Help Ramona Fight For Her Life
The MOVE Organization is informing our supporters, sympathizers and all those in solidarity with the cause of revolution, that our much beloved Ramona Africa, MOVE’s Minister of Communication, survivor of the May 13, 1985, holocaust, has been hospitalized as a result of health complications coming from a condition called PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). A … [Read More...]
News
Sole remaining survivor of MOVE 9 tragedy gravely ill; community seeks funds
By Cherri Gregg August 22, 2018 Reprinted from WKY News Radio Supporters have launched a GoFundMe account. WEST PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The last remaining survivor of the 1985 MOVE tragedy is gravely ill, and her supporters are asking for help. “Ramona Africa’s health is critical at this point,” Sue Africa told reporters Wednesday, August […]
A siege. A bomb. 48 dogs. And the black commune that would not surrender.
Major sympathetic interview with imprisoned MOVE members July 31, 2018 The Guardian By Ed Pilkington Black Power Behind Bars Forty years ago, Philadelphia erupted in one of the most dramatic shoot-outs of the black liberation struggle. Ed Pilkington tells the surreal story of the Move 9 – and what happened to them next. Read more.
Baby-Snatching Practice Blocked Motherhood For 20-million Seconds (40 years)
June 20, 2018 Linn Washington Jr. Reprinted from ThisCantBeHappening.net Justice system abuses mothers with no apologies Debbie’s son Mike said life was “hard” for him growing up without his mother and father, not having their “guidance” at times when he needed it. Mike said that when he went to wake up his mother the morning […]
MOVE: Over four decades of resistance
By Ted Kelly July 30, 2018 Reprinted from International Action Center website Earlier this summer, Philadelphia was in a state of celebration when political prisoner Debbie Africa was released after nearly four decades in prison. In August, prison abolitionists, in Philadelphia and across the world, will observe an anniversary with more solemnity than rejoicing. August […]
Advocacy
Pack the Court and Streets for Mumia Abu Jamal on August 30, 2018
August 30, 2018 – 8 am,
Court Hearing for Mumia,
Criminal Justice Center,
1301 Filbert Street,
Room 1108,
Philadelphia, PA;
Get directions
In a court case that could eventually lead to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedom, Judge Leon Tucker has ordered the District Attorney’s office to present new testimony in reference to Ronald Castille, on August 30, 2018. Castille is a former PA Supreme Court judge who refused to disqualify himself when Mumia’s case came before the court despite having been the Philadelphia District Attorney during Mumia’s prior appeals. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that such conduct is unconstitutional.
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A recent update on Mumia Abu Jamal’s case:
Philadelphia DA’s office stonewalls at hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
May 3, 2018
