Open World Conference of Workers
In Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights
Open Letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Calling for United Nations Intervention on Behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear supporters of the international campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal:
On August 29th, the following Open Letter was delivered in Durban, South Africa,
to senior representatives of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who assured the
delegation that the letter would be delivered directly to Mr. Annan. The Open
Letter calls for United Nations intervention on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who
has been on death row in the United States for 20 years.
The Open Letter was delivered at the UN headquarters in Durban by a delegation
mandated by the Independent Workers Conference, held earlier that day in Durban
at the initiative of the International Liaison Committee and the Permanent
Committee of the International Tribunal on Africa. The delegation also delivered
two other texts: (1) the Final Declaration adopted by the August 29th
Independent Workers Conference, and (2) a separate Open Letter to Kofi Annan on
the other central issues addressed by the August 29th conference: cancellation
of the debt, reparations, end to the IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment Plans,
etc. [See previous OWC posting with the text of this first Open Letter.]
The delegation was accompanied by a demonstration convened by the organizers of
the August 29th conference. Lybon Mabasa, president of the Socialist Party of
Azania, addressed the rally -- which was held in the presence of the UN
officials. He presented to the UN representatives and to the rally participants
the conclusions of the Conference and read the Final Declaration adopted by that
gathering. [See separate posting with the text of the Final Declaration of the
August 29th conference.]
The UN campaign to free Mumia -- whose ultimate aim is to obtain a UN Resolution
calling for freedom for Mumia -- was initiated by the International Tribunal on
Mumia. Supporters of the campaign include the International Concerned Family and
Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the International Committee to Save the Life of
Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Mobilization to Free Mumia and many others -- including the
OWC Continuations Committee.
The Open Letter was drafted by a Sub-Committee of the National Coordinators of
the Mumia defense campaign. Members of the UN Campaign Sub-Committee that
drafted this Open Letter are Sam Jordan, Pam Africa, Suzanne Ross, Jeff Mackler,
Julia Wright and Alan Benjamin. Sam Jordan, the lead author of this Open Letter,
participated in the August 29th Conference in Durban, which mandated the
delegation that delivered the Open Letter to representatives of Kofi Annan.
Please find below the Open Letter to Kofi Annan and the list of U.S. endorsers
of the letter. In a separate posting, we list the international signatories of
the letter. All titles and organizations are listed for identification purposes
only. The names are listed in the order they were received.
We would like to thank all who signed this Letter and who helped gather
signatures. Special thanks to those of you -- particularly the Mobilization to
Free Mumia in San Francisco -- who contributed financially to Sam Jordan's
lodging expenses in South Africa.
In solidarity,
Alan Benjamin,
OWC Secretary
P.S. We are sending you a separate posting with the Final Declaration adopted by
the August 29th Conference in Durban. All interested in further information
about the events in Durban surrounding the World Conference Against Racism, can
request a two-part report on these events issued by the ILC. Part 1 deals with
the general strike called by the COSATU union federation and the positions of
the Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA). Part 2 includes an in-depth, critical
analysis of the Final Declaration adopted by the NGO Forum in Durban. To obtain
these two postings, please write to <ILC@energy-net.org>.
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Greetings, Mr. General Secretary:
The United Nations has affirmed in its proceedings, conventions and covenants
and reports a policy of opposition to all forms of racism and racial
discrimination. The third World Conference Against All Forms of Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) scheduled for August
31 - September 7, 2001, promises to focus the world's attention again on the
eradicable scourge of racism.
In Philadelphia in 1997, the International Tribunal for Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal,
an assembly of jurists, rapporteurs and witnesses, was convened to examine the
case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Tribunal found that in its course through the
criminal justice system, Abu-Jamal's case was characterized by egregious
violations of his civil and human rights as provided in the U.S. Constitution
and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, respectively. The
Tribunal concluded without qualification that the criminal justice system in the
United States of America has wrongfully convicted Mumia Abu-Jamal.
No corroborating evidence whatsoever has been adduced by prosecutors linking Mr.
Abu-Jamal to the crime with which he has been charged, the murder of a police
officer. Chief prosecution witnesses have recanted their original testimonies
that were offered under duress. Evidence serving to impeach testimony regarding
a "confession" by Mr. Abu-Jamal was obstructed by prosecutors and
never presented to the trial jury.
Prosecutors have deliberately withheld additional exculpatory evidence including
ballistics tests and statements of eyewitnesses. Mr. Abu-Jamal's membership as a
youth in the Black Panther Party was cited by prosecutors as justification for
the imposition of the death penalty in full contravention of U.S. Constitutional
guarantees to freedom of speech and association.
Moreover, testimony before the Tribunal established that the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
represented at least four major currents of racist policies affecting the
criminal justice system in the U.S.: (a) Police brutality and racial profiling;
(b) Disproportionate imposition of the death penalty on the poor and people of
color; (c) Accelerated rates and extended duration of incarceration of
African-Americans in the U.S. prison system; (d) Criminalization of the work and
ideas of political dissidents rendering them political prisoners - most often
African-Americans and other people of color.
The implementation of each of these policies has occurred in the case of Mumia
Abu-Jamal. He was brutally and repeatedly beaten at the hands of Philadelphia
police officers at the scene of the crime for which he was wrongfully convicted
and again in the hospital where he was transported for treatment of his own
serious injuries suffered in the same incident. Abu-Jamal was arbitrarily
sentenced to death although neither physical nor forensic evidence linked him to
any capital crime. He has been on death row almost twenty-years - longer than
the average period of incarceration for those convicted of homicide, while the
U.S. prison population has grown to more than two million, an unprecedented
total for any nation. Over sixty-percent (60%) of this population is
African-American and Latino.
The pursuit of these policies in the U.S. in 2001 has created the same urgent
need for action that led the United Nations to issue its initial Declaration on
the Elimination of Racism and All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1963. When
the Declaration was issued, the world's focus on racism and its various forms
was galvanized by the fight against apartheid in South Africa and the courageous
civil rights movement in the U.S. In 1983, the second World Conference Against
Racism stated that, "Racism and racial discrimination are continuing
scourges, which must be eradicated, throughout the world." It declared that
racism and apartheid are "totally abhorrent to the conscience and dignity
of mankind," that they are crimes against humanity, and constitute a
"threat to international peace and security."
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is at once a stunning, potentially fatal example of
the impact of racism on a single individual while it is representative of the
cases and conditions of untold thousands.
