Isn't it possible that the RCP has monopolized the defense of Mumia because their leadership has alienated most other allies? Mumia's isolation may be partly due to his association with the disturbed figures who at rallies pass out (or mouth quotes from) the Silver Book by Chairman Bob whose celebration of the dictatorship of the proletariat as the realisation of anti democracy is deeply creepy. If the RCP ain't the cops, it might as well be. Yours, Rakesh