#ramona africa

[garadinervi]

Lucille Clifton, samson predicts from gaza the philadelphia fire (for ramona africa, survivor), [from The Book of Light, 1992], in The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010, Edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser, Foreword by Toni Morrison, Afterword by Keving Young, BOA Editions, Rochester, NY, 2012, p. 439 (reading by Lucille Clifton here) (text here)

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[kazimirkharza]

Worse than Waco

What transpired between members of the Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement in Waco is one of those moments where the government showed its true colours, but there’s an an even worse case.

After prior years of harassment and abuse (including murder) at the hands of law enforcement. MOVE, a christian anarcho-primitivist communal organisation, was besieged by nearly five hundred police officers on 5/13/1985.

Arresting & detaining have been among the tactics pigs used to either destroy MOVE or chase them out of the city. The reasons were racism (most MOVE members were black), and the organisation's activism related to the injustices of the American "justice" system among other things.

MOVE was started by John Africa (pictured bellow), who came up with their philosophical underpinnings, but was not a leader in any traditional sense. These beliefs included a love for all life, state abolition, self defence, soberness, eating fresh raw food, and staying active.

On that day in 1985, neighbouring buildings were evacuated as an army of pigs showed up to arrest MOVE. Water and electricity was shut off. Police used more than ten thousand rounds of ammo before cops decided the compound be bombed (yes, literally). A helicopter dropped two bombs that caused a fire. The ensuing fire killed 11 of the 13 people in the house (John Africa, 5 other adults, and five children). Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor, said that police fired at those trying to escape. The fire destroyed over 60 other buildings.

In '96 a federal jury ordered the city to pay a $1.5 million civil suit judgment to survivor Ramona Africa and relatives of 2 people killed in the bombing. The city used excessive force and violated the members' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

If you wish to learn more about MOVE, I recommend their booklet "25 years on the Move", available for free at Anarchist Library.

“All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have lean air, clean water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, ‘die’.” - John Africa

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Finally a kindred spirit! Namor might be a compelling character, but he's also a massive hypocrite. He makes this great big spiel about how much he hates imperialism and how he and Wakanda are kindred spirits in this regard, which is completely undermined by how how he treats Wakanda exactly like any imperialist nation would. He shows Ramona zero respect - both how he approaches her for their first meeting and then he rubs in it how there's nothing she can do to make him return Shuri and Riri to her. And then he launches an attack killing all those innocent citizens and a completely defenseless Ramona all in retaliation for the 2 N'akia killed (and she only did so because they both were ready to kill Shuri and Riri on the spot). And is he remorseful after all this? No, he's proud he weakened a powerful nation without any just cause and how they'll probably have to swallow their pride for his help in the near future. And this is never at all acknowledged in the film itself, which drove me crazy!

Yeah. He very much gave me that "Black people need to do more for us" energy that we get from other POC with things today. Like, Bro. This ain't their business. They dealing with they own shit and how dare you? You think that the best route is to attack somebody you wanted as an ally than to attack the enemy and then perhaps circle back to this beef that stood on his ego. Only on his ego. You letting them crackers regroup and potentially get stronger while you weakening your only probable ally? That's not just trifling, it's also bad military planning.

People let him slide because the actor is fine. Two things can be true. You can want that actor to blow your back out and also be like, "But fuck Namor, though." He is an enemy of Africa and an enemy of ME. I'ma stay on this wave. Idc how big his thang is. Fuck Namor and the clique he claim.

Had a chance to fight the real enemy and really chose to attack the greatest nonwhite nation that he knew of? Suck my dick, Namor.

Anyways. Wakanda Forever, for me had a warrior saves a damsel story, and that's the relationship I really cared about the most. Shuri reaching out to Riri defending her when danger comes. Bringing her to her kingdom for protection. Refusing to give her up, even though she saw the wonder of this nation that wanted to obtain her? There's not even emphasis on THAT dynamic for me to fully enjoy this installment. I need to find that corner of fandom so I can immerse in it.

