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<font size=3>From - nattyreb@gmail.com<br>
</font><font size=4>From: Sis. Fatirah!<br><br>
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Life Hanging by a Thread actions for Mumia in Germany, December
2009<br>
Around the sad and outrageous anniversary marking 28 years behind
steelglass and concrete people all over Germany to the streets for Mumia.
The encouraging news is that hundreds and thousands of people are showing
up for Mumia's support now after years of a low activities.<br><br>
Demonstrations with huge transparents took place in Stuttgart, Oldenburg,
Kiel, Muenchen, Nuernberg, Hamburg, Heidelberg and Berlin.<br><br>
During the weeks and months before new and old groups against the death
penalty and for Mumia's freedom in many towns had organized evening
events with speakers who know the case well, most of them with screeings
of 'In Prison My Whole Life" the 2007 documentary by British
filmmaker Marc Evans. People discussed the planned actions for Mumia in
case the death penalty should be re-installed. Three days after the
announcement there will be a national day of action in many towns
mobilizing to a national demonstration in Berlin.<br><br>
The action in Heidelberg on December 12th was a little different from all
other demonstrations. We had planned to stage a scene for a photo with
our town's most famous brands the castle and the old bridge. Millions
of tourists, most of them Americans, are visiting and photographing it
every year.<br><br>
The theme was "A Life Hanging by a Thread Against the Execution of
Mumia Abu-Jamal" and so we covered the bridge towers and the
handrail with crime scene tape, decorated a big part of the balustrade
with our huge transparent, and hung a life size doll in an orange
jumpsuit down the bridge by a thread.<br><br>
After a while we saved the death row candidate by pulling him up again
and then took the 20 meter long transparent to a spontaneous demontration
through Europe's longes pedestrian mile, Heidelberg's main road, 2
kilometers long and full of shoppers and visitors.<br><br>
Although just about 85 people we made it to a spectacular pic not only
for all tourists and other passengers on Saturday but into our daily
paper on Monday!<br><br>
We are especially proud of the fact that a lot of different groups took
part in the action from Amnesty Interntional Students to the Red Help.
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We will keep working together, going for a city-council-statement in
Heidelberg and for a big demonstration on January 30th.<br><br>
Heidelberger Buendnis für Mumia <br>
Also see: indymedia Germany:
<a href="http://de.indymedia.org/2009/12/268610.shtml">
http://de.indymedia.org/2009/12/268610.shtml</a><br><br>
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