MOVE (Philadelphia organization)

American Black separatist group

MOVE (Philadelphia organization)

Summary

MOVE, originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a organization that advocates for black liberation, nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa. MOVE lived in a communal setting in West Philadelphia, abiding by philosophies of anarcho-primitivism. The group combined revolutionary ideology, similar to that of the Black Panthers, with work for animal rights.

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