The national and international movements that have grown in support of justice
for Mumia Abu-Jamal have met with failure in appeals to all relevant authorities
in the U.S. In July 2000, an amicus brief was filed in Mr. Abu-Jamal's case by
twenty-two (22) Members of the British Parliament. The brief, a copy of which is
appended hereto sets forth twenty-nine (29) instances of violations of Mumia
Abu-Jamal's rights as a citizen and defendant. The brief was summarily rejected
by the U.S. District Court which retains jurisdiction of Mr. Abu-Jamal's case.
With identical results, two international delegations of jurists, trade
unionists and elected representatives from seven nations met with officials of
the U.S. Department of Justice in January and December of 2000. The appeals of
the delegations went unheeded and were accorded the minimum permissible
bureaucratic civility.
Without redress in the U.S., this matter must be brought to the forum of world
opinion for timely intervention. It is in the pursuit of such intervention that
we appeal to you now, Mr. Secretary-General, for your assistance in marshaling
the considerable leverage residing in the United Nations.
We seek passage of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly demanding
justice, the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal. There is no doubt that such a
resolution would announce without equivocation that people of conscience
throughout the world are alarmed and strongly disapproving of the racist, unjust
treatment received by Mumia Abu-Jamal and others similarly situated in the
United States of America.
Such a resolution by the United Nations may well be the catalyst for relief long
sought by the hundreds of thousands subjected to the grinding racism and
inhumanity of the U.S. criminal justice system.
We ask that you receive a delegation of the signatories of this Letter to meet
with you prior to the World Conference (WCAAR) in South Africa in order to
discuss this matter and to determine the most propitious route to a UN
resolution to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Sincerely,
List of signatories on the Letter to Kofi Annan requesting UN intervention on
behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal
FROM THE UNITED STATES:
(Note: All titles and organizations listed for identification purposes only.
The names are listed in the order they were received by the OWC.)
* Brother Jahahara Alkebulan-Ma'at, (newly-elected) National Co-Chair, National
Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America/N'COBRA (Brooklyn, NY);
* Jerry Gordon, Chair, Ohio State Labor Party (Cleveland, OH);
* Jamie Suarez-Potts, Criminal Justice Co-coordinator , American Friends Service
Committee (Cambridge, MA);
* Laura Whitehorn, former political prisoner (New York, NY);
* Michael Letwin, President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW 2325,
AFL-CIO (New York, NY);
* Baldemar Velasquez, President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee/FLOC (Toledo,
Ohio)
* Sharon A Bonney (Tucson, AZ);
* Ed Rosario, OWC Continuations Committee; Exec. Bd., SF Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
* Bob Mandel, Executive Board, Oakland Education Association (Alameda, CA);
* Alan Traugott & Rosylin Dean (San José, CA)
* Nancy Wohlforth, Business Manager, OPEIU Local 3 (San Francisco, CA)
* Robert Masters II (Toledo, OH)
* Muriel Cohan (Lawrence, KS)
* Alan Benjamin, Continuations Committee, Open World Conference
* Randy Christensen, Labor for Mumia & CWA 9415 (Richmond, CA)
* Larry Adams, President Mailhandlers Local 300 (New York, New York)
* Ravi Chandra, M.D. (Minneapolis, MN)
* Ray Eurquhart, Treasurer, UE150, North Carolina Public Service Workers Union
(North Carolina
* Betty Kano, Executive Director, Pro Arts (Berkeley, CA)
* Kathy Manley (Cropseyville, NY);
* Will Miller, Philosophy Professor, United Academics, AAUP/AFT (Burlington,
VT);
* Kiilu Nyasha (San Francisco, CA);
* Mary Gutekanst, International Association of Machinists LL1781 (Brisbane, CA);
* Deborah A. Richards (Somerville, MA);
* Michael Stanek, Progressive Logan Square - Secretary, Industrial Workers of
the World (Chicago, IL);
* Jerise Fogel (New York, NY);
* Sarah Ringler, AFT 1936 (Santa Cruz, CA);
* Rose Daitsman (Milwaukee, WI);
* Belden Fields, Delegate to Champaign County AFL-CIO, Union of Professional
Employees (UPE), Univ of Il., Urbana (Urbana, IL);
* Ron Jacobs (Burlington, VT);
* Steven Beltram, Student Alliance to Reform Corporations (Asheville, NC);
* Sheldon Y. Carnes, Jr., Albany Friends Meeting (Albany, NY);
* Lucinda Emmaline Ealy (Baltimore, MD);
* David Nason II, Minister of Information, ICFFMAJVA, (Virgina);
* Joel Schwartz, President - CSEA Local 446 (Staten Island, NY);
* Paul Morse, Project Manager , SEIU Local 509 (Lowell, MA);
* Kevin Danaher, Founding Director, Global Exchange (San Francisco, CA);
* David Wald, U.S.A./Cuba InfoMed (Santa Clara, CA);
* The Rev. S. Michael Yasutake, Director, Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience
Project (Evanston, IL);
* Asian Resource Foundation( ARF) and Youth Coordination International (YCCI);
* Dr. Jill A. McCorkel, Dept. of Sociology, Northern Illinois University (Oak
Park, IL);
* Joyce A. Hall, Coordinator, Pax Christi Dallas (Dallas, TX);
* Luis J. Prat, Development Engineer, University Technical and Professional
Employees (Santa Barbara, CA);
* Nunu Kidane, Africa Partnership Director, International Development Exchange
(San Francisco CA)
* Lisa Gonzalves (Oakland, CA)
* Carl Patton, Freedom Journal (USA)
* Lloyd Hogan (USA)
* Laura Whitehorn, former political prisoner (New York, NY);
* Paula Henry, Librarian, United University Professions (Geneseo, NY);
* Vanessa Mag, Santa Barbara Mumia Coalition (Goleta, CA);
* Dayna Rose, teacher (Foster City, CA);
* Milina Jovanovic (Sunnyvale, CA);
* Penny Schoner (San Francisco, CA);
* Kutay Ustuner (Mountain View, CA);
* David Leake (Calistoga, CA);
* Pat Reif, Ph.D, Immaculate Heart Community (Claremont, CA);
* Felicia Martinez, Instructor, DQ University, Xicana Moratorium Coalition
(Sacramento, CA);
* Annie Wildwood (Cotati, CA);
* Jan Boudart, Retired, News & Letters (Chicago, IL);
* Meredith Fenton (San Francisco, CA);
* Kristen Rutter, Administrative Director, AFSCME Local 3299 (Oakland, CA);
* Norma J F Harrison, Peace & Freedom Party Central Committee Member
(Berkeley, CA);
* David Griffin (Santa Cruz, CA);
* Haneefah Islam, Treasurer/Board Member , Islamic Relief and Social Services
