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Peace to the People! On Monday September 20th, 2021 Mike's uncle, Chuckie Africa, lost his battle with cancer. In this episode, Mike Jr, his pops Mike Sr aka Big Mike, and his mother, Chuck's sister , Debbie remember the life of a life long fighter. They reminisce about the fighting spirit that Chuck had, stories from his childhood, and how they hope he will be remembered. As always you can connect with Mike @mikeafricajr or send a message to @onamovepodcast DEAFENING SILENCE   by Chuckie Africa Don't yall hear cries of anguish? In the climate of pain comejoining voices?but voices become unheard and strained by in-actionsof dead brains...how long will thou Philly soulremain in the pit of agonizing apathy?In difference seems to greet you like the morning mirrorlook closely in the mirror and realize its a period of mourning...my sisters, mothers, daughters, wives and warriorslanguish in prisons' obscurity like a distant star in another galaxyas does their brotherswe need to be freeHow loud can your silence stay?stand up with courage and have a saychoose resistance and let go of your fearsthe history of injustice to MOVE you know so wellBut your deafening silence could be my DEATH KNELL.07-12-10

* Content Warning: this episode mentions threats of violence against children.34 year old John Gilbride has been spending all his energy and money he does not have to fight for visitation rights with his only son Zackary.  After 4 years, John finally gets awarded weekend and holiday visitation and the case gets moved from Philadelphia to New Jersey.  MOVE has always declared that MOVE children cannot be with non-MOVE people and that they will not recognize any laws or court orders that go against MOVE Law.   All MOVE members have been called to stay at MOVE headquarters and prepare for a possible confrontation with authorities enforcing the custody order.   You will  hear from people who were inside MOVE headquarters in the days just before John Gilbride's murder.   If you have any information about the 2002 unsolved murder of John Gilbride or about the allegations of abuse inside the MOVE organization please reach out:  murderatryansrun@gmail.com or message us on instagram @murderatryansrunThe producers wish to stress that ALL individuals referenced in this podcast are presumed innocent unless or until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. 

On a Move to the People! August 8th, 1978 changed Mike's life forever, and he wasn't even born yet. All of the details and if you want an in-depth look at those events and what led up to the altercation, check out the Tommy Oliver doc 40 Years a Prisoner. As Mike reflects on what August 8th means to him, he can't help but wonder if things have really changed. He discusses what parallels still exist to this day and what he believes needs to happen in order to see some actual change.Missed Pam Africa's first episode on the podcast? Check it out here!Head over to MikeAfricaJr.com to get your copy of the brand new book "50 Years on a Move" and check out his Patreon=====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast

On a Move to the people! For Mike, June 16th has always been a bittersweet day and in 2021 that has not changed at all. It was on this day in 2018 that his mother, former political prisoner and one of the MOVE 9 Debbie Africa, was finally freed from prison after 40 years. This year, MOVE sister Consuewella Africa passed on the same day. In this episode, Mike reflects on the dualities of this day and how for the past three years he has found himself mourning even when he should be celebrating. ====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and support Mike over at his Patreon Connect with us:Instagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast

On a Move. Today, Mike is joined by his mother to discuss an article she wrote in 1999 called "Memories - Pain of Separation". From her last memories of the MOVE children, to the effects she knew her incarceration was having on her own children, "Pain of Separation" is not only a reflection of one moment in time, but ever relevant today as devastating news regarding the remains of those killed in the 1985 bombing continue to come to light. "By the time I woke up, they were all gone. I can't remember too good, but I believe, the only ones left in the house were Bert, Tom, me and Witt. I was happy in a way, cuz they wouldn't have to be there in the city to put up with them cops, but sad too because I would miss them a lot. I never imagined ever with everything we had already been through with them cops, that I'd never see most of them again. We sent them to Virginia to keep them from being hurt; when we brought them back a few years later, they were killed May 13, 1985." - Debbie Africa excerpt from "Pain of Separation"====Head over to MikeAfricaJr.com to get your copy of the brand new book "50 Years on a Move"If you're liking what you're hearing, make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Give us 5 stars and leave a review to keep the MOVEment moving. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast

