Initiated by the Partisan Defense Committee and the Labor Black Struggle League

Partial list of endorsers as of 3 April 2008:

∙Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 308, Chicago, IL

∙Vanessa M. Bankhead, Steward, Teamsters Local 726*; member, Teamsters National Black Caucus,* Chicago, IL

∙Jamel Chisolm, Shop Steward, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100,* New York, NY

∙Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) New York Chapter, New York, NY

∙Monique Code, spokesperson for Jamal Hart, New York, NY

∙James Dumas, Treasurer, UAW Local 3212, Chicago, IL

∙Michael Eric Dyson, Professor, Georgetown University,* Washington, D.C.

∙Fernando S. Fernando, member, Bayan U.S.A.,* Los Angeles, CA

∙Rick Harris, President, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 308, Chicago, IL

∙D. Patricia Jewett, Recording Secretary, TA Surface Maintenance Division, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100,* New York, NY

∙Labor Black Struggle League, Chicago, IL

∙Rachel Laforest, Director of Organizing, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100,* New York, NY

∙Walter Lippmann, Editor in Chief, CubaNews,* Los Angeles, CA

∙Larry T. Muhammad, 2nd Vice President, ATU Local 241,* Chicago, IL

∙Partisan Defense Committee

∙Darryl “Mike D.” Payne, President, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1526,* Fort Lauderdale, FL

∙Tres Peel, Recording Secretary, Teamsters National Black Caucus Chicago Chapter,* Chicago, IL

∙Region 4 Area Women’s Caucus United Auto Workers (UAW), Maywood, IL

∙Mary Selvie, Chairperson, Region 4 Area Women’s Caucus United Auto Workers (UAW), Maywood, IL

∙Spartacist League, U.S.

∙David Stovall, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago,* Chicago, IL

∙UAW Local 3212, Chicago, IL

∙Henry Walton, Host, KPFK 90.7 FM,* Los Angeles, CA

∙Ollie Williams, Jr., Trustee and Executive Board member, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)*; Executive Board member, Chicago

∙UAW Civil Rights Committee,* Harvey, IL

∙Roosevelt Williams, President, UAW Local 3212, Chicago, IL

∙Standish E. Willis, Chair, National Conference of Black Lawyers Chicago Chapter,* Chicago, IL

* Organizational affiliation listed for identification purposes only.