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Decades After the 1985 Philadelphia Bombing, A Recent Discovery Shocked The City
The bombing also caused a devastating fire which spread to dozens of row homes in the West Philadelphia neighborhood.
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Philadelphia City Council Members Issue Formal Apology for the MOVE Bombing of 1985
On May 13, 1985, two bombs were dropped from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter onto a residential building in a largely black Philadelphia neighborhood, killing 11 people including five children, and destroying more than 60 homes. The bombing was done in an effort to forcefully evict MOVE, a black environmentalist group that was involved in…
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Political Prisoner Chelsea Manning Goes on Hunger Strike Over Lack of Medical Treatment
Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising and a national prison work strike to raise awareness about inhumane conditions, political prisoner Chelsea Manning, 28, has begun a hunger strike, citing lack of proper medical treatment and “high-tech bullying.” Manning’s act of resistance begins one week after political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, 62,…