Black Anarchism Across the Generations

In October 2021, Pluto published the definitive edition of Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. The book first connected Black radical thought to anarchist theory in 1979, and now amidst a rising tide of Black political organising, this foundational classic has been republished with a wealth of original material, including forewords by William C. Anderson and Joy James.

This month’s episode of Radicals in Conversation is brought to you in collaboration with the Black Autonomy Podcast, in which JoNina Ervin hosts a discussion between Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and William C. Anderson about Black anarchism across the generations.

Ervin and Anderson discuss the reasons for the continued relevance and increasing popularity of Black anarchism today, what an ‘ungovernable’ radical movement might look like, and the contradictions inherent to single-issue and state-orientated political projects from the left. They also discuss Black nationalism, and put Anderson's recent book The Nation on No Map in conversation with Anarchism and the Black Revolution.

 

Find out more about the Black Autonomy Podcast:

blackautonomy.libsyn.com

patreon.com/blackautonomy

 

The Nation on No Map by William C. Anderson:

akpress.org/nationonnomap.html

 

Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin:

www.plutobooks.com/9780745345819/anarchism-and-the-black-revolution/