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.