(St. Paul, MN);
* Megan Histand (Seattle, WA);
* Rachel Redding (Edwards, CO);
* Zayid Muhammad, Chief of staff, New York-New Jersey region, New Black Panther
Party (Newark, NJ);
* Noelle Wharton (Charleston, SC);
* Ana Maurine Lara, Youth Leadership Project Coordinator , LYRIC, Lavender Youth
Recreation and Information Center (Oakland, CA);
* Phuong Ly, Member, Students For Justice! (San Jose, CA);
* Tiffany Eng (Los Angeles, CA);
* Millie Phillips, Member, Golden Gate Labor Party, Socialist Organizer (San
Francisco, CA);
* Diane Laison (Philadelphia, PA);
* Ari Reeves (Needham, MA);
* Michael Leonardi, American Federation of Teachers/ Toledo Area Green Party
(Toledo, CA);
* Jennifer Clowery (Yonkers, NY)
* Richard Wunsch, Volume I Books (Brooklyn, MI);
* Eleanor Wesley (Sacramento, CA);
* Nathaniel Harrison (Bethesda, MD);
* Laura Cyan Anderson, Voice newspaper (Northampton, MA);
* L.H. Chauser, UTLA (Long Beach, CA);
* Jay Woods (Atlanta, GA);
* Christopher L. Frye, Member, Local 4N Scale Committee, Graphic Communications
International Union (Santa Cruz, CA);
* Robert Stein (New York, NY);
* Skip Charbonneau, President of District Labor Council #743
Local 1000, SEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC (San Francisco, CA);
* Hal Sutton, Trustee , UAW Local 1268 (Belvidere, IL);
* Lorraine Caputo (Columbia, MO);
* Dr. Mechthild Nagel, UUP-AFT & Educators for Mumia (Ithaca, NY);
* Mechthild Nagel, Department of Philosophy, SUNY Cortland (Cortland, NY);
* Ralph and Evelyn Sibilio (Ventura, CA);
* Kevin Ramirez, Military Out of Our Schools Coordinator, Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors (Philadelphia, PA);
* Charlie Hinton, GCIU, Bay Area Leonard Peltier Support Group (San Francisco,
CA);
* Linda Evans, former U.S. political prisoner (Santa Monica, CA);
* Molly Frankel (Captain Cook, HI);
* Emily Everett, CWA/Newspaper Guild Local 22 (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI);
* Alejandro Luis Molina, Steering Committee, National Boricua Human Rights
Network (Chicago, IL);
* Richard A. Knee, Member, National Writers' Union (San Francisco, CA);
* Nick Slater, Coalition of University Employees/Berkeley (Oakland, CA);
* Michael Callahan, People Linking Activism Creation and Environment (San
Anselmo, CA);
* Donna Wallach, Leonard Peltier Support Group (LPSG) of the South Bay (San
Jose, CA);
* Jerise Fogel (New York, NY);
* Matthew Glesmann, Amnesty International, Green Party, Public Citizen (Fort
Collins, CO);
* David Maul, Union of Federal Workers (San Francisco, CA);
* Peter Phillips, Director, Project Censored (Cotati, CA);
* Brian Cross, Director, Development Coordinator , Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors (Berkeley, CA);
* Eugeme C. Denson (Alderpoint, CA);
* Judith Brady, Greenaction (San Francisco, CA);
* Claude Marks, Director, Freedom Archives (San Francisco, CA);
* Urszula Frydman (Oakland, CA);
* Lynn Levey, SEIU, Coordinator, San Francisco, Department of Human Services,
VESL Immersion Program (San Francisco, CA);
* Kenneth Jopp (Loudon, NH);
* Wayne Ritz (Somerville, MA);
* Anarchist Action of Rochester (Rochester, NY);
* Rochester Mumia Defense Committee (Rochester, NY);
* Jay Sherwood (Hopkins, MN);
* Yuri Kochiyama (Oakland, CA);
* Helen A. Spalding, Labor Party, Steward AFSCME (Port Clinton, OH);
* Matthew Brady, Sensshun (Los Angeles, CA);
* Gail Ryall, Chapter President, California Capital Chapter, Coalition of Labor
Union Women (Sacramento, CA);
* Maureen Horowitz (Wichita, KS);
* Corey Oser, (San Francisco, CA);
* Bill Kong, SEIU 1000 (Rancho Cordova, CA);
* Stewart M. Robinbson, AAUP, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Cleve. State
Univ. (Cleveland Hts, OH);
* Ruth and Asher Harer, Retired, Office & Professional Workers Union and
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (San Francisco, CA);
* Peter Jerome Sampson, member, Industrial Workers of the World (San Francisco,
CA);
* Barbara Lubinski, Co-Founder, Freedom Archives (Berkeley, CA);
* Joanne Husar (San Francisco, CA);
* Alma D'Epiro (San José, CA);
* Dr. Mechthild Nagel, UUP-AFT (Ithaca, NY);
* Ralph and Evelyn Sibilio (Ventura, CA);
* Claudia Nerina Cortese, Anti-Racist Action (Canton, OH);
* Terry Davis, International Representative, Retired, United Electrical, Radio
& Machine Workers of America/UE (Chicago, IL);
* Joe Navarro, Hollister Elementary School Teachers Association/HESTA, CTA, NEA
(Hollister, CA);
* Marielena Hincapié, Staff Attorney, National Immigration Law Center (Oakland,
CA);
* Doris D. Hall, UE 150 (Fremont, NC);
* Celine-Marie Pascale, Doctoral Candidate (Santa Cruz, CA);
* Angela Beallor, Kent ABC (Kent, OH);
* Partido Social Revolucionario Democratico de Cuba (Miami, FL);
* Jorge Valls, President, PSRDC (Miami, FL);
* Roberto Simeon, Secretary PSRDC (Miami, FL);
* Adeoshun Ifalade (El Sobrante, CA);
* James H. Gallagher, UAW Local 2324 (Roxbury, MA);
* Dorothy Gilles, Organizer, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO
(Edwardsville, IL);
* Karen Shain, Administrative Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with
Children (San Francisco, CA);
* Steve Ongerth, Secretary, IWW, East Bay Branch (Berkeley, CA);
* Diana Block, California Coalition for Women Prisoners (San Francisco, CA);
* Arthur R. Mink, Retired, ILWU (Seattle, WA);
* Fred Lonidier, Professor, UC/AFT Local 2024 (La Jolla, CA);
* Jane Welford, SEIU Local 616 and Women in Black Berkeley (Berkeley, CA);
* Staajabu, Straight Out Scribes (Sacramento, CA);
* Jamila Levi, Attorney at Law (Columbus, GA);
* Jessica Klatzker, PARC- prison activist resource center (Oakland, CA);
* Eric Robertson, Shop Steward, Teamsters Local 728 (Atlanta, GA)
* Jamila Levi, Attorney at Law (Columbus, GA)
* Jessica Klatzker, PARC- prison activist resource center (Oakland, CA)
* Eric Robertson, Shop Steward, Teamsters Local 728 (Atlanta, GA)
* Michael Mazzenga, Peace Action Maine (Windham, ME)
* Benjamin Evans, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (Chicago, IL)
* Dr. Mha Atma S. Khalsa & Martha Oaklander, Directors, Earth Action Network
(Los Angeles, CA)
* Daniel William Huber (Isla Vista, CA)
* Lee Loe, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation of Houston (Houston, TX)
* Kathleen Orion, National Committee, Green Party of the United States
(Blacksburg, VA)
* Russell Redner and Paula Ostrovsky, Tashunka Witko Brigade/ Northern
California American Indian Movement (San Francisco, CA)
* Peter Arata, APWU & Disable American Veterans (Greensboro, N.C.)
