Mumia Abu-Jamal is one the many political prisoners in the United States and is condemned to death by lethal injection for allegedly killing a policeman in Philadelphia. The reality, according the prosecution, is that he is condemned to die for having been a member of the Black Panthers, for having quoted Mao Tse-Tung in an interview, and for being a dedicated activist against the racism and repreáion that blacks and other minorities suffer in North America.Mumia Abu-Jamal has become a symbol of the struggle for a true democracy in the United States.