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Punk Politics #45

C Fish

The movement to free Mumia Abu Jamal has been losing steam at a time when it really shouldn’t be. I think the issue here is that not enough people know about this important figure in black liberation or his battle with the monolithic Pennsylvania penal system. Below will be links on this info. Please spread this like a pandemic. I’m working on finding out what we can further do to help so that info will be posted asap. Knowledge is the first action and one we can all do. Also there will be web links for further exploration. Time to … Continue reading Punk Politics #45

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Punk Politics Special Report

C Fish

The MOVE 9 are free at last! What an amazing moment for Black History month 2020. 7 have been released while 2 sadly died behind bars. There will be a link in this post to my previous write up about MOVE to give background on this group and their struggles. To quote a great friend of mine “onward and upward!” This is a victory. First MOVE 9, next Mumia Abu Jamal. We can win! #onamove https://punxinsolidarity.com/2018/04/03/on-a-move/ -C Fish Continue reading Punk Politics Special Report

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Punk Politics #40 On a MOVE! 35 Years Later

C Fish

The gnarliest anarcho group you’ve never heard of. Fast facts to simplify this. MOVE was an anarcho-primitivist organization. In Philadelphia, PA MOVE was not black separatist as it had white members though its membership was primarily black. Philadelphia police had brutalized several MOVE members over the years resulting in multiple miscarriages and the death of one child from a baton strike to the head. In 1978 Philadelphia police had a standoff with MOVE at the MOVE house. This resulted in the death of one police officer from gunfire within the police line. When MOVE members surrendered the police singled out … Continue reading Punk Politics #40 On a MOVE! 35 Years Later