Panel Discussion in DC with Ramona Africa of MOVE

Panel Discussion on State Repression: Past and Present
From the Green Scare to the Continued War on the Black Liberation Movement

Featuring:

Ramona Africa of MOVE
Will Potter, journalist and creator of GreenIsTheNewRed.com

Other Speakers: TO BE ANNOUNCED

Saturday, November 17 at 7 p.m.
at St. Stephen’s Church
1525 Newton Street NW
Washington, D.C.

$5-10 sliding scale, suggested donation will cover expenses and benefit
political prisoners. NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS.

Join journalists, attorneys, and former political prisoners at a forum discussing the links between past and present instances of state repression of social justice movements. From the targeting of animal and environmental activists being dubbed by many as the “Green Scare” to the 37-year-old charges being brought against former Black Panthers in San Fransisco, hear how history is repeating itself as state repression intensifies in the era of the “War on Terrorism” — and what we can do to fight it.

FEATURING:

Ramona Africa is the sole adult survivor of the massacre of 11 members of the MOVE organization. On May 13, 1985, the FBI and the City of Philadelphia dropped a C4 bomb on MOVE’s 6221 Osage Avenue home in West Philadelphia.

Carrying the young Birdie Africa (the only other survivor) with her, Ramona dodged gunfire and escaped from the fire with permanent scarring from the burns. After surviving the bombing, she was charged with conspiracy, riot, and multiple counts of simple and aggravated assault. Subsequently Ramona served 7 years in prison. If she had chosen to sever her ties with MOVE, she could have been released far earlier. In the face of this she held true to her revolutionary beliefs and was uncompromising in the face of state terror. Since her release from prison, Ramona has tirelessly worked as the MOVE Minister of Communication on behalf of the MOVE 9, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and all political prisoners and prisoners of war.

Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who focuses on how the War on Terrorism affects civil liberties. He has tracked how lawmakers and corporations have labeled animal
rights and environmental activists as “eco-terrorists.” He has also closely followed the trial of the SHAC 7, a landmark First Amendment case involving a group of activists charged with “animal enterprise terrorism”
for running a controversial website.

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