Black liberation political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal spoke to the CUNY occupation on a phone call from prison and urged them to demand more:
“It is not enough to demand a ceasefire. How about this? Make your demand cease occupation! Cease occupation! Let that be your battle call, because that is the call of history, of which all of you are a part. You are part of something magnanimous, magnificent, and soul-changing, mind-changing, history-changing.
Do not let go of this moment. Make it bigger, make it more massive, make more powerful. Make it echo up into the stars.”
He added, “Do not bow to those who want you to be silent. It is time, right now, this day, this month, this moment, to be heard. And shake the earth so that the people of Gaza, the people of Rafah, the people of the West Bank, the people of Palestine, can feel your solidarity with them.”
The crowd chanted: “Brick by brick, wall by wall, free Mumia Abu Jamal!“
Mumia, a journalist and former Black Panther, is one of the longest held political prisoners in the US, having been held for 42 years. He turned 70 years old a few days ago.