* Lisa Valanti, President, Pittsburgh Cuba Coalition (Pittsburgh, PA)
* Mildred H. Barnet, North Coast Xpress magazine (Santa Rosa, CA)
* John S. Ailey, USWA LOCAL 1053 (Chicago, IL)
* Margaret Witham, Faculty, Bunker Hill Community College (Boston, MA)
* Nathan M. Gant, Chairperson, Central Florida Communist Party Club (Oviedo, FL)
* Khanh Ngo (Oakland, CA)
* Luis A. Martin, Co-chairman, Carlos Baliño Institute for Advanced Cuban
Studies/CBIACS (Rio Rancho, NM)
* Helga E. Perez (Brooklyn, NY)
* Sarah Marxer (San Francisco, CA)
* Ted S. Buczek, United Electrical Workers (Moreland Hills, OH)
* Jean Ishibashi, Professor (San Francisco, CA)
* Virginia R. Harris, Retired (Santa Rosa, CA)
* Steve Martinot, author, Professor, San Francisco State University
* Leo Resendez (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
* Ms. Iden B. Bromfield (Berkeley, Calif.)
* Diana Bohn (Berkeley, Calif.)
* Frances Hillyard (Berkeley, CA)
* Denise Alvarado, Comité '98 por un Puerto Rico Libre, Juntos (Oakland, CA)
* William Mandel, Writer (Oakland, CA)
* Dr. Bobbi Anne White (Miami Lakes, FL)
* The Rev. S. Michael Yasutake, Director, Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience
Project, Racial Justice Working Group of the National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the United States (Evanston, IL)
* Rev. Thomas Smith, Chairman of the Board, on behalf of Thomas Merton Center
(Pittsburgh, PA)
* Margaret Prescod, Spokesperson, International Black Women for Wages For
Housework (Los Angeles, CA)
* Selma James, Coordinator, International Wages For Housework Campaign/IWFHC
(London, England)
* Nina Lopez-Jones, Coordinator, Legal Action for Women (London, England)
* Pat Albright, Representative, WinVisible - Women with visible and invisible
disabilities (Philadelphia, PA)
* Anne Neale, Representative, Wages Due Lesbians (London, England)
* Phoebe Schellenberg, Coordinator, Wages For Housework Campaign/Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, PA)
* Ruth Todasco & Sidney Ross-Risden, Representatives, Wages For
Housework/Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
* Rachel West, Spokesperson, International Prostitutes Collective (San Francisco
CA)
* Lori Nairne, Representative, Wages for Housework Campaign/San Francisco (San
Francisco, CA)
* Sam Weinstein, Representative, Payday -- an int'l network of men organizing
with the IWFHC (Philadelphia, PA(
* Nancy Delaney, Former Foster Children (Berkeley, CA) <?/fontfamily>
INTERNATIONAL ENDORSERS
List of international endorsers of the Open Letter to Kofi Annan requesting UN intervention on behalf of Mumia
Abu-Jamal. A large number of the individuals below endorsed this Open Letter on behalf of their unions or organizations, many representing tens and hundreds of thousands of
members.
