Videos also available online: Interview of Cecil Gutzmore: http://politube.org/show/3054 Entire program on Police Terrorism and the Death Penalty (10/7/2010) at St Mary's in Harlem http://politube.org/show/3051
LEDE: EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY, IN 2002, OCTOBER 10 WAS DECLARED "WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY" AND YESTERDAY, THE NEW YORK FREE MUMIA ABU JAMAL COALITION JOINED EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA DEMANDING AN END TO A SENTENCE, WHICH IS NOW VIEWED AS A CRIME AGAISNT HUMANITY BY A MAJORITY OF NATIONS, WITH NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS LIKE THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND IRAN.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, CECIL GUTZMORE, A UNITED KINGDOM PAN-AFRICAN ACTIVIST AND SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES IN JAMAICA, WAS AT ST MARYS IN HARLEM FOR A PREVIEW OF HIS UPCOPMING PHILADELPHIA SPEECH ENTITLED "INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE TERRORISM AND THE DEATH PENALTY". WBAI FRED NGUYEN ASKED DR. GUTZMORE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U.S. DEATH PENALTY:
[CECIL GUTZMORE INTERVIEW]
OUTRO: AFTER THE RALLY THIS WEEK-END WHICH INCLUDED A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE PHILADELPHIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, OPPONENTS OF MUMIAS EXECUTION ARE CALLING FOR A MASS VIGIL ON NOVEMBER 9 ALSO IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE THE THIRD U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WILL DECIDE WHETHER MUMIA ABU JAMAL WILL BE EXECUTED OR BE GRANTED A NEW TRIAL.
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