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: www.onamove.com.