[paulinawoodpecker]

Tad the lost explorer and the spear of blood and tears cast

About: tad, his friends, and his family get to spend their next adventure, family trip and honeymoon in Africa?! Even his returning rivals zulo and Zula escaped from prison for Tad’s revenge. Luckily tad is friends with dagenia Liza and oganda (who he met them before he went to his emerald tablet adventure) zulo’s plan is to get every super villain tad faced and collect the blood (he’ll kill two people: Liza and oganda) and tears from people especially for tad. together, they can defeat them and free the powers from the super villains before he kills everyone else.

Warning: death, blood, emotional moments

Bigwig/Tad: Trevor white

Dagenia: Moses Ingram

Sara: Alex Kelly

Mummy: Joseph Balderrama

Tiffany maze: Gemma whelan

Ramona: pippa Bennett warner

Victoria: Elena Sanz

Ramirez: Elena suarel

Reena: Olivia Rodrigo

Oganda: Danai Gurria

Liza: Letitia wright

Lukas: Patton oswalt

Amy Jefferson: Eden Riegel

Jasmine Jefferson: Ciara bravo

Anne: phillpha Alexander

Queen Wanda: Angela basset

Queen Rosalina: Christina apple white

Shanlina: Nicki Minaj

Sarafina: Catherine Keener

Princess kida: Lucy Liu

Max: Adam James

Jack: Ramon tikaram

General woundwort/Pickles: Gary Martin

Richard Carson: Sam fink

Clive dove: lani minella

Sparrow: Sam smith

Giovanni: Ted Lewis

Maxie: Marc Thompson

Archie: Sean schemel

Monokuma: simu Lu

Harryson: James Arnold Taylor

Jessie: Michele knotz

James: Eric Stewart

Meowth: Nathan price

Joya: Becky hill

Tiffany: Sheila Victor

Blair: dove Cameron

Ying: Constance Wu

Andrea: Cristina V

Riña: Brittney spears

Zulo: Samuel L Jackson (singing: MNEK)

Zula: china anne McClain(singing: china Anne McClain)

Other voices:

Elena: Aimee Carrero

Isabel: Jenna Ortega

Naomi: Jillian rose reed

Mateo: Joseph Haro

Gabe: Jorge Diaz

Felice: Elle fanning

Victor: may wolff

Camille: Maddie Ziegler

Odette: Carly Rae jespen

Eep: Emma stone

Dawn: Kelly Marie Tran

Guy: Ryan Reynolds

Thunk: Clark duke

Princess peach: Anna Taylor joy

Mario: Chris Pratt

Sonic: Ben Schwartz

Tails: Colleen o shaughnessy

Knuckles: idris Elba

Claire: Lexi medrano

Asha: Ariana debose

Mavis: Selena Gomez

Tulip: Katie crown

Queen Amaya: Angelique carbal

Dahlia: Jennifer kumiyama

Simon: Evan Peters

Hal: Niko vargas

Gabo: Harvey Guillén

Safi: ramy youssef

Bazeema: Della saba

Dario: Jon rudnitsky

Songs:

What’s my name: china Anne McLain (introduction to zulo and Zula)

Wahzhazhe: the Osage tribal singers (the sun down ceremony)

The songcord: Zoe Salanda (oganda’s funeral)

The room where it happens: Hamilton (every African is curious about tad being fired by queen Wanda)

Holding on for a hero: Bonnie Taylor (the triple team and dagenia’s training)

It’s going down: dove Cameron (the triple team verses zulo and zulas and their army)

Poor unfortunate souls: china Anne McCain ft. MNEK ( tads nightmare to zulo and zulas warning)

Visiting hours: Ed Sheeran (Liza’s death)

Fire: one republic: (tad, the triple team, dagenia, and the anti villains battle of zulo)

The songcord: Zoe salanda (reprise at 1:29, Liza’s funeral)

Never too late: Elton John (end credits)

[perfectlyyoungtimetravel]

