Demand that Mumia be taken to an independent medical facility such as Geisinger Hospital, as in 2015, which has the expertise to provide thorough hands-on diagnostic evaluation and offer supervised patient care.

2. Pack the court on Jan 17 in Philadelphia to support his legal case eventually lead to Mumia’s freedom.   

International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal 

International Action Center

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal (NYC)

Campaign to Bring Mumia Home

Educators for Mumia