Partial list of endorsers as of 17 April 2008:

AFSCME Local 3506 Adult Educators and Coordinators of City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), Chicago, IL

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 241, Chicago, IL

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, Chicago, IL

William Ayers, Professor, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago,* Chicago, IL

General Baker, Retiree, UAW Local 600,* Highland Park, MI

Joseph J. Balkis, Alternate Steward and Volunteer Organizer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 705,* Evergreen Park, IL

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

Charles Barron, Councilmember, New York City Council,* New York, NY

Richard Berg, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 743,* Chicago, IL

Elaine Brown, Brunswick, GA

Canadian Union of Postal Workers — Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses des Postes, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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

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

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (SF8), San Francisco, CA

Congress of South African Trade Unions—Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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

El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, Chicago, IL

Mike Elliott, Chair, UAW Standing Committee, United Auto Workers Local 551,* Park Forest, IL

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area Branch, San Francisco, CA

Olivia Gall, Titular Researcher, Torre de Humanidades II de la Ciudad Universitaria de la UNAM,* Mexico City, Mexico

Gay Liberation Network, Chicago, IL

Goldii, daughter of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Philadelphia, PA

Marty Goodman, member, former Executive Board member, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100,* New York, NY

Bill Hampton, President, West Suburban Coalition,* Maywood, IL

Fred Hampton Jr., Chairman, Prisoners of Conscience Committee, Chicago, IL

Rick Harris, President, ATU Local 308, Chicago, IL

Jack Heyman, Executive Board member, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10*; member, Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, San Francisco, CA

David Hilliard, Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, Oakland, CA

Rosario Ibarra, National Coordinator, ¡Eureka!, Mexico City, Mexico

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, Charleston, SC

Katie Jordan, President, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Chicago Chapter,* Chicago, IL

Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Oakland, CA

Labor Black Struggle League, Chicago, IL

Quraysh Ali Lansana, Director, Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University,* Chicago, IL

Darlyne A. Lawson, Recording Secretary, TWU Local 100,* New York, NY

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Canada, Canada

Eric Leonardson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,* Chicago, IL

Emma Lozano, President, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Chicago, IL

Manning Marable, Professor, Columbia University,* New York, NY

Maritime, Energy and Transport Union of Timor Leste, East Timor

Maritime Union of Australia Victorian Branch, West Melbourne, Australia

Frederick McClure, Executive Board member, ATU Local 241, Chicago, IL

Cynthia McKinney, Atlanta, GA

Kim Moody, National Union of Journalists,* London, England

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

Jorge Mujica, Co-Coordinator, March 10th Committee,* Berwyn, IL

National Lawyers Guild/L.A., Los Angeles, CA

National Union of Mine Workers, Johannesburg, South Africa

National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Finsbury Park Branch, London, England

Oakland Education Association, Oakland, CA

October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generation, Los Angeles, CA

OPZZ Konfederacja Pracy (All-Poland Workers Trade Union Confederation of Labor), Warsaw, Poland

Darryl “Mike D.” Payne, President, ILA Local 1526,* Fort Lauderdale, FL

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

Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Chicago, IL

José Antonio Ramos-Collazo, Delegate of the Utuado Local Board, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico,* Utuado, Puerto Rico

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

Kenneth Riley, President, ILA Local 1422, Charleston, SC

Alicia Rodriguez, ex-Puerto Rican political prisoner, Cayey, Puerto Rico

David Roediger, Historian, University of Illinois,* Urbana, IL

Earl Silbar, former Chief Steward, retired, AFSCME Local 3506,* Chicago, IL

Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 808,* Long Island City, NY

Social Service Employees Union (SSEU) Local 371, New York, NY

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), Johannesburg, South Africa

Spartacist League/U.S.

Lynne Stewart, Founder, Lynne Stewart Organization,* New York, NY

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

Andy Thayer, Co-founder, Gay Liberation Network, Chicago, IL

Clarence Thomas, Executive Board member, ILWU Local 10,* San Francisco, CA

Trade Union Assembly of the School of Political and Social Sciences UNAM/STUNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

UAW Local 3212, Chicago, IL

Cornel West

Ollie Williams, Jr., Trustee and Executive Board member, 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.

We want to make it very clear that the endorsers of the April 26 demonstration do not necessarily agree in any particular with the call by the PDC/LBSL printed on the reverse side of linked flyer (www.partisandefense.org/events/pdf/4-26-Chicago.pdf).