107/ Black Anarchism, Abolition and the Radical Tradition w/ William C. Anderson

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 ofOffshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of theBlack Autonomy Podcast.The Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: the (newly aired!)⁠Mutual Aid Podcast⁠,⁠ Politically Depressed⁠,⁠ Obscuristan⁠, and⁠Antidote Zine⁠. To support FTP please head to⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠.From The Periphery is on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠,⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, and has a⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠Topics 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