I'm not going to upload the whole questions and answers session that followed the talk as it was marred on two occasions by members of the Spartacus League who insisted on trying tho use the session as a speaking platform. Showing complete disrespect for everyone else there and the MOVE members who had travel all this way to answer peoples questions, these two people regurgitated prose from their specific political agenda for ages without asking a single question of Ramona or Fred. I've also decided not to upload the whole session because many people there who asked questions may have been unaware that the session was being recorded and for this reason I have generally left out the actual questions.

The first piece is in response to a question asking for clarification on what is meant by MOVE when they speak of THE SYSTEM. Specifically the question was posed around whether they specifically referred to capitalism. The answer, if I were to dare to summarise it, was that any form of EXTERNAL government, is THE SYSTEM although Romona also spoke of the fighting the system within our own heads which I guess would still refer to external constraints we have internalised.

Romona was asked about why MOVE prisoners didn't at least say they were no longer seeking revolution in order to satisfy the parole board members and get let out. Her explanation was that compromise helps nobody in the end.

At one stage, while saying what an inspiration MOVE could be to other people struggling for other possible worlds, the question was asked, why does MOVE mostly appear to concentrate on the dark incidents in their history.

The answer was basically that people needed to know what happened but I was reminded of a recent article on indymedia about intimidation by the Police Forward Intelligence Team, and how our re-actions to this or other police provocation often results in us disrupting our own plans. This was concept was reinforced at another stage in the Q&A session when it was revealed that MOVE was not 'recruiting' or 'expanding' as it was concentrating solely on securing the release of it's family members.

If MOVE have pledged to commit all their efforts in this way for as long as any one of their members remain imprisoned, surely the authorities have won and have a strong incentive for always having MOVE members in their jails?

As mentioned above, Fred and Ramona where asked about how MOVE was spreading out. The answer appeared to be that beyond a network of supporters engaged in spreading awareness about the persecution of MOVE and of the fate of it's political prisoners, plans to expand were effectively on hold while their family members served their 30 to 100 year prison sentences. Nether-the-less, the correspondence they are receiving from around the world suggests that John Africa's message has struck a cord with many and is spreading anyway, inspiring people to make revolutionary changes in their lives anyway.

Asked about the recent heavy handed clamp down on eco-activism in the USA (which has seen many people given extremely long sentences for acts of 'eco-terrorism'), Romona suggested that the corporate powers which pull the strings of government and law enforcement, were eager to send a strong message to those taking up radical action against the system. She said that while it is not necessary for us all to be front line soldiers, it is necessary for us all to support those who are.

(For information about the recent repression in the state, search indymedia or the web for 'green scare')

Asked about the chances that the MOVE 9 will be released when their parole hearing comes up in August 2008, Romona said that while they would of course be delighted if that happens, what they are really seeking is for the conviction and sentence to be over turned.