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This article is about the organization MOVE. For other uses, see Move (disambiguation).

MOVE or the MOVE Organization (though the name is not an acronym, it is spelled by followers in capital letters) is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by charismatic leader John Africa. MOVE was described by CNN as "a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a "back-to-nature" lifestyle and preached against technology."[1] It has had notable confrontations with the Philadelphia Police Department in 1978 and later in 1985. During the latter event, the Philadelphia Police dropped a bomb on MOVE headquarters, resulting in multiple deaths of MOVE members including children.[2]

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[edit] History

[edit] Origins and belief system

MOVE was founded in 1972 as the Christian Movement for Life by John Africa, a charismatic leader who, though functionally illiterate, dictated a document describing his views known as The Guideline to graduate student Donald Glassey. Africa and his followers (the majority of them African-American), wore their hair in dreadlocks and advocated a radical form of green politics and a return to hunter-gatherer society while stating their opposition to science, medicine and technology[citation needed]. As John Africa himself had done, his devotees also changed their surnames to show reverence to Africa, which they regarded as their mother continent.

[edit] Activities prior to 1978

The MOVE members lived in a commune in a house owned by Donald Glassey in the Powelton Village section of West Philadelphia. MOVE members staged bullhorn-amplified, profanity-laced demonstrations against institutions which they opposed morally, such as zoos (MOVE having strong views on animal rights), and speakers whose views they opposed. MOVE made compost piles of garbage and human waste in their yards which attracted rats and cockroaches; they considered it morally wrong to kill the vermin with pest control.[citation needed] MOVE attracted much hostility from their neighbors. Their actions brought close scrutiny from the Philadelphia police.[citation needed]

[edit] 1978 shoot-out

In 1978, an end was negotiated to an almost year-long standoff with police over orders to vacate the Powelton Village MOVE house. MOVE failed to relocate as required by a court order.[3] When police later attempted entry, Philadelphia police officer James J. Ramp was killed in a shootout. Seven other police officers, five firefighters, three MOVE members, and three bystanders were injured.[4] As a result, nine MOVE members were found guilty of third-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer. Seven of the nine became eligible for parole in the spring of 2008, and all seven were denied parole.[5][6] Parole hearings now occur yearly.

[edit] 1985 bombing

In 1985, MOVE relocated to a row house at 6221 Osage Avenue in the Cobbs Creek area of West Philadephia. On May 13, 1985, responding to months of complaints by neighbors that MOVE members broadcast political messages by bullhorn at all hours and also about the health hazards posed by of the piles of compost, the police department attempted to clear the building.[7] After a standoff, police lobbed tear gas canisters at the building and the fire department battered the roof of the house with two water cannons. A burst of gunfire came from the house, touching off a return volley of thousands of rounds from police lasting 90 minutes. The police tried to remove two wood-and-steel rooftop structures, called bunkers by the police, by dropping a four-pound bomb made of C-4 plastic explosive and Tovex, a dynamite substitute, onto the roof.[8] The resulting explosion caused the house to catch fire, igniting a massive blaze which eventually consumed almost an entire city block.[9] Eleven people, including John Africa, five other adults and five children, died in the resulting fire.[10] The resulting fire was unable to be put out due to the fact that firefighters were being shot at. Ramona Africa and one child, Birdie Africa, were the only survivors.

Mayor W. Wilson Goode soon appointed an investigative commission called the PSIC or MOVE commission. It issued its report on March 6, 1986. The report denounced the actions of the city government, stating that "Dropping a bomb on an occupied row house was unconscionable."[11]

In a 1996 civil suit in U.S. federal court, a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay $1.5 million to a survivor and relatives of two people killed in the incident. The jury found that the city used excessive force and violated the members' constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure.[10]

[edit] 2002 murder of John Gilbride

Subsequent to the death of John Africa, his widow, Alberta, married John Gilbride Jr, and had a child, Zackary Africa, circa 1996. The couple divorced in 1999. Following a custody battle, a court ruling granted Gilbride partial custody of Zachary which allow him unsupervised visits with his son. Gilbride moved to Maple Shade, NJ. Prior to his first visitation date with Zackary, an unknown assailant shot Gilbride dead by automatic weapon fire as he sat in his car shortly after midnight on September 27 while parked outside his home in an execution-style slaying. The case remains, to date, unsolved. MOVE initially conjectured that the US government had assassinated Gilbride in order to frame MOVE. Alberta Africa, who initially acknowledged the murder, claimed in 2009 that Gilbride "is out hiding somewhere".[12]

[edit] Present activities

Ramona Africa acts as a spokesperson for the group and has given numerous talks at leftist events throughout the US and in other countries. MOVE continues to advocate for the release of jailed MOVE sympathizer and former resident of Philadelphia, Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner. MOVE has also called for the release of MOVE members behind bars, who the group considers political prisoners.

