MOVE’S MINISTER OF DEFENSE DELBERT AFRICA MOVED ON MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 15th AT HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS MOVE FAMILY. WE’LL GIVE MORE INFORMATION LATER. ON THE MOVE!
THE MOVE FAMILY
This was in 2018 The last time I got to see my Big Bro . I didn't get to see when he came home in Jan due to covid and other matters but it's ok this day was priceless cause we spent it together talking about life the upcoming birth of my son so much was passed on that day and the 24 years of visits phone calls letters . My Brother is truly with me forever .I love you always Del Rest in peace
😡😡😡 Political Prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal been locked up since 1984! The Pigs in Philadelphia are trying to now kill him through Medical Neglect since they failed to execute him through Lethal Injection. Philadelphia allowed MOVE member Phil Africa to die in a PA prison, while it still holds other MOVE political prisoners in chain!! Mumia's home town, the city they bombed the MOVE Organization & locked up the MOVE9 is holding a rally for fucking Meek Mill behind a fucking probation violation!! Fuck! Lemme stop here for it say something I can't take back, but this enraged me. #KeepMeek #FreeMumia #FreeTheMOVE9 #OnTheMOVE #Mentacide
Janine Africa and Janet Africa are two of the surviving MOVE 9 activists who recently won release after decades in prison. They described the hell they went through in Pennsylvania prisons. They and the other MOVE 9 members were beaten by guards.
Upon arriving in prison, Janet and Janine were immediately put in “the hole” — solitary confinement. The warden told them they would stay there and they did stay there for a long time.
In 1985, the women were told that their children had been killed while they were still in solitary confinement. The guards told them their children were dead without further explanation. They had to rely on overheard conversation among other prisoners in the prison yard to glean that the Philadelphia police and FBI had bombed the MOVE house on Osage Avenue on May 13, 1985, killing six adults and five children.
Janine Africa and Janet Africa have not been crushed by the horrendous ordeals they have suffered. They say it is the unbroken solidarity of the MOVE family and support of many others that gave them the strength to survive.
Janine said: “For 41 years, they have tried to beat us down. They have tried to take our health. They have tried everything to stop us because they couldn’t stop us no other way.
“We have a family that is so strong and supportive. They had our backs and we rode on their strength and that made us strong. We can’t stop talking about it because we know how important that is.
“We are out here fighting for everybody, whether you are white, Black, Chinese. We know this system is on pins and needles because we are coming out!”
Read about Janine and Janet Africa’s historic visit to Southern California at tinyurl.com/vhhaxr8
Chuck Sims Africa freed: final jailed Move 9 member released from prison
Chuck Sims Africa, 59, walked free from the Fayette state correctional institution in La Belle, Pennsylvania, on Friday morning. The youngest of the incarcerated group, he has been in custody since shortly after he turned 18.
His freedom marked his reunion with his family for the first time in almost 42 years. It was also historic, as it closed a chapter that had remained unfinished since the black power movement erupted in the late 1960s.
MOVE member Delbert Africa, held in prison since the confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after 42 years. Delbert, in his 73rd year of life, came out to meet other members of the MOVE Organization, who greeted him with a hearty chant of “Long live John Africa!” and a MOVE salute. Del was in a good mood and high spirits, cracking jokes and eating sandwiches.
Aug. 8, 1978, was a date of infamy, for it marked an attack on the MOVE house in West Philadelphia’s Powelton Village, where hundreds of cops shot thousands of shots into the structure where men, women and children were huddled in the basement. Gunfire was followed by water cannons, where MOVE people had to fight to stay alive from being drowned.
When Delbert exited the house, he was beaten by several cops – rifle-butted, stomped and kicked viciously. When several of these cops were charged with assaulting Del, they had nothing to worry about, thanks to Judge Stanley Kubacki. Ignoring video tapes, he acquitted the cops, citing, among other things, Delbert’s muscles as justification for the beating.
Brother Delbert Africa of the MOVE 9 was released this morning and is on his way home after more than 41 years behind prison walls. Ona Move! Jan. 18, 2019
