Almost 30 years after their imprisonment, the eight remaining "MOVE 9" prisoners are now eligible for parole (see Philadelphia Inquirer and Metro articles). April hearings are scheduled for only seven, because Chuck Africa is eligible six months later than the others. In early April, they will be interviewed on an individual basis, and ultimately a majority 5/9 vote among the nine Parole Board Members will be needed for each prisoner's release on parole.
With the hearings just weeks away, MOVE is asking for support by contacting the Parole Board and signing the online petition. A new series of videos about the parole hearings features interviews with MOVE members Ramona Africa (the sole adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 police bombing of MOVE headquarters) and Mike Africa Jr. (the son of MOVE 9 prisoners Debbie and Mike Sr.). Ramona recently spoke in Harrisburg about parole, and the new Ona Move Newsletter has just been released.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ontario: Native Leader To Serve Six Months for Opposing Mine
(Another story from Canada)
Algonquin community leader Robert Lovelace had never been charged with an offence, but when a uranium company began prospecting for radioactive ore on unceded First Nations land without engaging in consultation, he decided to take action and organized a non-violent blockade.
On February 15, Judge Cunningham of Ontario's Superior Court sentenced Lovelace to six months in jail for contempt of court and fined him $50,000 for his involvement in the peaceful protest.
Chief Paula Sherman, elected leader of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, a small community about 110 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, where the controversial uranium prospecting is taking place, calls Robert Lovelace "a political prisoner."
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Algonquin community leader Robert Lovelace had never been charged with an offence, but when a uranium company began prospecting for radioactive ore on unceded First Nations land without engaging in consultation, he decided to take action and organized a non-violent blockade.
On February 15, Judge Cunningham of Ontario's Superior Court sentenced Lovelace to six months in jail for contempt of court and fined him $50,000 for his involvement in the peaceful protest.
Chief Paula Sherman, elected leader of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, a small community about 110 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, where the controversial uranium prospecting is taking place, calls Robert Lovelace "a political prisoner."
Source and full story
California: Two Arrested in Protest at Marine Recruiting Center
Two women were arrested at the Marine Corps recruiting center in Downtown Berkeley today after allegedly sitting down inside the center and refusing to leave.
A 46-year-old El Cerrito woman and a 52-year-old San Francisco woman with anti-war group Code Pink were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, said Berkeley police Lt. Craig Guster.
Guster said that police responded at about 3:30 p.m. after the two women sat down inside the entry to the Marine Recruiting center on Shattuck Avenue and refused to leave.
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A 46-year-old El Cerrito woman and a 52-year-old San Francisco woman with anti-war group Code Pink were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, said Berkeley police Lt. Craig Guster.
Guster said that police responded at about 3:30 p.m. after the two women sat down inside the entry to the Marine Recruiting center on Shattuck Avenue and refused to leave.
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Michigan: 2 arrested at downtown Grand Rapids war protest
Nearly 300 anti-war activists marched, drummed and chanted their way through the streets of downtown Saturday, calling for the end of the 5-year-old war in Iraq and dodging police cruisers trying to keep them on the sidewalk.
Along the way, two protesters were arrested and are awaiting arraignment on charges of willfully obstructing a public road.
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Along the way, two protesters were arrested and are awaiting arraignment on charges of willfully obstructing a public road.
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California: Chevron protest ends with 24 arrests
A protest outside the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., was described as mainly peaceful despite 24 arrests.
About 300 protesters carrying signs such as "Fight toxic racism" and "End Chevron crimes from Richmond to Iraq" gathered outside the plant Saturday, but did not disrupt work going on there, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Sunday.
The 24 arrested were transported to the city jail and cited for misdemeanor trespassing, the newspaper said.
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About 300 protesters carrying signs such as "Fight toxic racism" and "End Chevron crimes from Richmond to Iraq" gathered outside the plant Saturday, but did not disrupt work going on there, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Sunday.
The 24 arrested were transported to the city jail and cited for misdemeanor trespassing, the newspaper said.
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NYPD arrest six at Tibet protest
Tensions over the Chinese government crackdown in Tibet reached Manhattan's West Side Saturday when protesters outside the Chinese Consulate building threw debris and scuffled with police, resulting in minor injuries and several arrests.
The demonstration at 12th Avenue and 42nd Street was organized by five Tibetan activists groups and began about 9 a.m. with about 300 people chanting and waving flags, witnesses and an event organizer said.
Between 11:30 a.m. and noon, about six Tibetan protesters began hurling pieces of a wooden barricade, bricks and glass bottles at the building, breaking several windows and smashing glass against the building's façade.
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The demonstration at 12th Avenue and 42nd Street was organized by five Tibetan activists groups and began about 9 a.m. with about 300 people chanting and waving flags, witnesses and an event organizer said.
Between 11:30 a.m. and noon, about six Tibetan protesters began hurling pieces of a wooden barricade, bricks and glass bottles at the building, breaking several windows and smashing glass against the building's façade.
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Montreal: 32 Arrested after Anti-police protest becomes rebellion
(I know this isn't in the U.S., but I will work to include some news from Canada and Mexico at times .)
Montreal police arrested 32 people Saturday after an anti-police protest turned violent, leaving the city's downtown with shattered windows, vandalized cars and a police cruiser singed by a molotov cocktail.
Montreal police Const. Laurent Gingras said demonstrators used bats, rocks, chunks of ice and their feet to smash the windows of a Subway, McDonald's and Starbucks during a three hour rampage in Montreal's downtown core.
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Montreal police arrested 32 people Saturday after an anti-police protest turned violent, leaving the city's downtown with shattered windows, vandalized cars and a police cruiser singed by a molotov cocktail.
Montreal police Const. Laurent Gingras said demonstrators used bats, rocks, chunks of ice and their feet to smash the windows of a Subway, McDonald's and Starbucks during a three hour rampage in Montreal's downtown core.
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