Denial of Mumia’s appeal: An affront to basic justice and the law

Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in other cases involving Brady and Batson violations.

Denial of Mumia’s appeal: An affront to basic justice and the law

The Brief Origins of May Day by Eric Chase

Dandelion Salad Originally published May 1, 2015 Republished with permission from IWW by Eric Chase IWW, 1993

Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don’t realize that May Day has its origins here in this country and is as “American” as baseball and apple pie, and stemmed from the pre-Christian holiday of Beltane, a celebration of rebirth and fertility.

The Brief Origins of May Day by Eric Chase

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