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Celebrate the tradition of #BlackAnarchism with Lucy Parsons, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Martin Sostre, and Kulwasi Balagoon - four important figures that are far too often overlooked.
See below for more on each of these figures and links. (THREAD)
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See below for more on each of these figures and links. (THREAD)
#BlackHistoryMonth
Lucy Parsons remains an under recognized yet powerful figure of American radicalism. This review of the flawed biography "Goddess of Anarchy" by Jacqueline Jones has some great discussion of her life and legacy. https://blackrosefed.org/review-dont-throw-lucy-parsons-under-the-liberal-bus/
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is a former member of the Black Panther Party and wrote the seminal text “Anarchism and the Black Revolution” while a political prisoner. This is an excerpt from the sections “Why I Became and Anarchist” and “What I Believe.” https://blackrosefed.org/komboa-why-i-am-an-anarchist/
Martin Sostre was an Afro-Puerto Rican prisoner activist and revolutionary who mentored Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin while they were incarcerated together. In this short biographical piece Kom'boa Ervin reflects on Sostre's life and legacy. https://blackrosefed.org/martin-sostre-prison-revolutionary-komboa/
Kuwasi Balagoon was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, and defendant in the infamous Panther 21 case. He spent much of the 1970s in prison, escaping twice to participate in BLA actions, until his passing in 1986.
Read more: https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=884
Read more: https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=884
Not included above but worth mentioning is Afro-Brazilian anarchist, Domingo Passos. A carpenter by trade, union militant, and renowned orator and agitator, Passos stands out as a key figure of 1920s anarchism in Brazil. https://blackrosefed.org/domingos-passos-the-brazilian-bakunin/
For more we recommend checking out our "Black Anarchism Reader" (2016) which brings together fourteen contemporary and historical writings by Black anarchists and is available as a free PDF download. https://blackrosefed.org/black-anarchism-a-reader/
We would also like to give a shout to @libcomorg's Black Radical Tradition reader which is a massive compilation of writings about black radical and revolutionary movements in the US in the 20th century. #StudyToStruggle https://libcom.org/library/black-radical-tradition
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