On a Move good people! Today Mike is joined by Mrs. Africa, his wife, the one and only RobKat and fan favorite Debbie Africa (also known as Mike's mom). Mike asks the two mamas in his life what they expect for Mother's Day, what it's like being a mother, and if they could do anything over... would they? Also, Big Mike (Mike Africa Sr.) swings by and tells the hilarious story of about his first date with Debbie.  Do you have any special #mothersday plans? Let us know!====Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast 

On a Move people! Today Mike Africa Jr sits down one of his favorite people, and one of the MOVE 9, Debbie Africa. Join Mike as he asks his mom what he thought about the Tommy Oliver documentary, "40 Years a Prisoner".  Hear Debbie breakdown how the cutest baby in the world was born in a prison. Plus, learn what an umbilical cord tastes like!If you liked what you heard drop a ✊

On this edition of Parallax Views, Mike Africa, Jr. was born in prison. His parents, Debbie and Mike Africa, were one of 9 members of the Philadelphia-based radical liberation organization MOVE after a year long stand-off with police that ended in the death of an officer. MOVE stands by their claim that the police attacked them and that, in fact, they did not shoot the officer in question. Instead the officer was shot by his own colleagues in the chaos. Eyewitness accounts at the time as well as other evidence have since led credence to MOVE's claims in regards to this infamous 1978 stand-off. Nonetheless, the MOVE 9 were sent to prison and in 1985 the non-incarcerated members of MOVE had a bomb dropped on their home at the direction of Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Osgood. In prison Debbie and Mike gave birth to their son Mike Africa, Jr. who has continued to spread the liberationist message of MOVE while living by his inspirational motto "Never Give Up". For years, Mike Africa, Jr. campaigned for the release of the MOVE 9 and since that time all the members have been released. Unfortunately, one of the MOVE 9, Delbert Africa, recently passed away. As such Parallax Views thought it would be worthwhile to remember MOVE w/ Mike Africa, Jr. Mike Africa, Jr. joins us to discuss the story of MOVE as well as to elucidate for us what the MOVE organization believes. Life, Mike says, is at the center of MOVE founder John Africa's philosophy, or, as some have argued, religion. Mike also discusses how he was able to get through the difficult years in his youth separated from his imprisoned parents thanks to the support of his community. Additionally, Mike tells us a bit about the experience of being reunited with his parents Debbie and Mike Africa after they were released from prison. Moreover, we discuss the current protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the possibility that they are an "awakening point", the prison without bars that many gladly accept being trapped in, the need to take justice rather than expecting it to be given, what it takes for change to occur, "The System" as a mentality that has created global oppression, the caged animal (such as a tiger in the zoo or circus) as a metaphor for the oppression of humans, MOVE founder John Africa's adage that "the people are as sick as their government", the plight of children whose parents are incarcerated, and more. Mike Africa, Jr. reunited with his parents Debbie Africa and Mike Africa, Sr. More on Mike Africa, Jr.'s WorkAt HisOfficial Website And His Non-Profit Organization The Seed of Wisdom Foundation Please ConsiderMaking a DonationtoMike Africa, Jr.So He May ContinueHis Important Work and Activism Also: Please VisitOn a MoveThe Official WebsiteoftheMOVEOrganization And Mobilization 4 MumiaA MOVE Affiliated EfforttoFreeMumia Abu JamalfromPrison This EpisodeisDedicatedtoDelbert AfricaApril 2nd, 1946-June 15th, 2020 SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES!

