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MOVE: A Documentary

“The MOVE  surfaced in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. Characterized by dread lock hair, the adopted sir name of Africa, the principle unity, and an uncompromising practice of a belief, members practiced the teachings of John Africa.” 

“The basic teaching of John Africa is to protect life from the enslavement of the system; which means all life. Which means animals, protect the animals from the encagement of zoos,  which means protecting political prisoners from being locked up in prison, that’s our work. Our work is to protect life from the enslavement of this system.” 

“Revolution to us, is not a bloody battle against the oppressors. Revolution to us means generation, it means to move forward.”

“…as long as you’re not compromising and you’re going forward, then you are victorious, you are only defeated when you stop fighting, when you give up. And it is that which MOVE understands, and it is that single principle that is defeating this system.”

MOVE is an awesome organization that rose up in the 1970s which is not talked about much today. This is worth watching, particularly if you’ve never heard of the organization before.

the anniversary of the move bombing was on may 13th (1985).  i did not live in philly at the time but i was 14 when it happened and remember it like yesterday.  i posted this year about it on fb, and was shocked to have people that live in philly tell me this was the first time they’ve heard about it.  i live some blocks away from where the bombing happened. 11 people were killed, including children, and over 61 houses were destroyed by a bomb dropped onto the neighborhood by the police and approved by the mayor.  why? because of “supposed” complaints by the neighbors of noise and trash coming from the MOVE residents.  there has been not one conviction, or even a (useless) apology, over the loss of life and homes.  i believe there is a link to a photo documentary in my archive where i posted about this. 

(via skinlikeautumnleaves)

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