The work stoppage was also extended to students and teachers at the FERP, a private university in Volta Redonda, during the evening of April 23. Wall in Volta Redonda announcing teachers union stoppage for Mumia. During the afternoon, a demonstration of over 100 people including many high-school students was held outside the U.S. consulate in Rio to demand Jamal s freedom. Five large banners demanding Mumia s freedom dominated the street in front of the consulate. A young black woman from an area high school read out the text of the LQB s leaflet on the work stoppages and the struggle for Mumia s freedom, several thousand copies of which were distributed to steel, municipal and other workers and at labor rallies.
Brazil also has the world s second highest number of murders of homosexuals.
The LQB and CLC also put forward their revolutionary program in speeches on Jamal, the war in Yugoslavia and other crucial issues. This has been discussed at the city, state and national levels, but now for the first time it s being done at the international level. What s also important is the way people have embraced this cause and the example of Mumia, and the fight to free someone who is facing injustice and the racist death penalty. Education Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Banner signed by SEPE, CNTE and CUT unions.