FROM SOUTH AFRICA:
* Lybon Mabasa, President, Socialist Party of Azania Member, Permanent Committee of the International Tribunal on Africa
* Zakaria Desai (Stanger, South Africa)
* Ahmed S. Rajah (Johannesburg, South Africa)
* Na'eem Jeenah, Muslim Youth Movement (Johannesburg, South Africa)
* Yacoob Moosa (Port Shepstone, South Africa)
* Eugene Cairncross, WOSA (Cape Town, South Africa);
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS:
* Lindsey Collen, Lalit (Bambous, Republic of Mauritius)
* Ashok Subron, LALIT Central Committee, Member (Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius)
* Rajni Lallah, President, Muvman Liberasyon Fam/Women's Liberation Movement (Republic of Mauritius)
* Madun Sukhoo, Lalit Central Committee member (Republic of Mauritius)
* Veena Dholah, Lalit Central Committee Member (Republic of Mauritius)
* Radha Kistnasamy, President, Muvman Lakaz/Housing and Squatters' Movement (Republic of Mauritius)
* Dany Marie, Lalit Central Committee Member (Republic of Mauritius)
* Alain Ah-Vee, Secretary , Ledikasyon pu Travayer/Workers' Education (Republic of Mauritius)
* Devianand Narrain, Lalit (Republic of Mauritius)
* Laval Yves, Lalit (Republic of Mauritius)
* Ragini Kistnasamy, Treasurer, Muvman Liberasyon Fam/Women's Liberation Movement (Republic of Mauritius)
* Gees Legallant, Vice President , Ledikasyon pu Travayer/Workers Education (Republic of Mauritius)
… Devanand Bhurosy, Lalit (Republic of Mauritius)
FROM TOGO:
* Claude Améganvi, Organisational Secretary, Workers Party (or Parti des travailleurs)
* Assigbley Amêvi, teacher
* Senouvo M. Vissikou Pierre, Parti des travailleurs
* Lawson Messan, Parti des travailleurs
* Dotsu M. Gedeovi, student
* Eloi Tiem, Parti des travailleurs
* Madjri Ahlin Léopold, Parti des travailleurs
* Bossou Kossi , Parti des travailleurs
* Akpossognan K Youssif, Parti des travailleurs
* Djalogue M. Olivier, Parti des travailleurs
* Ayikoe-Gavoh Ayih, student
* Saudegbey Oyéilocla, teacher
* Kodjo Rosaline, Parti des travailleurs
* Klokou Kokou, Parti des travailleurs
* Adjéoda Djimédo, Parti des travailleurs
* Nubuaké Kwami Edem, CDPA-BT
* Buaka Emmanuel, CDPA-BT
* Agbaglo Franck, UFC
* Agbaglo Folly Marie, UFC
* N'Kadjaou Narcisse, Parti des travailleurs
* Edorh Olivier, UFC
* Gayibor K. K. François, ATDPDH
* Raoul Kwessan, student
* Alidoé Mondji Josué, student
* Agbo Oniankitan A., Parti des travailleurs
* Obré Worou Yao, Parti des travailleurs
* Kotsolé K. Koba, Parti des travailleurs
* Djossou K. Joseph, Parti des travailleurs
* Odanou Dobli Inoussa, Parti des travailleurs
* N'Kondow Mohamed, Parti des travailleurs
* Zekpa Sabou, Parti des travailleurs
* Aboubakar Salifou, construction designer
FROM GREAT BRITAIN:
* Public and Commercial Services Union( PCS)
* Black Workers for Justice - Europe
* John Foster, General Secretary National Union of Journalists
* Dr Caroline Lucas, Green Member of the European Parliament for S.E. England
* Claudette Herbert, Public and Commercial Services Union PCS, Chair of the National Black Members Forum Member of the TUC Race Relations Committee
* Tim Gopsill Editor, the Journalist, NEC National Union of Journalists
* Mohamed Javed, AEEU, TUC Race Relations Committee
* David McKnight, Youth Coalition Gogledd Cymru
* Geoff Martin, UNISON London Convenor
* Tony Staunton, Secretary of Plymouth & District Trades Union Council Chair UNISON Plymouth
* John Gibson, President Britannic Field Staff Association
* Dr. Nat M. Queen, University of Birmingham
* Lia Kvavilashvili, University of Hertfordshire
* Dr Keith Halfacree, University of Wales
* Professor Robert Moore, University of Liverpool
* Md. Joinal Abedin, University of Aberdeen
* D.N.J. Hall-Matthews, University of Leeds
* B.B.Seedhom, University of Leeds
* Simon Roberts, London School of Economics
* John Charlton Orpington, Kent
* Frans Maathuis, University of York
* Marion Hersh, University of Glasgow
* Trish Hayes Brecon, Wales
* Stefan Cholewk, Editor, The Link
* Colin Barker, University of Manchester
* Shaista Meer, University of Leeds
* The United Kingdom Council for Human Rights
* Patrick Lonergan, UNISON
* David Andrews, University of Canterbury
* Peter Bellarby, University of Aberdeen
* Dr Christine Griffin, University of Birmingham
* Clare Wall, University of York
* John Penny, AUT Aston University
* S.M. Mohamed Idris, Third World Network
* Celia Clarke, London
* Wael EL-Deredy, Liverpool
* David W. Edwards, AUT Loughborough University
* Martha Worsching, Loughborough University
* Horace Lashley, University of Reading
* Vanessa Young, University of Canterbury
* Bill Holdsworth, African Tribunal Follow up Committee
* F O Montgomery, University of Leeds
* Hocine Nedjari, London
* David I. F. Grimes, University of Reading
* Mike Arnott, Secretary, Dundee Trades Union Council
* Paul Davidson, Cuba Solidarity Campaign (London, U.K.)
* David Shannon, University of Wales
* Dr John Parrington, University College London
* Professor Tim King, AUT University of Leeds
* Amanda Pearce, Loughborough University
* Dr. Kathleen Cross, Lancaster
* C. A. J. Chilvers, University of Oxford
* Jean Orton, University of Leeds
* Dr G Paizis, AUT University of Central London
* Helen Peter,s NATFHE North London University
* Michael Anderson, Cardiff Wales
* Jann Matlock, University College London
* Kathrina Glitre, University of Reading
* Dr. Jill Turner, Queen's University Belfast
* David McCormic,k NATFHE University of Manchester
* Peter Nicklin, Unison Newcastle
* Ann Moriarty, MSF
* Christopher Keene, Anti Globalisation Network
* Mika Minio-Paluello, University of Cambridge
* Adenike Johnson
* Gialoglou Kyriakos, University of Warwick
* Zoe Young, University of Hull
* Ghazala Mir, University of Leeds
* Emily Bruce, Nottingham University
* Gill Paczynski, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
* Sue Vernon, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
* Professor K. Richard Bruckdorfer, Royal Free University College School of Medicine
* Marian Pallister, Freelance journalist, Scotland
* L. Lloyd Stewart London, Scottish Human Rights Centre, Glasgow
* Dr. S Bracking, University of Manchester
* Emma Harvey, University of York
* Julian Edmonds, East Berkshire Green Party
* Monica Threlfall, Loughborough University
* Chris Talbot, AUT
* Barbara Porter, RSCJ, London
* Philip M. White, University of Leeds
* Gwen Leiper, Scottish Socialist Party
* Terry Hoad, St Peter's College, Oxford
* Abiola Ogunsola, University of East London
* David Watt, Scottish Socialist Party
* Abel Akinola, Berkbeck College, London
* Johanna Luke (London, U.K.)
* Ronald John Campbell Luke, RMT (London, U.K.)
* Jennifer Sullivan, Lancaster Diocesan Faith and Justice Commission, St Bernadette's Presbytery (Lancaster, U.K.)
* Les Levidow , member of AUT (Assn of University Teachers), Centre for Technology Strategy, Open University (Milton Keynes, U.K.)
* Brian Hoskin, The College of St Mark and St John (Plymouth, Devon, U.K.)