[edit] References in music

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[edit] Notes

"The Roof is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three is sometimes assumed to have been inspired by this incident. In fact, the single predated the MOVE bombing by a year. The song was, however, played during the ensuing protests near the site of the bombing.[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Philadelphia, city officials ordered to pay $1.5 million in MOVE case; 1996-06-24; CNN.
  2. ^ Brian Jenkins (April 2, 1996). "MOVE siege returns to haunt city". CNN.com. http://edition.cnn.com/US/9604/02/move_court/. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
  3. ^ "Nose to Nose: Philadelphia confronts a cult". TIME magazine. August 14, 1978. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946962,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
  4. ^ "Surrender Immediately". TIME magazine Nine members of the organization were sentenced to a minimum of thirty years for third degree murder. August 21, 1978. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919800,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
  5. ^ Emilie Lounsberry (February 28, 2008). "MOVE members due for parole hearing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20080228_MOVE_members_due_for_parole_hearing.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
  6. ^ Lounsberry, Emilie (June 5, 2008), "MOVE members denied parole", The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper: B06 .
  7. ^ Account of 1985 incident from USA Today.
  8. ^ Brian Jenkins (April 2, 1996). "MOVE siege returns to haunt city". CNN.com. http://edition.cnn.com/US/9604/02/move_court/. Retrieved 2008-08-01. 
  9. ^ Frank Trippett (May 27, 1985). "It Looks Just Like a War Zone". TIME magazine. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956982,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-15. "The Move property on Osage Avenue had become notorious for its abundant litter of garbage and human waste and for its scurrying rats and dozens of dogs. Bullhorns blared forth obscene tirades and harangues at all times of day and night. Move members customarily kept their children out of both clothes and school. They physically assaulted some neighbors and threatened others." 
  10. ^ a b "Philadelphia Held Liable For Firebomb Fatal to 11". The New York Times. 1996-06-25. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEFDE1239F936A15755C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. 
  11. ^ "Philadelphia Special Investigation (MOVE) Commission Manuscript Collection". http://library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/psic-01.jsp. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  12. ^ September 26, 2009, Nark, Jason, "Slaying of ex-MOVEr still roils feelings 7 years later" http://www.phillyimc.org/en/slaying-ex-mover-still-roils-feelings-7-years-later

[edit] Further reading

  • Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Discourse and Destruction: The City of Philadelphia versus MOVE (1994) University of Chicago Press
  • Johanna Saleh Dickson; Move: Sites of Trauma (Pamphlet Architecture 23) (2002) Princeton: Architectural Press
  • Toni Cade Bambara The Bombing of Osage Avenue Philadelphia: WHYY. DVD OCLC 95315483
  • Margot Harry, Attention Move! This is America (1987) Chicago: Banner Press, ISBN 0916650324
  • Michael Boyette & Randi Boyette, Let it Burn! (1989) Chicago: Contemporary Press, ISBN 0809245434
  • Ramona Africa (Contr. Author). "This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA" (Arissa Media Group, 2009) ISBN 9780974288475

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[edit] Primary sources

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Shade,_NJ#

http://www.justice.gov/usao/nj/press/press/files/pdffiles/kirc0303%20rel.pdf

Judgment and Consent Order of Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief, July 31, 2009, S.D.N.Y, 99 CV 9669

injunctive relief for $950 MILLION in Fraud??? does that sound fair??? They just orderred restituation of $47 Million. How can this happen???

This is me, just m.e.

@ElyssaD
The United States of Embarassment

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"Kirchhoff admitted
that he agreed with the others, including former N.J. State Police Trooper Peter K.
Bethune, of Maple Shade, to have them collect money and/or stock by extortionate means
from stock promoters and corporate insiders who had allegedly defrauded Kirchhoff and
the other securities promoter.
Bethune and the other co-conspirators are all serving federal sentences for their guilty
pleas to charges in connection to the scheme.
Prior new releases concerning the cases mentioned above can be found at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/index.html
Parole has been abolished in the federal system. Defendants who are given custodial terms must serve nearly all that time.

http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/@lrenforcementactions/documents/legalpl...

Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it obtained more than $27 million in remaining restitution and permanent injunctions in consent orders that settle its fraud charges against Martin Armstrong of Maple Shade, N.J., and his investment firms Princeton Global Management Ltd. (PGM) and Princeton Economics International Ltd. (PEI). In addition to the restitution awards, the consent orders bar Armstrong, PEI and PGM from trading, applying for registration, engaging in any activity requiring registration or acting as a principal of any registered entity or person.

The Honorable Kevin P. Castel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered the consent orders of permanent injunction on June 24, 2008, and July 31, 2009.

