Hi folks, this YPP post is two-fold:

First I want to share the new Philly IMC feature I wrote.

Second, is our appeal for donations to pay for our newspaper (hoping to get at least $100 in the next week or 2).

Anything you can do to help spread the word is most appreciated.

Last week, death row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed an appeal of a March 27 US Third Circuit Court ruling that rejected his bid for a new guilt-phase trial.

On the 4th of July in Philadelphia, over 75 supporters of Abu-Jamal gathered at the Liberty Bell, including Rebel Diaz, Sundiata Sadiq, and Pam Africa (Watch Video). Issue #3 of Abu-Jamal-News was released, spotlighting Freedom Archives, this fall's CR10 conference and NYC Jerchico march, as well as prisoners Ruchell Magee, Hugo Pinell, Leonard Peltier, the SF8, KC5, and Omaha 2 (View PDF).

RELATED: 4th of July report by Betsey Piette; photos by Joe Piette and Hans Bennett II New articles on The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal by Carolina Saldaña, Linn Washington Jr., and Dissident Voice II Philly events for Mumia and the MOVE 9 on Aug. 8/9

AJN #3 Newspaper Released on 4th of July!

Please Donate Today to Help Pay For Printing!

We released the third issue of our paper just in time for the 4th of July, and we hope that you have enjoyed it!

We are now asking you for a donation to help pay for these newspapers that we give out for free! Because of generous donations following issue #2, we were able to print an extra 4 pages to spotlight the struggles of others who are unjustly imprisoned. SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED!

For issue #2, we spent $625 to print 10,000 issues. The third issue cost $880 for 10,000 issues. We have already raised $780 for this, but now we need to raise $100 more to pay the printer in full. Further, we also need money for distro postage and to begin raising funds for the fourth issue, which can hopefully be published in time for this fall's CR10 Conference and NYC Jericho march to the UN.

We need these donations as soon as possible, so if you are able to help, please do so today!

The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ) is strongly supporting this fundraising and Pam Africa (ICFFMAJ Coordinator) is personally making a special request urging supporters to help pay by donating whatever they can.

All labor is strictly volunteer, so all donations go directly towards printing costs and some postage expenses for sending the papers around the country.

Please make the check payable to: "National Black United Fund—MAJ account" and in the "memo" section of the check please write "Abu-Jamal-News." The check should then be mailed to:

ICFFMAJ, po box 19709, Philadelphia, PA 19143

---Please take a look at our new paper (VIEW PDF of http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/docs/ajn3.pdf">ISSUE #3

and http://www.abu-jamal-news.com/docs/ajn2.pdf">ISSUE #2). Do you agree that this some of the best independent journalism today? We are tackling a very important and controversial issue, providing rock-solid analysis exposing the injustice of the 1982 trial, police frame-up, the recent Third Circuit ruling, and translating the "legalese" of the case into language for the rest of us. If you are impressed by the newspaper, and also our website (Abu-Jamal-News.com) please help out, so that we can continue our work opposing the mainstream media's well-documented bias against Mumia.