Throwback Thursday

Today I drew John Africa for today's theme.Which is MOVE Bombing.When members would greet each other they would say 'on the MOVE.' The MOVE organization spoke about racial and environmental injustice on street corners and protested in front of numerous organizations throughout the city of Philadelphia. And euring these protests members were more often than not arrested and jailed.In March on 1976. while seven MOVE members were returning home from jail, police were called to their residence claiming they were responding to a disturbance of peace complaint. A fight ensued and while MOVE member Janine was trying to protect her husband Phil from being beaten by police, she was GRABBED and THROWN to the ground while clutching her three-week-old baby, Life Africa, in her arms. Janine was stomped on by police until she was nearly unconscious and the baby didn't survive...and the worst part is no officer was ever charged with any crime (So apparently murder,assault and hate crime are not crimes when THEY did it? What the actual f@#k).MOVE members reorganized and moved to 6221 Osage Avenue in 1981. The house was a fortress, fortified with bunkers inside and on the roof. They continued to stage protests and broadcast their messages day and night by bullhorn from the rooftop bunker. Numerous complaints of disturbing the peace, unsafe living conditions, and child endangerment were filed against MOVE from neighbors and federal agencies. Several previous attempts at removal were met with violence by MOVE members. The city subsequently cut off water and power to the home and stopped picking up their trash, heightening tensions with the organization.On May 13, 1985, city officials sent police to serve arrest warrants, with orders to carry out by extreme force. Nearby local residents were told to evacuate but could return to their homes the following day. Nearly 500 officers in SWAT gear, backed by heavy artillery and an anti-tank machine gun, surrounded the block. A shot fired from inside the MOVE residence was met by a volley of over 10,000 rounds in 90 minutes all shot into the home.5 fire trucks pumped gallons of water through the basement (if you're wondering why they pumped water in there it's because the MOVE members were hiding there...WITH CHILDREN) and tear gas was thrown into the windows of the home. SWAT teams tried to blast holes in the walls of adjoining houses to gain entry. MOVE membersk were holding the children up in the air to avoid drowning in rising waters. The all-day standoff led to the city dropping a C-4 bomb on the rooftop of the home. The bunker did not fall, but the roof of the home was engulfed in flames. 65 neighborhood homes were destroyed and over 200 residents lost their homes.11 MOVE members, including John Africa and 5 children were killed. One adult, Ramona, and one child, Birdie (13 years old), survived the bombing but were severely burned. Ramona was convicted of conspiracy and jailed for seven years. She later sued the city and was awarded a $1.5 million settlement in 1996.Several articles, books, and two documentaries, The Bombing of Osage Avenue (1986) and Let the Fire Burn (2013), have been produced about the incident. In 2017, a historical marker was erected on the corner of Osage and Cobbs Creek Parkway, by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Plans for redevelopment by city officials and private companies have failed, and the destroyed homes remained boarded up.

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[brighter-by-the-daly]

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Pensar a História @historia_pensar · 13 de mai Somente duas pessoas que estavam no edifício sobreviveram ao bombardeio — Ramona Africa e um menino de 13 anos, Birdie Africa (Michael Moses Ward). Ramona foi presa após a ação e cumpriu 7 anos de prisão. 22/24 1 16 321 6 mil Pensar a História @historia_pensar · 13 de mai O uso desproporcional da força e a brutalidade policial geraram…

[lboogie1906]

The 1985 MOVE bombing was the destruction by the Philadelphia Police Department of 61 residential homes occupied by the MOVE Organization and their surrounding neighbors, by dropping an explosive device from a helicopter, on May 13, 1985. The Philadelphia Fire Department let the subsequent fire burn out of control following a standoff and firefight, with 61 previously evacuated homes burning to the ground over two city blocks. Over 250 people were left homeless. Six adults and five children died in the incident, with one adult and one child who lived in the house surviving. A lawsuit in federal court found that the city used excessive force and violated constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure.

Neighbors complained to the city for years about trash around their building, confrontations with neighbors, and bullhorn announcements of political messages by MOVE members.

The police obtained arrest warrants in 1985 charging four MOVE occupants with crimes including parole violations, contempt of court, illegal possession of firearms, and making terroristic threats. Mayor Wilson Goode and police Commissioner Gregore J. Sambor classified MOVE as a terrorist organization. Police evacuated residents of the area from the neighborhood before their action.

Mayor Goode appointed an investigative commission called the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (aka MOVE Commission), chaired by William H. Brown, III. Commissioner Sambor resigned in November 1985; he said that he was made a “surrogate” by Goode.

