Mumia Abu-Jamal tests the limits of what the state can do to...
Mumia Abu-Jamal tests the limits of what the state can do to any of us, an interview with Johanna Fernandez
April 23, 2021
by Ann Garrison
Ann Garrison: Mumia has finally had the open-heart surgery that his team and his wife had such a hard time getting any information about beforehand.
Johanna Fernandez: That’s correct. But Mumia’s chosen doctor, Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, has not been given access to the surgeons. Mumia was finally able to call his wife Wadiya Abu-Jamal several days before the surgery, but at that point he was very weak and was only able to whisper to her that he would be undergoing surgery two days later. He was allowed to call her after the surgery, and she said he sounded strong.