This is a segment of episode #252 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Pressure: MOVE, Police Terror, & The Unyielding Demand For Liberation w/ Mike Africa, Jr.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWafrica Learn more about Mike Africa, Jr. and his work: https://mikeafricajr.com Mike Africa, Jr. is a second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. In the full interview, Mike provides background information on the philosophy and aims of the MOVE Organization since its formation in the 1970s, and the role he and his parents have played in the organization up to the present day. From there, he provides a background to the most dramatic confrontations between the members of MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD): the 1978 confrontation between MOVE and Philadelphia police officers (leading to the death of one officer, the brutal public police beating of Delbert Africa, and the wrongful conviction of nine members of MOVE), and the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters on Osage Avenue, Philadelphia by the PPD — the fires of which killed eleven members of MOVE (including five children) and decimated 65 houses in that neighborhood. (https://youtu.be/6RFW9KuL-nk) I also ask Mike about case of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal — including how the police framed him in 1981 for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, to which he is still serving time for. (https://bit.ly/3e0xqsY) Mike explains how the tactics he and his legal team have employed in the cases of the MOVE 9 continue to apply in the ongoing legal battle to release Abu-Jamal from his decades-long imprisonment. And finally, I ask Mike to connect the decades-long struggle of MOVE and the Black Liberation movement at large with the unprecedented uprisings currently being waged in dozens of cities around the United States and around the world since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Mike Africa, Jr. is the son of Debbie Africa and Michael Africa, Sr. of the MOVE 9, released from prison nearly two years ago after they were wrongfully convicted for the death of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 during an armed confrontation between MOVE and the PPD. “[Mike Africa,Jr.] was born to a mother accused and later convicted of third-degree murder in one of the most dramatic confrontations with law enforcement of the 1970s black liberation struggle. Not only was Debbie Africa sentenced to 30 years to life for the death of a police officer, so too was her husband, Mike Africa Sr, father to Mike Jr, who was caught up in the same confrontation and given the same punishment.” (https://bit.ly/2XONNUc) WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 11:05 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Mike Africa, Jr., second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. We begin this discussion with Mike providing background information on the philosophy and aims of the MOVE Organization since its formation in the 1970s, and the role he and his parents have played in the organization up to the present day. From there, he provides a background to the most dramatic confrontations between the members of MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD): the 1978 confrontation between MOVE and Philadelphia police officers (leading to the death of one officer, the brutal public police beating of Delbert Africa, and the wrongful conviction of nine members of MOVE), and the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters on Osage Avenue, Philadelphia by the PPD — the fires of which killed eleven members of MOVE (including five children) and decimated 65 houses in that neighborhood. (https://youtu.be/6RFW9KuL-nk) I also ask Mike about case of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal — including how the police framed him in 1981 for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, to which he is still serving time for. (https://bit.ly/3e0xqsY) Mike explains how the tactics he and his legal team have employed in the cases of the MOVE 9 continue to apply in the ongoing legal battle to release Abu-Jamal from his decades-long imprisonment. And finally, I ask Mike to connect the decades-long struggle of MOVE and the Black Liberation movement at large with the unprecedented uprisings currently being waged in dozens of cities around the United States and around the world since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Mike Africa, Jr. is the son of Debbie Africa and Michael Africa, Sr. of the MOVE 9, released from prison nearly two years ago after they were wrongfully convicted for the death of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 during an armed confrontation between MOVE and the PPD. “[Mike Africa,Jr.] was born to a mother accused and later convicted of third-degree murder in one of the most dramatic confrontations with law enforcement of the 1970s black liberation struggle. Not only was Debbie Africa sentenced to 30 years to life for the death of a police officer, so too was her husband, Mike Africa Sr, father to Mike Jr, who was caught up in the same confrontation and given the same punishment.” (https://bit.ly/2XONNUc) Episode Note: - Learn more about Mike Africa, Jr. and his work: https://mikeafricajr.com / https://www.instagram.com/mikeafricajr / https://twitter.com/MikeAfricaJr1 - Learn more about MOVE: http://onamove.com - The audio sources featured in the introduction: https://bit.ly/2UriOLA / https://bit.ly/3fclogD / https://bit.ly/37dOPvY - The song featured in this episode is “Deliver the Word” by Mike Africa, Jr.: https://youtu.be/fdtD_htG-vY WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

Host and KYW Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the rise in infidelity. Guests include attorney Alycia Kinchloe, priviate investigator Alexander Soutos, therapist George James and Ashlei Perry, who is polyamorous. The newsmakers of the week are Debbie and Michael Africa Sr. The Patriot Homecare Changemaker is Kyle Hoffman, a professional cuddler. 