* Roland Biosah, Nec PCS TUC Race Relations Committee
* Judith Amanthis, African Liberation Support Campaign London,
* Emma Miller, University of Glasgow,
* Peter Creagh, Shifnal Shropshire
* Dr Roswith Gerloff, University of Leeds
* Dr Jim House, University of Leeds
* Dominic Oliver, St. Peter's College,Oxford
* Lydia Rainford, University of Oxford
* Alan Barnard, University of Edinburg
* Jan Nimmo, Glasgow
* Paul Barham, Glasgow
* Gavin Williams University of Oxford
* Dr. Erik Swyngedouw, University of Oxford
* Joanne Ball, University of Canterbury
* Ama Gueye, ELBWO London
* Dr Gari Donn, Council for Education in the Commonwealth Scotland
* Paul Lamb Natfhe, London, Sam Bailey University of Canterbury
* Henry W Playfoot, London
* Mahtab Khan, Birmingham
* Professor Mark Burton (MSF), Manchester Learning Disability Partnership and University of Northumbria at Newcastle
* Nick Phillipps, London
* Debs Cannam, Student, University of Canterbury
* Neil Mclaren, Student, University of Canterbury
* Chris Dunham, London
* Christopher Rowe Stirling
* Professor Lionel Cliffe, University of Leeds
* A. Shupikai Rinomhota, University of Leeds
* Penny Sewell, Birkbeck College London
* Dr. Mayeh Omar, Nuffield Institute for Health Leeds,
* Michael Evans, University of Canterbury - Natfhe,
* John Paul Massi, National Union of students Aberdeen
* Yvonne CORNEJO, Loughborough University
* Olly Alcock, Bristol
* Harmke Kamminga, University of Cambridge
* Janet Shapiro, University of North London* Natfhe ( retired)
* Jackie Prescott
* Will Patterson, University of Leeds
* Bahadur Najak, University of Durham
* Luli Harvey, London Natfhe,
* Umair Meer, Leeds University Student
* (Dr) Robert Boyce, London School of Economics
* Ken Moon, The Swan Network Swansea
* Robert Hunt, National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education/NATFHE (London, UK)
* Sue Caro (London, UK)
* (Dr.) Margaret Jones (Bristol, UK)
FROM FRANCE:
* Daniel Gluckstein, National Secretary, Workers Party (PT/Parti des travailleurs)
* Dominique Vincenot, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Philippe, Dieudonne, President, Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (Marseille, France)
* Josette Logereau, National Bureau, PT
* Norbert Trichard, Teacher unionist
* Paul Barbier, Teacher unionist
* Christophe Lopez, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Jean-Pierre Aranega, Postal unionist, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Michel Aymerich, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Eric Delteil PT, Caen
* Sylvaine Jehanin, PT, Caen
* Jean-Charles Marquiset, Trade unionist
* Jacques Savigny, Teacher unionist
* André Yon, Teacher unionist
* Françoise Thivilliers, Teacher unionist
* Alain Muller, Trade unionist, National Bureau, PT
* Louisa Jan, Trade unionist JAN, syndicaliste
* Professor A. Bizien, Doctor
* Professor Jean-Claude Roujeau, Doctor
* Doctor Marie-Paule Lemonier
* Doctor Pierre Debat
* Doctor Pierre Riviere
* Philippe Besson, Trade unionist, Aurillac
* Daniel Duteil, Hospital trade unionist
* Laurie Journo, Revolutionary Youth International (IRJ)
* Marie Boussel, IRJ
* Thierry-Laurent Polter, IRJ
* Xavier Silvestre, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Sia Freeman, IRJ
* Gwenael Gluckstein, IRJ
* François Rivrin-Rique, IRJ
* François Oudot (Doue la Fontaine, France)
* Nicolas Fattore, trade unionist Aeronautical industry (Toulouse, France)
* Bernard Dianoux (Cancale, France)
* François Nadiras, Ligue des droits de l'homme (Toulon, France)
* Veronique Duthille, Comité de soutien a Mumia Abu-Jamal (Marseille) (Marseille, France)
* Bouchez (Monetier Allemont, France)
* Veronique Viretto, Comité de soutien a Mumia Abu-Jamal (Marseille, France)
… Carole Faure (Marseille, France)
* Jacques Gregore (Nans les Pins, France)
* Bruno Lambert, Club de Go de Toulouse (Cornebarrieu, France)
* Michel Jakubczyk, trade unionist (Basse-Ham, France)
* Viktor Dedaj (Lyon, France)
* Pierre Deleporte (Paimpont, France)
* Jacques Colinet (Cesson-Sevigne, France)
* Liliane Herichard, Libre Pensee, France
* Colette Briand, Parti des Travailleurs (St. Malo)
* Maryvonne Carric, Parti des Travailleurs (St. Malo)
* Jacques Jensen, Parti des Travailleurs (St. Malo)
* Francois-Xavier Lebreton (Aurillac)
* Claude Schoen (Aix en Provence, France)
FROM GERMANY:
* Michael Altmann, Social Democratic Party, SPD, ver.di
* Heiner Becker, trade unionist, GEW
* Lothar Ott, SPD, GEW
* Carla Boulboullé, International Committee to Save the life of Mumia Abu Jamal
* Gotthard Krupp, SPD, ver.di Preparatory Committee for the International
Conference against Deregulation
* Karl-Heinz Gerhold, SPD, ver.di
* Heiner Becker and Lothar Ott, delegates on the International Delegation for
Mumia Abu-Jamal to Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
* Beatrix Sassermann (Wuppertal, Germany)
* Cuba Sí, Working group of PDS (Berlin, Germany)
* Andy Mensah, President, Ghana Union e:V (Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany)
FROM THE NETHERLANDS:
* Falcon Levine (Utrecht, Netherlands)
* Christiane Kloeditz (The Netherlands)
* Petra Ploeg (The Netherlands)
… A.J. Wolters (Coevorden, The Netherlands)
* Peter van Tilburg (The Netherlands)
* Rita S. Mungra ABVAKABO /FNV * Public Services Union (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
* Hans Boot, on behalf of the editors of Solidariteit, the Dutch magazine of union activists (The Netherlands)
* Farouq G.K. Tareen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
FROM SPAIN:
* Manuel Cámara, National Senator, IU
* Gloria Ramírez Ramírez, Labor and Women's Secretariat, Federation of Health Care Workers, CC.OO. (Andalucia, Spain)
