DN!: Attorneys Argue for New Trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal//George Monbiot Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 14:46:33 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 18, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Democracy Now Seeks Full-time Outreach Organizer We're looking to add an experienced organizer to our outreach team who is committed to making Democracy Now! a household name and bringing the program to new stations. visit http://democracynow.org/jobs.shtml for more information. TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Citing Racist Bias, Attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal Urge a Federal Appeals Court to Grant the Former Black Panther a New Trial * Attorney Robert Bryan says a racist judge and racist jury practices contributed to the sentencing of Abu-Jamal to death row. Bryan joins us in New York one day after he argued before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/18/1429203 * George Monbiot: "If We Donšt Deal with Climate Change We Condemn Hundreds of Millions of People to Death" * The British journalist and environmentalist discusses his new book "Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning." George Monbiot says global warming is "the great moral issue of the 21st century." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/18/1429219 * Immigrant Rights Groups Condemn New Senate Proposal to Overhaul Nation's Immigration Laws * A bipartisan group of senators have proposed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to continue to work here if they fulfill a number of requirements, including paying a $5,000 fine and getting a biometric identification card. The bill would also established a guestworker program and increase security on the U.S.-Mexican border. 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