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Sputnik News analysts and producers Walter Smolarek and Nicole Roussell.Friday is Loud & Clear’s weekly hour-long segment The Week in Review, about the week in politics, policy, and international affairs. Today they focus on Space Command and the militarization of space, the reallocation of money from hurricane relief to immigrant detention beds, the broader discussion of global migration and where the planet is heading, the massive corporations that have marketed and profited off of opioid addiction and death, and lastly, Joe Biden’s new fake war story. After decades in prison, many of the MOVE 9 political prisoners have now come home. To many, the police attacks on the MOVE organization, including the infamous 1985 bombing of their house by Philadelphia police, crystallized the racism and brutality displayed by the Philadelphia Police Department towards African Americans. The fight to free Delbert and Chuck Africa continues. Mike Africa Sr. and Debbie Africa, members of MOVE who spent 40 years in prison for their activism until their release last year, and Netfa Freeman, resident expert at the Institute of Policy Studies, a long-time activist, and host of the radio show Voices With Vision on WPFW, join the show. Three prominent leaders of Hong Kong’s protests were arrested overnight as the government there prepared for the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government demonstrations. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest an extradition law and the governance of Hong Kong Executive Carrie Lam, and there is no end in sight to the upheaval. Brian and John speak with Eugene Puryear, the host of Radio Sputnik’s By Any Means Necessary, which airs Monday through Friday from 2pm to 4pm on 105.5 FM and 1390 AM in the Washington area and online at SputnikNews.com. It’s Friday! So it’s time for the week’s worst and most misleading headlines. Brian and John speak with Steve Patt, an independent journalist whose critiques of the mainstream media have been a feature of his site Left I on the News and on twitter @leftiblog, and Sputnik producer Nicole Roussell.

MIKE AFRICA — FREE![[col. writ. 10/23/18 (c) ’18 Mumia Abu-Jamal It has been 40 years since MOVE member Mike Africa, has been able to walk the streets.Today, he can do so, because today, he is free! A text from Mike Africa, Jr. announced to the world the following: FINALLY FREE! On Aug. 8th, 1978, my dad was taken away from me. On Oct. 23rd, 2018, I got him back.  #FREETHEMOVE9! Mike Africa is known as a committed runner. Even while he was in the Philadelphia, County Jail (Old Holmesburg), he ran the periphery of the yards like a deer. He is a quiet, serious man, who has suffered extraordinary repression during his prison days. What lights him up is his wife, MOVE member, Debbie Africa, and their two children, Whit and Mike.He has also been a serious student of music, playing guitar for many years. Many years ago, when I worked as a reporter for WHAT radio, I invited MOVE members to the station to prepare some interviews.  Shortly thereafter, 4 or 5  MOVE men arrived at the station, and when I looked out into the parking lot, I was surprised to not see a station wagon or bus.When I asked the brothers where they had parked, the burst into laughter. When I asked them why they were laughing, one brother said, matter-or-factly, that they didn’t drive to the station — they ran to the station, from MOVE’s old house and headquarters at 33rd and Powelton, quite a few miles away.Mike though, had one thing in mind, asking “Where’s the music at man?”Even then, in 1976, his love of music was evident.Now, free, he can listen to music from around the world. Mike Africa — Free! —(c) ‘18maj

