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Expose The Parole Board
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Many many people are outraged about the recent parole board decision on my MOVE sisters. Everybody is asking what they can do now to continue their support of MOVE. What people can do is write articles, Op-Ed pieces or letters to the editor in your local newspapers. Make this the national and international issue that is truly is. Don’t let it go unnoticed or be swept under the rug. This is the first step toward exposing this conspiracy against my family. People in other countries should translate all communications into their own languages and circulate the information. That is extremely important. Also send us a copy so that we can circulate it to people we know that speak that particular language. I will follow with more updated activities soon but we’ll start with this for now. Below are Philadelphia newspapers that people can write to. Write to some in your own local. Thanks for your support---Ramona
Philadelphia Daily News
400 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19130
Philadelphia Inquirer
400 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19130
Philadelphia Tribune (local so-called Black newspaper)
520 S. 16th St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19146
Philadelphia New Observer
1520 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19102
Philadelphia City Paper
123 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19106
Philadelphia Weekly
1701 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA. 19103
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MOVE WOMEN DENIED PAROLE
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MOVE WOMEN DENIED PAROLE!!!
Today, April 22, 2008, MOVE women that survived the August 8, 1978 police attempt to kill off MOVE were denied parole by the Pennsylvania Department of Probation and Parole. The parole board says that MOVE women were denied parole because they minimized or denied the nature and circumstances of the offense; refused to accept responsibility; lacked remorse and because the prosecutors office said MOVE should not be paroled because we act outside the “law”. In fact, it’s the parole board that is “acting outside the law” by demanding that any inmate (especially those that have maintained their innocence from the very beginning) say that they are guilty when they are not. MOVE is innocent, we ain’t guilty, we ain’t gonna say we’re guilty and the parole board has no authority to demand that we lie and say we’re guilty. That is the height of arrogance when the parole board knows that countless people are convicted in the courts daily, are sent to jail and end up being released after 20, 25, 30 years because they are innocent just like they said they were. Where would any “remorse” come from when you are innocent? Why would anybody take responsibility for a crime that they didn’t commit? Where is the wrong in denying something that you did not do. It is obvious that these officials are sending a very clear message to the people. The message is that they’re gonna do whatever they want to do and they don’t care about the truth , they don’t care that they’re breaking they very laws that they claim to have MOVE and millions of others in prison for breaking and they don’t even care that people know that they’re the ones that are breaking the law. Lynn Abraham (the district attorney of Philadelphia that used to be a judge) says that MOVE “acts outside the law” so we should stay in prison? In fact, She acted outside the law when she signed warrants for MOVE in May of 1977 even though the police commissioner said MOVE had committed no crime. Then mayor, Rizzo, “acted outside the law” on August 8, 1978 when he ordered MOVE HQ., vital evidence in a murder trial, the “scene of the crime” destroyed. The courts “acted outside the law” when they proceeded with the trial after destroying the scene of the crime because when they destroyed the evidence they destroyed the bases for any trial. Judge Malmed, the trial judge in the August 8th murder trial “acted outside the law” when he sentenced 9 innocent MOVE people to a maximum 900 years in prison for a crime that he could not say or prove that any 1 of the 9 committed, a crime that he admitted publicly that he didn’t have the “faintest idea” who committed. Lynn Abraham “acted outside the law” when she knowingly signed fraudulent warrants for cops to come out and murder innocent MOVE people in May of 1985. The proof of just how fraudulent those warrants were lie in the fact that every single charge listed in those warrants were dismissed as having no basis, every single charge. Is there any question why MOVE people are so bitter, so full of fight and so motivated to keep revolting against this rotten ass system? JOHN AFRICA has opened our eyes and HE keeps us motivated, keeps us full of fight. They can hurt MOVE because we’re alive, we have feelings, but thanks to JOHN AFRICA they WILL NEVER STOP MOVE!
LONG LIVE JOHN AFRICA! LONG LIVE REVOLUTION!