* Jose Miguel Villa, UGT FES
* Jesús Béjar, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal
* Pere Rovira (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
* Carme Bladé Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
* Rosa Sanz Escudero (Madrid, Spain)
* Maria Jesús Rodríguez Gonzalez, FRTS (Extremadura, Spain)
*Jesús de Blas Ortega, UGT Comunicaciones (Madrid, Spain)
* Ferran Pedret Santos, Joventut Socialista de Catalunya-Federació de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
* Israel Escalante Mesón, member, PCE-EPK (Bizkaia, Spain)
* Marisa Madrid Cenalmor, CC.OO., (Madrid, Spain)
* Nicolas Aguilera Hermida, Ezquerra Unida de les Illes Balears (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
* Antonio Arnau Carrillo de Albornoz, Environmental Coordinator, Esquerra Unida del Paìs Valenciá (Valencia, Spain)
* Elías Rovira Gil, City Council Spokesperson, Izquierda Unida (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
* Jorge Emilio Guibert Alva, General Secretary, Célula Aprista de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
* Guillermo Kuhl, National Asso. Of Letter Carriers (Daly City, CA)
* Miguel Pons Velasco, City Council Member, I.U. (Es Castell, Baleares, Spain)
* Casa de los Pueblos de América (Madrid)
* Diego Román Barroso, Organization Secretary, CCOO (Huelva)
* Antobio Arnau, IU (Pais Valenciano)
* Antonio Arnau Carrillo de Albornoz, Esquerra Unida del Paìs Valenciá (Valencia)
* Pau Serra Majada, Humanist Party (Lleida)
FROM INDIA:
* Mr. A.T. Jagtap, President, Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board, Kalachowki
* Mr. Anil A. Dhumane, General Secretary, Nashik Zilla Mazdoor Sangh, Nashik, Maharashtra
* Mr. A.P. Deshpande, President, Hospital Karmachari Sangh, Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, Nashik, Maharashtra
* Mr. Ashok Chavan, Snider Electric Working Organisation, Satpur - MIDC, Nashik, Maharashtra
* Mr. R.K. Saha, Secretary, National Federation of Sales Representatives, Unions (NFSRU), Calcutta
* Mr. S.K. Banerjee, E.C. Member, All West Bengal Sales Representatives' Union, Calcutta
* Mr. U.M. Majumdar, All India Merind & Allied Companies Employees Union, Bhandup
* Mr. A.K. Banerjee, E.C. Member, All West Bengal Sales Representatives' Union, Kolkata
* Mr. M.N. Ghodke, Secretary, Sarva Shramik Sanghatna
* Mr. Sanjay Singhvi, Secretary, TUCI, Bharat Nivas
* Mr. K.C. Sekhar, Secretary, CPI(ML) Red Flag
* Mr. Arun Velaskar, CPI (ML) Red Flag, Dombivali
* Mr. Sharad Rao, General Secretary, Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat (India)
* Mr. Ramakant More, President, Bharatiya Kamgar Sena, Sena Bhavan, Dadar
* Mr. Girish Pandey, General Secretary, HMKP, Kanpur
* Mr. Michael B. Fernandes, President, Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat, Bangalore
* Mr. Suryakant Mahadik, General Secretary, Hind Kisan Kamgar Sena (Central Union of Shiv Sena)
* Mr. J.G. Chavan, President, Sarva Shramik Sanghatana
* Mr. Mr. Shetye, Chairman, State Government Employees Confederation
* Ms. Deepti Gopinath, General Secretary, Indian Airport Employees Union
* Mr. Datta Sonawane, Secretary, Indian Airport Employees Union
* Mr. Ravinder H., Cultural Activist, Tilak Nagar
* Mr. A.D. Patil Deepak, Fertilizers Employees Union, Taloja, Raigad
* Mr. Ravi Joshi, Joint Secretary, IFTU
* Mr. Anant G. More, General Secretary, Mukand Kamgar Union
* Mr. Ramesh K. Nair, Organising Secretary, All India Voltas Employees Federation
* Mr. K.K. Nair, Organising Secretary, Sarva Shramik Sangh, Thane
* Mr. Sham Mhatre, President, Maharashtra PSU Organisation
* Mr. Vijay Kulkarni, Vice President, Association of Engineering Workers, Ghatkopar
* Mr. H.I. Pujari, General Secretary, Otis Elevator Employees Union, Bombay
* Mr. M.A. Patil, President, Sarva Shramik Sangh, Mahagiri, Thane
* Mr. G.K. Walia, Treasurer, Maruti Udyog Employees Union, Gurgaon
Mr. Somasekharan M.M. General Secretary, TUCI
* Mr. M.J. Nayak, General Secretary, Krantikari Suraksha Rakshak Sanghatana, Mahim
* Mr. A.D. Dhopeshwar, General Secretary, All India Bank Association
* Mr. Ashik Roy, General Secretary, Chemical Employees Federation
* Mr. D. Thankappan, General Secretary, National Centre for Labour, New Bombay
* Mr. Yeshwant Chavan, Sarva Shramik Sangh, Dadar
* Mr. S. Nalavade, General Secretary, Kamani Employees Union, Kurla
* Mr. Uday Mahale, General Secretary, Siemens Workers Union, Thane, Maharashtra
* Ms. Gayatri Singh, Convenor, Girni Kamgar Sangharsh Samiti
* Mr. C.G. Chavan, Vice President, Nicholas Employees Union
* Mr. N. Vasudevan, Convenor, Trade Union Solidarity Committee
* Mr. C.B. Bhure, General Secretary, Blue Star Workers Union
* Mr. Bennet D'Costa, General Secretary, Hindustan Lever Employees Union
FROM SRI LANKA:
* Anton Marcus, Joint Secretary, Industrial Transport and General Workers Union and General Secretary, Free Trade Zone Workers Union
* Padmini Weerasuriya, Organiser, Women's Centre
* Kelly Dent, Transnationals Information Exchange - Asia (Colombo)
* Joseph Arul, Centre for the Welfare of Garment Workers
FROM BRAZIL:
* Cleiton Damaceno, City Council member, Workers Party (Sarandi-PR)
* Mônica de Oliveira Giovannetti, State Executive Committee, United Workers Federation (CUT-PR)
* Luiz Rezende, Directora, National Student Union (UNE)
* Renato Macaé, Directorate, UEE/SP (União Estadual dos Estudantes / SP)
* Daniel Feldman, Liaison Committee, Revolutionary Youth International (Internacional Revolucionária da Juventude)
* Alan Livan, National Directorate, Revolution Youth (Juventude Revolução)
* André Machado, General Coordinator, DCE-UFPR
* Julio Turra , National Executive Board member, United Workers Federation (CUT)