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Debbie Sims Africa became the first member of the MOVE Nine to be paroled. She was released over the weekend after nearly 40 years behind bars for the 1978 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer. KYW Community Affairs Reporter and Flashpoint Host Cherri Gregg spoke to Debbie Africa and her son Michael Africa, Jr. via phone a day before they addressed the public. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode contains three segments: Move 9 Parole "Stare Into The Lights My Pretties" Anarcho-Syndicalist Organizing in Kosovo MOVE9 Parole First, there's the interview that Bursts held with Michael Davis Africa Jr., a member of the MOVE organization.  MOVE is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa in 1972. The group lives communally. During the conversation, Michael Jr. talks about the case of the MOVE9, who were 9 members of that group who were arrested and accused of the killing of a police officer in 1978 in Philadelphia, a charge they each deny.  Officer James Ramp was killed following a year of the Philly PD blockading the house for a year under an eviction order and the police besieged the house on August 8th, 1978.  The MOVE 9 have been incarcerated for almost 40 years now, with Merle & Phil dying behind bars.  Police and white supremacist affiliated groups have successfully gotten parole denied for Eddie, Michael and Delbert Africa over the last 9 months as they do for many Political Prisoners from the 1960's through 80's in the U.S.  There are upcoming are parole hearings for Janet, Janine and Debbie Africa and more info on who to petition for their release can be found at http://onamove.com/move-9/. The name of the D.A. who prosecuted the MOVE9 in 1978 and who is still on the paperwork and has a say on the parole of the MOVE9 40 years later is named John Straub. Coming up this Saturday, February 24th starting at 4pm there'll be an event called "Framed In America: The Making of Political Prisoners".  This will take place at The National Black Theater, 2031 5th Ave in Harlem, New York and will include presentations by Ramona Africa, Fred Hampton Jr, Pam Africa, Roger Wareham, Betty Davis, Ralph Poynter and Johanna Fernandez.  More info can be found on the Justice for the Move 9 fedbook group. Stare Into The Light My Pretties The second conversation you'll hear today is an interview by Dissident Island Radio from London from their February 2nd episode. In this, a collective member interviews Filmmaker Jordan Brown, director of ‘Stare Into the Lights My Pretties', discussing their documentary about screen culture and its implications.  The film is available for free on archive.org, youtube and at truthstreammedia.com. DI is a member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts available at channelzeronetwork.com. Anarcho-Syndicalist Organizing in Kosovo Finally, we'll be airing an interview conducted by our friends at Crna Luknja on Radio Student in Lubjlana, Slovenia, that they conducted with members of an anarcho-syndicalist collective from Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.  This segment was released as a part of the February 2018 edition of B(A)DNews: Angry Voices From Around The World, from the A-Radio Network of which The Final Straw, Črna Luknja and Dissident Island are members. Keep PUSHing: Building on the #OperationPUSH demands Mere days before FDC's repression effort began scattering active prisoners into new facilities, and into solitary confinement for the weeks surrounding January 15, an Operation PUSH prisoner's anonymous voice reached the world and called on outside supporters to "shine a light from the outside in on the system." In essence, this prisoner saw what was coming and passed the torch to us on the outside. With three clear demands and a simple strategy, this invisible group of prisoners gave a glimpse of what could be, if the networks of outside solidarity and inside communication could coalesce. While we have heard from many prisoners since January 15, we know that the vast majority of FL prisoners still do not know how much support they garnered on the outside. And many who made plans to struggle together have not seen or heard from each other in weeks. In many ways, the next steps towards victory for them are in our hands. It is with this understanding that a group of us on the outside are developing an additional list of demands, based primarily on communication from prisoners we've gotten in recent weeks, that aims to honor the countless who have suffered major sacrifices to develop or report on Operation PUSH as well as those who had no idea what it was, but were punished preemptively simply because they were viewed as potential organizers or participants. We will do all we can to bring these demands to FDC, the Governor and State Legislature, in an effort to carry the prisoners' vision for Operation PUSH forward. In addition to the Operation PUSH demands of payment, parole and pricing, we, supporters of all Florida prisoners struggling for dignity, demand: An end to censorship of publications that give voice to prisoners and/or critique prisons; An end to repression of prisoners for communication with outside advocates; An end to the use of Security Threat Group status as a means for political repression; An end to strip cells and extreme temperatures to torture prisoners; An explanation of the cause for a major spike in 2017 prisoner deaths; Protection of prisoners health from nearby industrial activity, including phosphate mining and landfills; An end to black mold-infested facilities, spoiled food and dilapidated buildings; Removal of all KKK members, and other recognized racist hate groups, from FDC staff; An end to the medical co-pay that results in financial debt and untreated illness; An immediate reduction in prison population using existing guidelines for clemency; and A face-to-face meeting with FDC officials to further discuss these matters. Links to more info: Updates on Operation PUSH in the Florida Department of Corrections Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells (2018) by Kevin Rashid Johnson Playlist