The nationās 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 ālived a life of peace that was unthinkable in Philadelphia,ā because āthey lived out of the eye of a merciless media,ā he said. āAbsent the āzone of negativity by the media, people met MOVE as people, and loved them.ā 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.
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This weekās featured author is Habiba Ibrahim. Ibrahim is Associate Professor of English at the University ofā¦
April Goggans is an organizer with Black Lives Matter in Washington DC. After years of FOIA requests she has been granted a hearing to determine if the Metropolitan Police Department are required toā¦
Worldwide outrage over the killing of Soweto youth protesting on June 16, 1976 was a turning point in South African history. But the end of apartheid was not the end of racist oppression or corporateā¦
The U.S. excluded Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the recent Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles. While there was widespread condemnation against the U.S., only six heads of state had theā¦
The latest Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin provides analysis of the U.S. Southern Command and includes an interview with Ahjamu Uni, organizer with the All African People'sā¦
