{"id":20690,"date":"2017-03-13T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2017-03-13T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:15:15","slug":"lynne-stewart-abogada-del-pueblo-y-luchadora-por-la-libertad-presente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=20690","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Lynne Stewart \u2013\u2013abogada del pueblo y luchadora por la libertad\u2013\u2013 \u00a1Presente![:en]Lynne Stewart, people\u2019s lawyer, freedom fighter, presente![:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sfbayview.com\/2017\/03\/lynne-stewart-peoples-lawyer-freedom-fighter-presente\/lynne-stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-rashid-johnson-web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67652\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=425%2C324\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=300%2C228 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=768%2C585 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?w=960 960w\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Por Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tras vivir 78 inviernos en \u2018Am\u00e9rica\u2019, Lynne Stewart ha muerto despu\u00e9s de batallar durante varios a\u00f1os contra el c\u00e1ncer de mama.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, esa fue s\u00f3lo una de sus batallas. Como la mayor\u00eda de nosotros, ella gan\u00f3 algunas y perdi\u00f3 otras. Pero nunca dej\u00f3 de luchar.<\/p>\n<p>Durante d\u00e9cadas, ella y su esposo Ralph defendieron a muchos activistas pol\u00edticos y revolucionarios, como los Panteras Negros y los Young Lords \u2013\u2013un colectivo puertorrique\u00f1o socialista. Pero m\u00e1s que nada, lucharon por la libertad de la gente pobre y despose\u00edda, negra y morena, de los guetos de Nueva York.<\/p>\n<p>Ella &#8211;ellos\u2014lucharon con frecuencia y lucharon bien en los tribunales de la ciudad.<\/p>\n<p>Su esposo, Ralph, era integrante incondicional del Partido Pantera Negra, y su defensor m\u00e1s dedicado.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando Lynne fue acusada por el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos, enjuiciada y condenada a prisi\u00f3n <em>por emitir un bolet\u00edn de prensa<\/em> por parte de su cliente, el jeque egipcio ciego, Omar Abdul Rahman, Ralph se mantuvo de pie frente a la Casa Blanca bajo el sol abrasador de Washington, DC, con una pancarta que exig\u00eda libertad para su esposa.<\/p>\n<p>La defensa jur\u00eddica que Lynne ofreci\u00f3 a su cliente se llev\u00f3 a cabo en la mejor tradici\u00f3n de los abogados de defensa penal, y ella recibi\u00f3 un apoyo profesional significativo. De los abogados, s\u00ed; de los jueces, no.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne fue inicialmente sentenciada a 28 meses, pero el Tribunal de Apelaci\u00f3n Federal del Segundo Circuito devolvi\u00f3 el caso para que el tribunal de distrito dictara una nueva sentencia. \u00a1Le dieron 10 a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n!<\/p>\n<p>Esto solo result\u00f3 en un apoyo m\u00e1s amplio para ella.<\/p>\n<p>El difunto abogado activista, Bill Kunstler, una vez opin\u00f3 que los abogados defensores deben representar a sus clientes y no ser oficiales de los tribunales.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne Stewart representaba a sus clientes; era una abogada del pueblo, amada y respetada.<\/p>\n<p>Qu\u00e9 siempre sea as\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Desde la naci\u00f3n encarcelada, soy Mumia Abu-Jamal.[:en]<strong><em>by Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sfbayview.com\/2017\/03\/lynne-stewart-peoples-lawyer-freedom-fighter-presente\/lynne-stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-rashid-johnson-web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67652\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=425%2C324\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=300%2C228 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?resize=768%2C585 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lynne-Stewart-graphic-1211-art-by-Rashid-Johnson-web.jpg?w=960 960w\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lynne Stewart, after 78 winters in America, has died, after battling for years against breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>But those were just some of her battles and, like most of us, she won some and lost some. But she never stopped fighting!<\/p>\n<p>For decades, she and her husband, Ralph Poynter, fought for New York\u2019s political activists and revolutionaries, like Black Panthers and Young Lords, a Puerto Rican socialist collective. But mostly, they fought for the freedom of the poor and dispossessed of New York\u2019s Black and Brown ghettoes.<\/p>\n<p>She \u2013 they \u2013 fought often and fought well in the city\u2019s courts.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Ralph, was a stalwart of the Black Panther Party and her most committed defender.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sfbayview.com\/2017\/03\/lynne-stewart-peoples-lawyer-freedom-fighter-presente\/release-lynne-stewart-picket-by-ralph-poynter-supporters-white-house-061813-by-workers-world\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67653\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67653 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Release-Lynne-Stewart-picket-by-Ralph-Poynter-supporters-White-House-061813-by-Workers-World.jpg?resize=400%2C268\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Release-Lynne-Stewart-picket-by-Ralph-Poynter-supporters-White-House-061813-by-Workers-World.jpg?resize=300%2C201 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Release-Lynne-Stewart-picket-by-Ralph-Poynter-supporters-White-House-061813-by-Workers-World.jpg?resize=768%2C514 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sfbayview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Release-Lynne-Stewart-picket-by-Ralph-Poynter-supporters-White-House-061813-by-Workers-World.jpg?w=900 900w\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Lynne was targeted by the U.S. Justice Department, and she was tried and convicted for putting out a press release for her client, the blind Egyptian sheikh, Omar Abdul Rahman, Ralph stood in the hot Washington, D.C., sun with a sign in front of the White House, demanding his wife\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Her defense of her client was in the best tradition of criminal defense lawyers, and she received significant support from a broad swath of the Bar \u2013 from lawyers, yes; judges, no.<\/p>\n<p>Initially sentenced to 28 months, the 2nd Circuit sent it back for resentencing \u2013 and she got 10 years! Her support only grew.<\/p>\n<p>The late activist lawyer Bill Kunstler once opined that defense lawyers should be officers of their clients, instead of officers of the court.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne Stewart was an officer of her clients, a People\u2019s Lawyer, beloved and respected.<\/p>\n<p>May she ever be so.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] Por Mumia Abu-Jamal Tras vivir 78 inviernos en \u2018Am\u00e9rica\u2019, Lynne Stewart ha muerto despu\u00e9s de batallar durante varios a\u00f1os contra el c\u00e1ncer de mama. Sin embargo, esa fue s\u00f3lo una de sus batallas. Como la mayor\u00eda de nosotros, ella gan\u00f3 algunas y perdi\u00f3 otras. Pero nunca dej\u00f3 de luchar. Durante d\u00e9cadas, ella y su [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[826,953,183,962],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-20690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medios-libres-2","category-mundo","category-blog","category-presos","tag-mumia-abu-jamal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}