Black Anarchism, Abolition and the Radical Tradition w/ William C. Anderson (E107)

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 of Offshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of the Black Autonomy Podcast.⁠⁠⁠Topics Discussed:Long conversation on Black anarchismThe influence of Zen BuddhismSeeing the world as a janitorCritiques of black nationalism, capitalism and liberalismThe legacy of slavery and Reconstruction on Black people in the USTensions between ‘reform’ and ‘revolution’The legacy of the Black Panthers PartyInternationalism vs IntercomunalismAfro-futurism and SolarpunkRecommended Books:A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne BrandThe Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership by Cedric J. RobinsonFacing Reality by C.L.R. James and Grace C. LeeThe James Baldwin clip I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmL3F5uylo&feature=emb_imp_woyt