interview with two anarchist ex-Black Panthers about their involvement in the civil rights movement, the Panthers and the relevance of anarchism to black struggle.
In May 2000 two anarchist ex-Black Panthers from America did a British speaking tour. Lorenzo KomBoa Ervin and JoNina Abron talked to groups ranging from white anarchos to mass black meetings on police racism. Between them they have 70 years of political activity spanning lives that have included everything from teaching at a revolutionary community school to hijacking a plane and taking it to Cuba. They conceded to being interviewed in sunny Brighton after a record buying spree (for their pirate radio station) to dazzle the gods. Both are now involved in the Black Autonomy Network of Community Organisers.
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La sera dell’11 agosto 1965, a Los Angeles l’agente bianco della California Highway Patrol Lee Minikus, ferma il ventunenne nero Marquette Frye all’angolo di Avalon Boulevard e 116ma Strada, a Watts, il ghetto nero nel sud di Los Angeles. Il giovane è sospettato di guida in stato di ebbrezza.
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Centinaia di manifestanti sono scesi in piazza mercoledì scorso nella metropoli texana nell’ambito della protesta serale “Don’t Shoot Dallas”, veicolata dall’hashtag #DontShoot sui social media come le altre iniziative di solidarietà ai rivoltosi di Ferguson.
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Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin
Written by ex-Black Panther turned anarchist Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, Anarchism and the Black Revolution is both an easy-to-read introduction to the fundamental principles of class struggle anarchism and an analysis of their relevance to the black liberation movement. Also contains a good section on why the author is an anarchist and why non-class struggle anarchists are useless.
Anarchism & The Black Revolution – Ervin.pdf
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