A message from Troy Davis as well as some actions people can take and analysis.

Message from Troy Davis:

"The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy
Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I'm in good
spirits and I'm prayerful and at peace. But I will not stop fighting until I've
taken my last breath."

For more on Troy Davis's case and a look at what the ongoing struggle for
justice looks like, please read:

"Free Troy Davis! There's No Justice in the Capitalist Courts!" by Steven Argue
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2011/09/116146.html

Protests are to be held at U.S. embassies across Europe as well and vigil will
take place outside Georgia's death row prison in Jackson.

A vigil for Troy Davis in San Francisco today from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/20/18690867.php

Petition from Troy Davis's Sister: Stop my brother Troy Davis' Execution on Sep.
21.
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-my-brother-troy-davis-execution-on-sep-21

Petition to Obama demanding a federal civil rights investigation that would stop
the execution. Obama often lectures sovereign governments about how to conduct
themselves in terms of civil and human rights, but he has been silent on human
rights violations in his own country. He hasn't even said a word on Troy Davis.
Tell him it is time now for him to act on Troy Davis.
https://secure2.convio.net/pep/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=335

Georgia Senator Vincent Fort Joins Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) to
Urge Execution Staff to Strike & Refuse to Kill Troy Davis
http://www.schr.org/action/resources/georgia_senator_joins_schr_to_urge_executio\
n_staff_to_strike_refuse_to_kill_troy_da

Here is a resolution passed by International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union
(ILWU) in favor of Troy Davis. It would be nice if they would act on this and
shut down the ports to stop the execution. Having that kind of fighting labor
movement would hit the capitalists who rule America much harder than strategies
of petitions and protests. Building a stronger socialist movement that helps
lead labor in that direction is essential.

2009 ILWU Convention Resolution on Racist Oppression and the Death Penalty

Whereas, the ILWU and the militant wing of the American labor movement, the
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) grew out of the class struggles in
the 1920's and 1930's mobilizing against anti-worker and racist oppression,
notably the cases of San Francisco labor organizer Tom Mooney and the 9 black
Scottsboro Boys of Alabama, falsely accused of rape, and

Whereas, police, courts and laws have historically been used against working
people in our struggle to organize unions and fight back against racist
oppression, and

Whereas, the ILWU has a long-standing principle of opposition to racism and to
the death penalty, a vestige of slavery, which is the ultimate form of
government oppression, and

Whereas, African Americans, Latin Americans and other people of color are
disproportionately imprisoned on death row across the country facing execution,
and

Whereas, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Troy Anthony Davis, Kevin Cooper, Leonard Peltier and
the San Francisco 8 are some of the most prominent victims of these government
frame-ups, Jamal and Davis accused of killing police and Peltier of FBI agents
on an Indian reservation, and

Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied the appeal of Jamal, while Davis
and Cooper lost before federal appeals courts, and

Whereas, Martina Correia, sister of Troy Davis, spoke passionately this year at
ILWU Local 10's Black History month rally against racist repression and has now
initiated a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of executing an innocent
person,

Therefore Be It Resolved that the ILWU reaffirms our opposition to the death
penalty, supports Martina Correia's lawsuit and demands freedom for these
victims of government repression, just as we did for Tom Mooney and the
Scottsboro Boys in the wake of the Big Strike of '34, on this the 75th
anniversary of that momentous struggle.

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