I was visiting Duke University earlier this week and picked up a poster for a January 12 rally to celebrate the birthdays this month of several "political prisoners" who are called 'freedom fighters" by the rally organizers, the Internationalist Prison Books Collective. A more accurate term would be violent criminals. The venue is a campus bookstore, which apparently remains in business despite its connection to anti-government protests during the alleged reign of a police state.The five supposed victims of oppression are listed as follows, with some additional information not given on the flyer."William Africa, member of the eco-revolutionary group MOVE."  He was sentenced in 1980, along with other members of MOVE, to 30-100 years for the third degree murder of a police officer during a 1978 raid on the group's headquarters in Philadelphia. The group rejects reform in favor of revolution. It believes "Marvels of science and technological...(Read Full Post)