* João Batista Gomes, Directorate, SINDSEP - Municipais de São Paulo
* Luiz Bicalho, Directorate, SINDSEP-DF - federais
* Jesualdo Campos, Executive Board, CONTEE, Workers in Teaching Establishments (confederação dos trabalhadores em estabelecimentos de ensino)
* Verivaldo Mota, Directorate, Glass Workers Union (Sindicato dos Vidreiros de São Paulo)
* Luiz Leduino, President, Association of Post Graduate Workers, UNICAMP
* Nilton de Martins, Directorate, Tire Workers Union (Sindicato dos Radialistas) of São Paulo
* Gardênia Baima, Executive Board, CUT-CE
* Cíntia Faiçal Parenti, National Association of Medical Residents
* Helôisa Pedrosa, National Association of Post Graduates
* Rosana Lílian, Liaison Committee, Revolutionary Youth International (Internacional Revolucionária da Juventude)
* Osmar dos Santos Lima, Directorate, UMES - Franco da Rocha/SP
* Humberto Clímaco, Directorate, UEE/SP (União Estadual dos Estudantes / SP)
* Alexandre Linares, Students Union, Technology High-School - São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
FROM CANADA:
* Dana Milne (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
* Bruce Allen, Vice-President, Canadian Autoworkers Local 199 (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)
* Gee Botic, National Representative, CAW - Canada (Maple, Ontario, Canada)
* Susan P. Stout, retired Health and Safety/ Human Rights activist, Canadian Auto Workers Union (North Vancouver, BC, Canada)
* Michel Chossudovsky, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
* Johnny Roberts, UFCW Local 1977 (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada);
* Sheila Dunnachie and Martin Thompson (Vancouver, B.C., Canada);
* Mark Davidson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada);
* B. Ross Ashley, Shop steward , SEIU local 204 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
* Mansfield Mathias, retired, CAW Local 200 (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
* Jim W. Jaszewski, Hamilton Fight-Back Committee (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
* Farid Omar, Pan-African Committee Against Racism (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
* Mohammad Nazir, Chr/Per Human Rights Committee, Local 199, Canadian Auto Workers Union (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)
* Richard Gurbin, CSAR, Consolidation for Social Awareness and Responsibility (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
* Jessica Simon (Calgary, Canada)
* Alfonse Lawson, Togolese student (Canada)
* From Vancouver: Regina Celia Bueno Renke, Joshua Lee Caulkins, Rida Nur-AlDin Bueno Vanderkam, Michael Caulkins, Mildo Bueno, Janina Di Lorenzo Oliveira Bueno, Sol Wachinska Yatapi Oliveira Bueno, Doug Fuller, Hazel Reid, Anette de Roux, Rhonda Ferguson, Caroline Ackerman, Tom Findley, Eddie Ackerman, Joe Ackerman, Sunshine Ackerman, Don Forgay, Andre Bueno
FROM MEXICO:
* Adriana Alvarez Andrade, Union of Professors and Researchers of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexicali, Mexico)
* Susan L. Street, researcher in education, Anthropology Institute (Guadalajara, Mexico)
* Adrian Ramirez, Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Limeddh-FIDH (Mexico DF, Mexico)
* Humberto Brizuela, Editor, El Trabajo
* Leticia Magallanes, Silverio López Lozano, Ignacio Gastélum Ruiz, Mario Alcaraz Noceda, Oralia López Serrano, Ma. Teresa Ortiz Landín, María Lucero Martínez - teachers, Sections 2 and 37, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE teachers union federation) - all from Mexicali, Mexico
* Liliana Plumeda, Gabriel Zamora Paz, Tito Peñuelas, Irving Martínez - University Front in Defense of Education (Frente Universitario en Defensa de la Educación)
* Federico García Estrada, labor & human rights attorney. Mexicali
* M. Gemma López Limón, Comité Fronterizo de Derechos Humanos "Ricardo Flores Magón" - Mexicali
FROM OTHER COUNTRIES:
* Petros Kyriacou, President, Union of Dockworkers of the Port of Piraeus (Piraeus, Greece)
* Igor Gotlib, chairman of the coordinating council, Saint-Petersburg branch of the "Alternatives" movement (St. Petersburg, Russia)
* Isaias Nobel, Movimiento Humanista, CHILAM (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* Alison Thorne,Coordinator, International Executive Committee, Freedom Socialist Party (Brunswick, Australia)
* Jo Pollett (Melbourne, Australia)
* Dr. Terry Murphy, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)
* Eileen Wood (Norway)
* Kenneth Cuvalay, European Anti Racism Network
* Carol Riccalton (Luxemburg)
* Maria Giuliano (Rome, Italy)
* Adora Oliver, CGIL (Italy)
* Guillermo Bolaños Baldassari (Lima, Peru)
* Josef Ponce (Catedral, Panama)
* George V. Pixley, Professor of Biblical Studies , Baptist Theological Seminary of Nicaragua Seminario Teologico Bautista (Managua, Nicaragua)
* Zaya Arremyr (Montevideo, Uruguay)
* Pablo García (Montevideo, Uruguay)
* Comunidad del Sur / Cooperativa de Trabajo (Montevideo, Uruguay)
* Ruben Prieto (Montevideo, Uruguay)
* Aco Popadic, Culture Deveopment Society, Drustvo za razvoj kulture - DRK (Kraljevo, Yugoslavia)
* Charles Alverson (Vojvodina, Yugoslavia)
* Priya Kulasagaran (Selangor, Malaysia)
* Lars Henriksson, Volvo branch of Swedish Metalworkers Union (Sweden)
* Eva Björklund, Swedish Cuban Asociation (Stockholm, Sweden)
* Erhard Birkenstock (Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland)
* Vincent Morin (Ile de la Reunion)
* Daniel Tielemans (Brussels, Belgium)
* Dr. Adam Bodomo, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
* Dr Nick Morley University of Galway (Galway, Ireland)
* Margaret Healy (Dublin, Ireland)
* Ken Biggs Editor, Postmark (Prague, Czech Republic)