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VIDEO: Mike Africa Jr. interview about the MOVE 9 Parole Hearings
Submitted by onion on Sun, 2008-03-02 22:26. Philly | political prisoners | repression | video
by Hans Bennett
Abu-Jamal-News.com
Watch video here.
Along with excerpts of archival footage from the Cohort Media documentary titled "MOVE", this video features a new interview with MOVE member Mike Africa Jr.
Defenestrator issue 40
Submitted by rosa on Thu, 2008-02-07 05:17. defenestrator
- New Jersey Bans Death Penalty
- Guinness Records: Massacre or Suicide?
- Al Nakba Remembered in Philly
- ACTIVISTS WIN $1.5 MILLION WAGE AND BENEFIT INCREASE FROM TEMPLE AND PENN
- defenestrate my space@@@!
- Philadelphia for Philadelphians!: The Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign
- Director of Obscure Police Agency Assassinated in Oaxaca City
- To Snitch or Not To Snitch
- Army of One
- Border Anarchy
and more ...
read it all in the pdf!
Philadelphia for Philadelphians!: The Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign
Submitted by rosa on Thu, 2008-02-07 03:52. gentrification | Phillyby Candace Saunders
This past October 25th, amid umbrellas and honking horns, the voices of a small but impassioned group of demonstrators filled the western plaza of City Hall. Philadelphians on their way to lunch might not have paused to acknowledge the rousing chanted refrain, but they could scarcely avoid hearing it: “Don’t tax us out! Don’t tax us out! Don’t tax us out!” The picket line strode in a circle around a small PA system and a collection of placards stating the group’s demands. The picketers, mostly older black women but otherwise varied in age and race, held signs bearing slogans like “IMPLEMENT TAX FORGIVENESS” and “STOP 10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT”. A few folks stood at the gateway to City Hall chatting with curious passersby, collecting petition signatures and handing out flyers. Between speakers, the protesters stood with their signs shielding them from the chilly rain. It seemed it would take more than a little stormy weather to keep the members of the Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign from educating fellow Philadelphia residents about the shady plans hatching just above them in looming City Hall.
This past October 25th, amid umbrellas and honking horns, the voices of a small but impassioned group of demonstrators filled the western plaza of City Hall. Philadelphians on their way to lunch might not have paused to acknowledge the rousing chanted refrain, but they could scarcely avoid hearing it: “Don’t tax us out! Don’t tax us out! Don’t tax us out!” The picket line strode in a circle around a small PA system and a collection of placards stating the group’s demands. The picketers, mostly older black women but otherwise varied in age and race, held signs bearing slogans like “IMPLEMENT TAX FORGIVENESS” and “STOP 10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT”. A few folks stood at the gateway to City Hall chatting with curious passersby, collecting petition signatures and handing out flyers. Between speakers, the protesters stood with their signs shielding them from the chilly rain. It seemed it would take more than a little stormy weather to keep the members of the Don’t Tax Me Out Campaign from educating fellow Philadelphia residents about the shady plans hatching just above them in looming City Hall.
New Jersey Bans Death Penalty
Submitted by rosa on Thu, 2008-02-07 00:07. prisonsOn December 17 Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation repealing New Jersey’s death penalty statute, after lawmakers and criminal justice experts found that capital punishment wastes tax dollars, prolongs the suffering of murder victims’ family members and is likely to result in wrongful death sentences. Law enforcement officers and district attorneys from across the state supported the repeal effort, as did many crime victims’ advocates.
With today’s signing, New Jersey becomes the first state in 42 years to legislatively abolish the death penalty; Iowa and West Virginia last did so in 1965. New Jersey reflects a growing national trend against the death penalty, with death sentences and executions facing a steep decline since the late 1990s and with more states advancing abolition and moratorium legislation as well as other reforms.
Guinness Records: Massacre or Suicide?
Submitted by rosa on Thu, 2008-02-07 00:06. Philly | police | race | repression[col. writ. 11/17/07] (c) ‘07 Mumia Abu-Jamal
For millions of people worldwide, the Guinness Book of World Records is the definitive source for matters great and small.
Many a conflict has been resolved by reference to it, for it is seen as the last word. It appears that there are more copies of its books in bars and taverns than there are in libraries.
But in at least one case, the venerable record keeping agency has been called into serious question. That case is of the May 13, 1985 MOVE Bombing, where 11 men, women and babies were killed by Philadelphia police.
For millions of people worldwide, the Guinness Book of World Records is the definitive source for matters great and small.
Many a conflict has been resolved by reference to it, for it is seen as the last word. It appears that there are more copies of its books in bars and taverns than there are in libraries.
But in at least one case, the venerable record keeping agency has been called into serious question. That case is of the May 13, 1985 MOVE Bombing, where 11 men, women and babies were killed by Philadelphia police.
Al Nakba Remembered in Philly
Submitted by rosa on Thu, 2008-02-07 00:03. anti-imperialist | Philly
60 Days of Action to Coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe
By Nathaniel
This spring marks the 60th anniversary of Al Nakba, “the catastrophe,” the little known side of Israel’s creation that murdered thousands of Palestinian civilians in 1948 and drove over 700,000 others into exile after a terror campaign by the nascent Israeli state. Philly SUSTAIN (Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now!), Temple and Penn Students for Justice in Palestine and the AL Nakba Committee are responding to the call made at the US Social Forum for 60 days of action to coincide with what will likely be a self congratulatory celebration of Zionism.
Philly’s Palestine solidarity movement insist Al Nakba not be forgotten with a series of events every day from March 16th to May 15th. Defining occupation broadly to include the gentrification of Philadelphia neighborhoods through eminent domain and white colonization, solidarity activists plan to work with various groups in the city to insure Al Nakba and all occupations are remembered.
ACTIVISTS WIN $1.5 MILLION WAGE AND BENEFIT INCREASE FROM TEMPLE AND PENN
Submitted by rosa on Wed, 2008-02-06 23:58. labour | PhillyJobs with Justice Press Release:
Activists Plan More Efforts To Reform Industry, Local Company Will Remain Target
Philadelphia, PA, January 28, 2008 -- A year long campaign to raise wages and benefits for security officers at Philadelphia’s two largest universities has finally paid off. The Philadelphia Officers and Workers Rising Campaign (POWR) an effort of a coalition of students, community activists and faith leaders will bring at least $1.5 million in additional income to workers. The new contracts include up to 3 days sick-leave on both campuses and raises for roving security guards at UPenn from $9.70 to $15 per hour.
“We started to fight for these improvements for our own safety.” Says Kevin Paris, a junior at Temple University. “I know that guards were forced to come to work ill and injured. No one should work like that much less guards. It is a public safety issue”
The activists from the local group, Jobs with Justice, focused on paid sick-leave as the first step in a series of improvements that workers and their advocates want to win on behalf of security guards.
defenestrate my space@@@!
Submitted by rosa on Wed, 2008-02-06 23:56. defenestrator
We finally took the plunge into the evil realm of myspace. Check us out and be our friend. You’ll get bulletins about events we’re doing and of course you can use us as your own personal jukebox! And for all you feds out there trying to keep tabs, what are you waiting for?
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