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Eddie Africa, Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Eddie Africa Free.” The news came through like a beam in the night. Eddie Africa has been released today. Eddie Africa, MOVE member and survivor of the August 8th, 1978 MOVE confrontation in Philadelphia, was… Full Transcript
Omar Askia Ali
Omar Askia Ali
My given name is Edward Sistrunk. My Islamic name is Omar Askia Ali. My current address is one Kelly drive, Coal Township, PA 17866-1021. Also go online and review my column of a newspaper, page… Full Transcript
August 8th, 1978
Mumia Abu-Jamal
August has barely broken its first week, when police gunfire shattered the tense early morning air. It was West Philadelphia, 1978, just blocks from Drexel University. For over a year, Philadelphia police occupied the neighborhood… Full Transcript
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Democracy Now!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We are “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, broadcasting outside that… Full Transcript
“Chuck Africa Goes Home.” For over 40 years. Chuckie Africa of the famed MOVE Nine, veterans of the MOVE confrontation of August 8th, 1978, has been imprisoned in state joints across Pennsylvania, serving what is… Full Transcript