[Ppnews] Mumia - August 8th

[Political Prisoner News]

August 8th
[col. writ. 8/4/08] (c) '08 Mumia Abu-Jamal


For most people, August 8th is merely a reference to the upcoming 
Beijing Olympics.

Because of the sheer passage of time, most people have forgotten 
August 8th, 1978, when police in Philadelphia unleashed a blitzkrieg 
against members of the MOVE Organization.

There, police fired hundreds of rounds into the house, fired tons of 
water, and after people were flushed from their house, several were 
beaten on the street. The cops who beat one man, Delbert Africa, for 
example, were ordered acquitted by a local judge, despite videotape!

When MOVE members went to trial, 9 men and women were railroaded on 
dubious charges for killing a cop who almost certainly was the 
subject of so-called friendly fire.

The city of Philadelphia made sure that this question couldn't be 
resolved by literally tearing down MOVE's house -- allegedly an 
active crime scene -- by nightfall.

But none of this mattered, for there was a railroad in process, and 9 
MOVE people were sent to state gulags for 30 to 100 years!

Behind the attack on MOVE was certainly their radical lifestyle and 
opposition to state power, but there was also the dynamic of powerful 
real estate interests which wanted to expand their holdings to create 
a greater University City.

For MOVE, August 8th isn't 30 years ago; it's yesterday. It's that close.

They need your support to end this injustice!

--(c) '08 maj


For More Information: write the MOVE Organization, P.O. Box 19709, 
Phila, PA 19143; or contact them on the web at: 
<mailto:onamove at aol.com>onamove [at] aol.com

The Power of Truth is Final -- Free Mumia!

PLEASE CONTACT:
International Concerned Family & Friends of MAJ
P.O. Box 19709
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone - 215-476-8812/ Fax - 215-476-6180
E-mail - <mailto:icffmaj at aol.com>icffmaj [at] aol.com
AND OFFER YOUR SERVICES!

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