“Out of the Mouth of Babes.”
They are children learning about the world they are about to inherit. And like all children, they’re curious. They heard about the MOVE bombing in West Philadelphia which happened decades before they were born. The more they learn, the more questions arose in their minds. “The cops bombed the house? With women and children in it? In Philadelphia? With children like us in it? Fo real?”
They studied and learned, then they resolved to act. They contacted local officials. They studied the rules of historical monuments. They raised the money to erect a monument. They distributed petitions. And soon, very soon, a monument will mark the site of the Mother’s Day massacre of MOVE on Osage Avenue on May 13th, 1985.
These children, students of the Jubilee School, did with no politician or historian had ever thought to do. They studied, they learned, they acted, they marked history. They made history. And only children can do that.
From imprisoned nation, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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