black anarchism

Building Black Anarchist Futures: A Review Essay

From Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies
Volume 43, Issue 2, Fall 2023
By Huey Hewitt

Full title: Building Black Anarchist Futures: A Review Essay on Lorenzo Ervin’s Anarchism and the Black Revolution and William Anderson’s The Nation on No Map

Black Anarchist Reflections, From Bash Back! and Beyond

From Bash Back

We are writing this document as black anarchist attendees of Bash Back! who are trying to grapple with some of the broader issues/organizational questions within the black anarchist milieu and how those convos came up during the weekend for us and our homies. While we come from a variety of political backgrounds, we share a committed desire to insurrection and revolt for black autonomy. It was great to meet one another and kick it over the weekend. We got to hash out the answers to some questions. There was a lot of necessary conflict at Bash Back!. While reportbacks are fun, though often misleading, our aim in this document is to talk in a broader, abstract way about some of the questions and dynamics that occurred for black participants.

anews note: the submitter provided the wrong image and erroneously confirmed that it was correct. thanks to all for the gracious reminders that we must check our shit multiple times before posting.

Another Response to Black Armed Joy

middle finger in the air

From Haters Cafe

The piece this text responds to is Black Armed Joy. Another response is referenced in the piece, it can be found here.
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Here we have another response to Black Armed Joy that was emailed to us. We hope that it further continues the conversations sparked by the original piece. Again, we want to emphasize this does not necessarily align with the views of the “haters collective”, we are not the authors, and we have no intention to speak for the author.

Black Armed Joy

Black Armed Joy cover

This essay is dedicated to the memory of our revolutionary elder, theorist, and warrior Russell Maroon Shoatz
This essay was inspired partially by one of our comrades while we were discussing the failures of non-violence as a tactic and philosophy. She said something along the lines of “I was raised by radicals from the 1960s and 1970s. If you were a Panther and you got caught, you were doing something wrong”. The zine is a product of a variety of conversations among Black anarchists in the post-George Floyd rebellion although many of these strands of thought have existed prior to this moment. We have three questions we hope to address in this zine.

What would an insurrectionary anarchist position thoroughly rooted in black radicalism and black revolt mean? How does the current white insurrectionary anarchist milieu fail? How can Black revolutionaries extend the insurrection?

William C. Anderson on The Nation on No Map

William C. Anderson on The Nation on No Map

From The Final Straw Radio

This week we are really pleased to feature Scott conducting an interview with author and activist William C. Anderson about his new book The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition which is out now from AK Press. In this interview they speak on the book and its many facets, and Black anarchism more broadly, some of the failures of euro-centric and white anarchism, and many many more topics.

State of War

via It's Going Down

State of War, an Excerpt from “The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism & Abolition” by William C. Anderson

Saying “stop killing us” and asking an oppressor not to oppress is not going to work. Taking the life of the system we’re up against through abolition is much more complex than simply fighting people in the streets

WITH BLOODSHOT EYES & THE DAGGER IN THE NECK OF THE BEAST

from Anarquía.info, English translation by Anarchist News

Far from the academy and the great theoretical writings, this writing has the objective of contributing a diminutive grain of sand to the anarchic offensive, from the perspective of black anarchism and its fight against all of the existent. By black anarchism, I refer to an anarchism of praxis, away from the specimens that in recent times have been manifesting in the Chilean region, imposing that "red & black" that every day has more place in the spaces of the "anti-authoritarian" struggle.

Announcing: Black Autonomy Podcast

Announcing: Black Autonomy Podcast

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation

Black Autonomy Podcast is a new podcast discussing anarchism and its relevance to the ongoing Black Liberation Movement. Hosts Lorenzo Komboa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin are veteran organizers, former members of the Black Panther Party and co-founders of the Black Autonomy Federation. Lorenzo is the author of Anarchism and the Black Revolution which he wrote as a political prisoner. JoNina was the final editor of the Black Panther newspaper and the author of Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era.

Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin

Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation

Author and independent writer William C. Anderson interviews veteran organizer and former Black Panther and political prisoner Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin on the current political crisis, fascism and rising relevance of Black anarchism. We also urge you to generously contribute towards a fundraising campaign organized by William to support Lorenzo and his partner JoNina Ervin. Both are movement elders who’ve inspired generations of rebels and are in need of support with their living and medical expenses.

Retaking our black path

From anarquia.info, translated by Anarchist News

Retaking our black path [1]

—To Alfredo Cospito, partner and co-conspirator.

We are going our own way - individuals without a redemptory and blind faith.
Our disgust with society does not engender in us any immutable conviction.
We fight for the joy of battle, and without any dreams of a better future.
What do we care about tomorrows that are awaited for centuries!
-Zo'd Axa
L'Enderhors, Paris, 1896.

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