> > WW News Service Digest #116 > > 1) EMERGENCY ALERT! Save Gary Graham/Shaka Sankofa! > by "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >EMERGENCY ALERT! >SAVE GARY GRAHAM/SHAKA SANKOFA! > >--Flood Bush with calls and emails >--Demonstrations continue Wednesday and Thursday in > --New York > --San Francisco > --Detroit > --for more see http://www.iacenter.org/juneteenth.htm#nyc > (this site received over 500,000 hits in one day) > >URGENT: contact Gov. Bush NOW >Flood Gov. Bush's office with calls and emails: (512) 463-2000 or >[EMAIL PROTECTED] demanding that he stop the execution of >Shaka Sankofa (Gary Graham) immediately! Also call Gerald Garrett, >Chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: (512) 463-1679 >or (512) 406-5852 > >Two days in a row, Bush's $1000-per-plate dinners were disrupted by >activists, Monday in Palo Alto and Tuesday in Los Angeles. There are >continuing demonstrations, from New York to Huntsville, TX, to San >Francisco. > >IN NEW YORK, DEMONSTRATE: >*Wed., June 21, 5 pm, starting at the Republican Party HQ, 46th St. and >Madison Ave. >*Thur., June 22, 12 noon, starting at the same location >*Rallies, marches and more will be ongoing. Call for updates on >locations and times. > >Shaka Sankofa's case is now the top story in the mainstream press. >After days of protests and disruptions at his fundraisers, Gov. George >Bush is under intense pressure to stop Sankofa's execution, which is >scheduled for Thursday. For the moment, the death penalty and >Sankofa's case have become the central issue of Bush's presidential >campaign. This is an unprecedented chance to save Shaka's life! > >SAN FRANCISCO ACTIONS > >WEDS.: Rally at the State Office Building at Van Ness and McAllister in >San Francisco from 4pm to 6 pm to demand Governor Davis send a >strong message to George W. Bush that the people of California want >him to stop the execution of Shaka Sankofa (Gary Graham) and >demand a new trial. > >THURS.: If there is still no stay granted by Thursday morning, there will >be a direct action and legal support demonstration at 8 am outside the >US Court of Appeals at 7th and Mission Streets in San Francisco. > >STATEMENT FROM HUNGER STRIKERS IN DETROIT > >Detroit Hunger strikers completed there second day of a fast to demand >that George Bush halt the execution of Shaka Sankofa, aka Gary >Graham. On day 1, Sunday, the hunger strikers were introduced to >congregations at the Central United Methodist Church, and the New >Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit where they spoke about the case. > >On Day 2 the hunger strikers set up camp outside the Detroit City >Council Building where they will remain all week. A banner calling for a >halt to the execution of Sankofa is displayed. The strikers and >supporters leafletted people about the case and collected about 200 >petition signatures demanding a hald to the execution where were >faxed to Governor George Bush. A 12 noon rally was well attended and >got media coverage by TV2, WWJ, the Metro Times and City View >newspapers. > >The hunger strikers include Shirley Sanders, African American >community activist; Arnetta Grable of the Coalition Against Police >Brutality, whose son was killed by Detroit cops; Groundwork for a Just >World organizer, Jeff Nelson, and David Sole, president of UAW 2334. >Today Sally Peck, a leading anti-death penalty activist in Michigan, and >Elena Herrada, well known activist in the Latino community joined the >hunger strike. > >The hunger strikers will be holding daily rallies at 12 noon at the Detroit >City County Building to continue building support for a halt to the >execution. A vigil is scheduled for 5-7 pm on Thursday at the Detroit >City Council building, the time the Sankofa execution is scheduled to >take place. > >In other cities across the country and especially in Texas actions are >taking place to halt this execution of an innocent man and to demand a >moratorium on executions nationwide. Join the rallies every day and >visit the hunger strikers at the Detroit City County Building any time >between 8-5pm to pick up petitions. > >Free Shaka Sankofa. Free Mumia. End the racist death penalty! > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
