August 8 for the MOVE 9-gctid54993

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As most of you know, august 8th marks 34 years of unjust imprisonment for The MOVE 9.* We are pushing for as many radio programs as possible and as many newspapers as possible focus on The MOVE 9 on or as close to August 8th as possible.* The prison radio project has recorded a statement from Mumia Abu Jamal and is working on recordings from Janine Kmt & Mike Kmt (2 of The MOVE 9).* These statements can be downloaded and played on radio programs.* For our supporters that are not affiliated with a radio program, you listen to these statements and/or download them to CDs.* The prison radio web site is www.prisonradio.org*** In the meantime, take care and be well----Ramona-----------------Letter from Janine Kmt of the Move 9 (political prisoners of the MOVE Organization) for the Sao Paulo Forum held July 4-6 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela On the MOVEThis is Janine Kmt, one of the MOVE 9 who were sentenced to 30-100 years for a crime we didn't commit. We've been in prison since 1978 and have been denied parole 3 times so far because we refuse to lie and say we're guilty.My thoughts on ending the U.S. Blockade of Cuba is this... I feel the U.S. condemnation of the Cuban government is like calling the kettle black! The u.s. government is doing the same things they're punishing Cuba for. The u.s. prisons are full of political prisoners, people like the MOVE 9, who dared to tell the truth* about this country's corrupt practices. This government has innocent people in prison, have executed people that was proven to be innocent because they were a minority, money poor and seen as worthless. Police shooting people down, hand-cuffed and in the back and unarmed and getting away with it, just like other police states.The economy is set to protect the rich. The majority in this country is struggling, living in cars, subways, alleys, eating out of trash cans. The conditions here are the same as the conditions in Cuba. Cuba is a poor country so the conditions of the major... Read more

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