Attention, Move! This Is America

by Margot Harry

"It took courage to write and publish this book. It deserves wide support and should be read carefully for the lessons and challenge it contains. The MOVE bombing must be the concern not only of Black America but all America. If an attack like this on one ethnic group goes unexposed and unchallenged, then the same thing can happen to everyone." — John H. Clarke, Professor Emeritus of African History, Dept. of Africana and Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College "This book strikes at the nation's Achilles' heel. While the hypocritical U.S.A. wildly proclaims itself champion and guardian of world democracy, Harry rips the mask from its satanic face. This book should be read by all who seek after truth. It will surely disabuse the true of heart of their blind loyalty which leads them to march in lock step to the nazi-like big lie … [I]f we research the true history of America's past we will come to understand that the MOVE incident is part and parcel of the American way of life … Harry's book chronicles a savage act and a grievous sin committed in the so-called city of brotherly love. Philadelphia, home of the liberty bell, stands compromised before the entire world." — Robert F. Williams, Author, Negroes With Guns "An interpretive essay which places the MOVE tragedy in the proper perspective as an instance of the state's intolerance for difference and its awesome repressive powers. The author asks, if MOVE children can be massacred today, whose children are safe tomorrow." — John Edgar Widerman, Novelist and author, Brothers and Keepers "A brilliant brain-searing account of what may well be the darkest moment in American history—well worth remembering." — Lester Bowie "A stark and gripping exposé of the U.S. state and the military force with which it moves to suppress Black protest. Through the graphic, fast-moving account of the events of May 13, 1985 … it presents a picture not just of one event—however horrifying—but of a whole strategy."

Genres: History

249 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Tentatively, Convenience · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been a MOVE supporter of some sort or another for as long as I've known about them. I even took a bus from Baltimore to Philadelphia just to go to their trial after the Powelton Village assault on them by the police in 1978. MOVE are the victims of a racist society BIG TIME. This bk was written by somebody associated w/ the RCP (Revolutionary Communist Party). The RCP was, at one time, a sortof nemesis of anarchists (I'm an anarchist) because of their authoritarianism. Yeah, I agree, the RCP has a party line that members spout like zombies - BUT, that aside, I've had RCP friends & they've actually been supportive of me as an anarchist & never tried to recruit me so I have no personal bad feelings against them. In fact, I'd say that their newspaper, The Revolutionary Worker, is a pretty good source of info on black radicalism. The RCP's "Chairman" (sheesh, how I hate that hierarchical stuff!), Bob Avakian, was an early supporter of the Black Panthers - so I respect him for that. All in all, this is a pretty hard look at the state's sanctioned genocide of black radicals. The title is a quote from what the police sd to MOVE members before they proceeded to massacre MOVE.