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Apr 2022
1h 40m

107/ Black Anarchism, Abolition and the ...

Elia Ayoub
About this episode

This is a conversation withWilliam C. Anderson, author of the bookThe Nation on No Map (AK Press 2021) and co-author ofAs Black as Resistance (AK Press 2018). He’s also the co-founder ofOffshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of theBlack Autonomy Podcast.


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⁠⁠⁠Topics Discussed:

  • Long conversation on Black anarchism
  • The influence of Zen Buddhism
  • Seeing the world as a janitor
  • Critiques of black nationalism, capitalism and liberalism
  • The legacy of slavery and Reconstruction on Black people in the US
  • Tensions between ‘reform’ and ‘revolution’
  • The legacy of the Black Panthers Party
  • Internationalism vs Intercomunalism
  • Afro-futurism and Solarpunk

Recommended Books:

  • A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand
  • The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership by Cedric J. Robinson
  • Facing Reality by C.L.R. James and Grace C. Lee

The James Baldwin clip I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmL3F5uylo&feature=emb_imp_woyt 

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