By inviting arrest, Dr. West conflated the Wall Street/D.C./worldwide occupations, the protest against the distortion of Dr. King’s message and memory, and the spirit of the 1995 Million Man March. Dr. West’s principled critiques of President Obama’s affinity to corporate power and this First Black President’s obviously politically gauged non-responses to mass demonstrations and protests against corporate malfeasance are bolstered by his arrest.
by Herbert Dyer, Jr.
On Tuesday, October 11th the US Supreme Court decided to deny the appeal of the Philadelphia District Attorney, which attempted to permanently re-instate the death penalty in Mumia’s case.
Philly D.A. Seth Williams now has a short period of time to decide between moving Mumia to general population to serve a life sentence, or holding an entirely new penalty-phase trial to decide between life in prison without parole and the death-penalty.
And listen to his latest commentary on Occupy Wall Street here.