Workers World: “Around 150 participants filled both sides of the entrance road to State Correctional Institution (SCI) Mahanoy for a rally on Dec. 9 – the final day of the historic March for Mumia. The march demanded ‘Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, End Medical Neglect [in Pennsylvania prisons] and End Elder Abuse.’

The 12-day, 103-mile march started in Philadelphia on Nov. 28 and ended in Frackville, Pennsylvania, with over 65 people walking the last three miles.

The seven individuals who completed the entire march included Saleemah Hadi, Lawrence Hamm and Steve Bernhaut with People’s Organization for Progress (POP); Dr. Richardo Alvarez, Mumia’s medical adviser;  Baba Zayid Muhammad, a Black Panther Party cub and organizer with the New York Malcolm X Commemoration Committee;  Bob Nash with Veterans for Peace; and  Joe Piette, with Workers World Party and the Mobilization4Mumia.

Many others marched for a day or two, or provided food, transportation, and other critical organizational support.

A long-time supporter of Mumia, Pam Africa, with International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, reminded people that Mumia was a journalist, a teacher, and a family man, who was railroaded and never had a fair trial.  She urged people to keep on fighting for justice for Mumia.

Lawrence Hamm, chairperson of the New Jersey-based POP, stressed the demand that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections give Mumia the surgery and medical treatment he needs. He said that all prisoners should receive the medical care they need. Hamm called the DOC’s refusal to give medical care ‘a form of torture’ that can result in ‘death by medical neglect.'”

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