Armstrong is currently serving a five-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, N.J. On August 7, 2006, Armstrong pled guilty in a related criminal action brought by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (USAO). Armstrong was sentenced pursuant to the April 10, 2007, order of the Honorable John F. Keenan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The consent orders arise from a CFTC complaint filed on September 13, 1999, against Armstrong, and PGM and PEI, the corporations he directed as chairman (see CFTC Press Release 4312-99, September 14, 1999). The complaint alleged that from approximately November, 1997, to September, 1999, Armstrong, PEI and PGM defrauded customers by operating and managing a commodity pool that concealed substantial trading losses incurred as the result of commodity futures trading. The complaint further charged Armstrong, PEI and PGM with issuing reports to customers that fraudulently represented the net asset value of their interests in the commodity pool. A related civil action was filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This Order against Armstrong, PEI and PGM entirely resolves the CFTC’s charges. Order Follows Previous CFTC Settlements with Participants in the Fraudulent Scheme

In July, 2004, the CFTC entered an order against Harold Ludwig, former co-director, with Martin Armstrong, of PGM, which required Ludwig to pay $4.9 million in restitution and a $2 million civil monetary penalty for his role in fraudulently allocating profitable trades to benefit himself rather than the Princeton customers. Also in July, 2004, the CFTC entered an order against William Rogers and Maria Toczylowski, the former President and Vice President, respectively, of the commodity futures division of Republic New York Securities, Corp. (Republic). The order required them to pay $6 million and $400,000 in restitution and $2 million and $240,000 in civil monetary penalties, respectively, for their roles in executing net asset value letters that intentionally misrepresented the true values of the Princeton accounts and for assisting in fraudulently allocating trades to the detriment of Princeton customers (See CFTC Press Release 4952-04, July 13, 2004).

In December, 2001, the CFTC entered an order against Republic, a futures commission merchant through which the trading was conducted, that imposed a $5 million civil monetary penalty against Republic for its role in assisting Armstrong, PGM and PEI in hiding significant trading losses and in operating a Ponzi scheme. (See CFTC Press Release 4590-01, December 17, 2001).

Former Customers Injured by the Scheme Have Received More Than $600 Million in Return for Their Losses

what about me?? can i have the last ten years back? Can I have a normal life where I can get a job instead of letters from IRS, Dept of Treasury.

WE KNOW WHEE THE MONEY IS!!! I KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS.
I don;t understand... what more do they want? I got detaiend for 2 hours last night because I forgot to pay c bottle of white grape juice. The "cop" refsed to give me his name.

I refused to authorize having my photo taken... REFUSE & RESIST!
iT WAS ALL I HAD... HE ALEADY TOOK THE HOTOGRAPH, SO I DECIDED SO IT WAS ALL I HAD... TO REFUSE TO SIGN COSENT.

I PAID THE WHITE GRAPE JUSICE, AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO FIND "MAN IN BLACK" SEARCHING MY BELONGINGS, AND ORDERED INTO A ROOM, NO WINDOWS. INTERROGATED FOR TWO HOURS BECAUSE THEY FOUND A MICROCHIP.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDA HOW MANY FUCKNG MICROCHIPS I HAVE???

THEY ALSO MADE A POINT OF TELLING ME WHEN I *FIRST* WALKED INTO THE STORE, THAT NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED.

I LET MY GURAD DOWN... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT... WHIITE GRAPE JUICE. STORE BRAND. $1.98

2 HOURS OF ACCUSATIONS INTIMIDATION AND NOW I HAVE TO GO TO COURT FOR A SHOPLIFTING CHGE.

AE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????

THEY ALSO REFUSED TO ALLOW ME TO MAKE MY MEDICATION. THERE IS A REASO I AM RESCRIBED ANTI-ANXIETY MEDS. THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON I WOULD I WOULD REQURE MEDICATION [ON ~my~ TERMS UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES.

THEY ARE WATCHING ME WATCHING THEM. I GUESS IT IS TIME TO STEPTP UP.

COINTELPRO IS STRATEGIC, CONSISTENT, AND PEDICTABLE. CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHHEN THE MOMENT STRIKES... [NEXT] I WILL BE READY, AND I WILL NOT BE ALONE.

#NAMASTE
IT WASN;T PRETTY. BUT I HELD MY GROUND. [I TINK YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD]

THE ONLY THING IS... THEY FAILED TO BREAK ME TWICE THIS YEAR... I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THE MOTHERFUCKING STATE WOULD JUST HEY, WE'RE SORRY... WE FUCKED UP!

I KNOW THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO FIX IT. I KNOW THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE FIXED AFTER SO MANY YEARS.

MY LIFE IS BEYOND REPAIR. MY HEART, MY SPINE, MY FUTURE...

I AM TIRED, I AM IN PAIN, AND I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO LEAVE THIS MISERABLE LAND WITH ITS COVERT OPS FAR BEHIND ME..

I'M BECOMING CONCERNED THAT MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO GET A PASSPORRT.

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