The nationâs best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, marked the 45th anniversary of the MOVE organization with recollections of when MOVE members were undergound in Rochester, New York. There, they âlived a life of peace that was unthinkable in Philadelphia,â because âthey lived out of the eye of a merciless media,â he said. âAbsent the âzone of negativity by the media, people met MOVE as people, and loved them.â In contrast, police and media hostility to MOVE in the City of Brotherly Love led to life sentences for nine MOVE members in 1978, and the bombing of the MOVE residence in 1985, killing eleven members, including five children.
For several years, three landlocked West African states have undergone political transformations designed to turn the page on French neo-colonialism.
The U.S. is considering drone strikes and sanctions against the Alliance of Sahel States under the guise of counterterrorism, but the real objective is to regain neo-colonial control over AfricanâŚ
Western pro-Palestinian activism isolates Palestine from its regional allies, depoliticizing its struggle and reinforcing colonial divisions.
The United Nations has adopted a resolution calling for the use of map projections that more accurately portray the size and proportions of the worldâs continents, particularly correcting the long-âŚ
In this weekâs segment, we discuss organizers in Washington, D.C. who developed a transit solidarity program to oppose transit fare crackdowns that criminalize poverty. But we begin with a discussionâŚ
