Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Today in Labor History


April 24
The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American - 1999








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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous1:27 PM

    Ed you forgot to write that Mumia abu-Jamal put a bullet in the head of a cop at point blank range ...not because he's a black journalist...tell the entire story

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