This exciting session features former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Robert King Wilkerson of the Angola 3 and many other guest speakers and PSL members. The first ever PSL “Fighters for Justice, Champions of Freedom” awards are presented in this session to political prisoners, radical lawyers and longtime leaders in the people’s struggle.
The session begins at the 12-minute mark in the video, after a thrilling performance by Danza Azteca Cuauhtemoc.
Fighters for Justice award recipients
• Mumia Abu-Jamal
• The Cuban Five
• Leonard Peltier
• The Angola 3: Accepted by Robert King Wilkerson
• Lynne Stewart
Special tribute to Lucius Walker
Champions of Freedom award recipients
• Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo,
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
• Carol Sobel, National Lawyers Guild
• Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist
• Mary Harb, Palestinian American Women’s Association
Featured speaker
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Speakers and solidarity greetings
• Yousef Abudayyeh, National Coordinator, Free Palestine Alliance
• Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild
• Muna Coobtee, board member, Palestinian American Women’s Association
• Sasha Murphy, Party for Socialism and Liberation
• Michael Prysner, co-founder, March Forward!
• Jollene Levid, National Chairperson, AF3IRM
• Jessica Bardales, Party for Socialism and Liberation
• Carlos Mejia, Honduran Resistance Front in Los Angeles
• Sarah Sloan, Party for Socialism and Liberation
Entertainment
Danza Azteca Cuauhtemoc
Carl Cornwell, saxophone player
Marcel Cartier, New York City
Short film by Travis Wilkerson
Emcees
• Javier Guerrero, Los Angeles
• Cassandra Regan, New York City
• Stewart Stout, San Francisco
The conference was live streamed and a selection of recorded video streams is available below. Higher quality videos recorded at the conference are being edited and will become available in the coming days.