The report denounced the actions of the city government, stating that dropping a bomb on an occupied row house was unconscionable. Goode made a formal public apology. No one from the city government was criminally charged in the attack. The only surviving member, Ramona Africa, refused to testify in court and was charged and convicted on charges of riot and conspiracy; served seven years in prison.

In November 2020, the Philadelphia City Council approved a resolution to formally apologize for the MOVE bombing. The measure established an annual day of “observation, reflection, and recommitment” on May 13. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[pixeltori]

found a poem by lucille clifton called "samson predicts from gaza the philadelphia fire (for ramona africa, survivor)"

it references both the occupation and oppression of palestine and the MOVE bombing, where Philadelphia's first Black mayor approved the bombing of the home that housed members of Move, a Black resistance movement

Black liberation and Palestinian liberation have always been intertwined

[rebeleden]

Watch "Ramona Africa" on YouTube

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Stephen Millies

“Let the fire burn.” That was the order that Philadelphia police commissioner Gregore Sambor gave to firefighters as a residential home blazed on May 13, 1985. Philadelphia police, with assistance from the Pentagon and FBI, had dropped a bomb from a helicopter on the home. Inside the house at 6221 Osage Avenue were 13 members of the MOVE organization including its founder John Africa. Only two people survived: Ramona Africa and nine-year-old Birdie Africa.

[garadinervi]

Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, May 13, 1985 — 36

(images: Mumia Abu-Jamal / MOVE, 20 Years on the Move, Philadelphia, PA, 1991, pp. 42-46 and p. 57)

[yarrowtincture]

This year is the 35th anniversary of the police bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia. No one was held accountable for this event. 11 people died including 5 children. Approximately 65 surrounding homes, in a predominantly black neighborhood, were destroyed in the subsequent fires from the two bombs that police detonated on the MOVE house. Many people have not even heard of this event. Heres an interview with the only remaining survivor, Ramona Africa, who served SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON after surviving the bombs.

[b0bthebuilder35]

35 years ago as of yesterday, on May 13, 1985 the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a sachel bomb on a row home in West Philadelphia that housed the men, women, & children of the MOVE organization. The bombing killed 11 people, including 5 children, destroyed 2 city blocks, 61 homes, and left more than 250 citizens homeless. In this picture, I'm with one of the only 2 survivors and the only adult survivor of that bombing. Her name is Ramona Africa. She is an activist & revolutionary.

MOVE is a political and religious organization that was founded in 1972 & still exists today. Their primary principles are anti-corporation, anti-government, and anti-technology. They believe in Natural Law (the government of self) & preserving nature, as LIFE is the most important thing there is. They eat a diet that consists of raw fruits & vegetables, homeschool their children, fight against pollution, police brutality, war, and anything that goes against nature. Their organization's name is not an acronym - instead it is an action that defines their lifestyle.

Despite the bombing being described as "reckless, ill-conceived, and hastily-approved,” no criminal charges were ever brought forward for the decision. The city has issued nothing more than an apology & spent years rebuilding the houses (that are just now being close to finished). On a nationl level, the MOVE bombing is left out of the spotlight but it is a history lesson that must not be overlooked. We must talk about the day leadership of an American city bombed it's own people.

[deeplyrooteddread]

MOVE’s beloved Ramona Africa, gravely ill, needs our help

The MOVE Organization held a news conference to provide an update on the health of its Minister of Communications Ramona Africa. Ramona, the sole survivor of the May 13, 1985, Holocaust that murdered 11 men, women and children, has been gravely ill for the past few months.

She has been hospitalized due to complications from post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted in a stroke. During her diagnosis, it was discovered that Ramona also has cancer.

“Ramona’s dis-ease is a direct result of the on-going war waged on our Move Family by this government,” said Pam Africa. “Two of our family members died in prison under suspicious circumstances termed ‘cancer.’ Now Ramona is diagnosed with ‘cancer’ and once again, she’s battling to be a survivor. We are standing strong and fighting for the proper medical care for our sister.”

The hospital has informed the MOVE Family that Ramona’s insurance will no longer cover her hospital and therapy bills and that she will be released from both hospital and therapy unless she can pay the bills herself. To that end, a Go Fund Me page has been established to raise money for her care.

People can donate funds at www.gofundme.com/helpsaveramonaafrica.