On >to business...does any feel like >Mumia is being exploited??...I mean >everything has him on its..T-shirts,albums >etc etc..I guess info on >him and other Political Prisoners >getting out is the main >focus...but why is there such
>an up roar about him >and not Mutula,Born ALLAH(Whose now >free) etc etc..

I don't think there is any reason to get mad at people for following one specific political cause. I mean a lot of people's first exposure to some form of a political resistance is related to a popular figure who has some name recognition. It seems like once people are interested in that figure they are much more open to being educated about other people who are currently incarcerated.

I was having a similar discussion with a friend of mine last week. My beef was that people seem to have spent a lot of time organizing on behalf of Mumia when there are plenty of death row inmates in Pennsyvlania and other states who have suffered much more injustice and do not have the financial and legal support that Mumia has. My friend pointed out that, while it may be true that Mumia has a much greater benefit of support than most other death row inmates, a lot of people who have become interested in death row issues through the Mumia case are expanding to work on other cases or challenging more systemic problems. Seems like a good thing to me . . .


Fletch