In 1978, nine members of the MOVE organization were sentenced to life in prison in the death of a Philadelphia policeman. Seven years later, police bombed the MOVE residence, killing 11 members, including 5 children. On Saturday, August 5, Brooklyn’s House of the Lord church hosts a day-long event, “39 Years is Too Long: Free the MOVE 9.” MOVE Minister of Communications Ramona Africa says parole board members are the biggest obstacles to freeing the surviving members. “You will find that most of them have backgrounds in law enforcement or as prosecutors,” she told Black Agenda Radio producer Kyle Fraser. “That is definitely a conflict of interest when the issue at hand” is the death of a police officer.
By focusing on climate terrorism, Democrats could show voters that they care more about the common good than their self-serving Russiagate narrative.
A new book reveals Chicago as a racist police state where the entire criminal justice system was complicit in torture.
There is no reason for the government to borrow trillions from capitalists – except to enrich the financial classes and enforce austerity.
The US government appointed a board of fat cats to oversee the “debt” of its mostly black and brown colony, Puerto Rico.
Frances’ former African colonies are still tied to Paris by the chains of the CFA Franc, which makes them neo-colonies of Europe.