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More Information about Supporting Parole For The MOVE 9
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Check out www.move9parole.blogspot.com for more specific information on how to support parole for the MOVE 9 |
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Support Parole For The MOVE 9: Sign The Online Petition
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As the April parole hearings for The MOVE 9 draw near, the government (through the media) is stepping up it's campaign to keep MOVE people in prison til they die. There have been a number of news articles and TV news items recently about the upcoming parole hearings. Of course, the only position that is publicized is the position of the cops and prosecuters. Obviously, there position is that MOVE people should never be released from prison. We have to step up our campaign for the release of The MOVE 9. A hard working supporter, named Hans, has set up an online petition for the parole of MOVE people (www.ipetitions.com/petition/move9parole) and we urge everybody to sign it ASAP so that we can print it out and send it to parole board officials before the hearings in April (it's good to say where you're from-your city, state and country when you sign on. We don't have an exact date yet for the hearings so we don't want to wait too long before sending the signitures in. Also, we encourage those who can to flood the parole board with letters and phone calls so that they know people are watching. We have power so lets use it---ONA MOVE, Ramona
*Go to page 2 for the contact info for the parole board |
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From Chuck Africa
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ONA MOVE!
I write this letter to communicate a grave concern of mine and maybe yours once reading this.
A sea of apathy floods the cell blocks and corridors of Graterford State Prison as scores of elderly/terminally ill inmates are dying at a rapid and alarming pace. The mere fact of anybody dying is not remarkable by itself; but cold indifference can border on the inhumane when people capable of easing needless suffering fail to act. It is not my intent to suggest that there is a quick fix to a complex situation involving many individuals. However, I do know that there are certain men here who you have observed closely over the years that deserve to be released from this institution.
Counselors, Staffers, Administrators, Psychologists, Guards and Religious Authorities: You have all at various times interrelated with and gotten to know the character of many men here and you can make common sense evaluations and intelligent recommendations regarding this dire situation. Where there is clearly no valid reason pursuant to humanity to continue holding terminally ill men there should be alternatives. I realize that there are more priorities in the world that over shadow that of prisoners and this is not a call to lift the needs and concerns of prisoners above others; it is simply an attempt by me to shed light on a crisis here that requires special attention. Me expressing it with such urgency comes from the real fact that I watch Mr. Edward Williams (Abdullah Shah) AF-4687 wither away before me on A-Block. He is clearly ailing. And I’ve recently observed the late Jerry Mims’ last days as a walking dead man. Helpless and harmless. (1) The bulletin boards continue to announce more memorials as dead faces line the walls on an almost daily basis. Surely some of these men could’ve/can have a positive impact on the communities outside. There can never be enough wisdom out there that people can benefit from. Especially in the wake of the vicious streak of violence plaguing the inner cities.
Finally, while death is inevitable to us all, in here and out there; terminally ill men should at least get to spend their last days of breathing with family and friends. Along with this letter to prison officials I’m calling on all Ministers, Guards, Rabbis, Chaplains, Priests, and Imams to have the courage as men; the moral imperative as spiritual guides; and the willingness to adhere to your conscience as human beings and do what’s right: Put forth an intense effort to gain the release of some fathers and grandfathers who continue to languish in here unjustly (in every sense of the word) and without any more clear penological and rehabilitative purpose.
The months of April and May of this year alone have had more than twelve deaths.
Charles Sims Africa, AM-4975
A-Block A1-015
(1) One of many who’ve succumbed to a terminal illness and is now deceased. And I have witnessed many other stricken men die in similar fashion between 2002-2007.
Cc: Philadelphia Tribune Newspaper;
Cc: Senator Shirley Kitchen, 1701 West Lehigh Ave., Phila, PA 19132
Cc: www.onamove.com
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Ramona Africa speaks
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To hear a 43 minute description of MOVE's history and understand more about how important it is to parole the MOVE 9 in 2008, go to this link:
http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2007/08/27830.php
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JOHN AFRICA quote of the month
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TO QUOTE JOHN AFRICA THE COORDINATOR----QUOTE "SICKNESS IS NOT TO BE ALLOWED, IT IS TO BE ELIMINATED, HATRED IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED, IT IS TO BE ABOLISHED, THE ENSLAVING PERSON OF WAR IS NOT TO BE CONCEDED, ACCEPTED, TEMPORARILY OBSCURED BY THE ILLUSION OF PEACE, IT MUST BE COMPLETELY CUT DOWN, DIRECTLY DONE AWAY WITH, TOTALLY DESTROYED THROUGH THE REALITY OF PEACE..."END QUOTE, JOHN AFRICA |
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