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Feb 2025
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Black History Month Special: Black Anarc...

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.

The Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: the Mutual Aid Podcast⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Politically Depressed⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Obscuristan⁠⁠, and⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠. To support FTP please head to⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done byAntidote Zine and will be published on The Fire These Times’ transcript archive.

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Host: Elia Ayoub | Guest: William C Anderson | Music:⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design:Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design:Hisham Rifai⁠ | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producer: Elliott Miskovicz and Elia Ayoub

From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon!

The Fire These Times by Elia Ayoub is licensed underAttribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International

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