TODAY - 6:30PM:
#BlackAugust letter-writing/card-writing event by MXGM-Philly and Philly ABC!

Join us on Zoom at:
https://tinyurl.com/bkaug-2023-zoom

We'll be talking about 9 #BlackLiberation #PoliticalPrisoners. Use this link to download and print cards:
https://tinyurl.com/bkaug-2023-card

#BlackLiberation organizers indicted for opposing war

Members of the #AfricanPeoplesSocialistParty targeted in coordinated raids face charges amounting to up to 15 years in prison

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/04/20/black-liberation-organizers-indicted-for-opposing-war/
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DOJ vs. African People’s Socialist Party: Omali Yeshitela Blasts Charges of Being Russian Agent

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/9/omali_yeshitela_fbi
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#DeadPrez

Every #Word is #Revolutionary

let's get free (Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKo_IttwSG0

We Want Freedom

I was born black, I live black
And I'm a die probably because I'm black
Because some cracker that knows I'm black
Better than you nigga, is probably gonna put
A bullet in the back of my head!

Yeah our lives fucked up, no doubt
All this shit we go through every day
Sometimes a nigga don't know what the fuck to do
But see I got my niggas

And we gone organize a people army
And we gone get control over our own lives
And I mean that shit right there from the bottom of my shit
I Ching

Yeah, yeah imagine havin no runnin water to drink
Chemicals contaminate the pipes leadin to your sink
Just think, if the grocery stores close they doors
And they saturate the streets with tanks and start martial law

Would you be ready for civil war
Could you take the life of somebody you know
Or have feelings for if necessary? I got cousins in the military
But far as I'm concerned they died, when they registered

Yo, this world is oh so cold, I think about my ancestors
Being sold, and it make me wanna break the mold
Fuck the gold and the party, train yourself, clean your shottie
Tell me what you gone do to get free, we need more than MC's

We need Hueys, and revolutionaries
The niggas on the streets today, it's kinda scary
The smell around my way ain't roses or strawberries
In fact it's kinda poisonous, bringing out the boy in us

But I'ma stand up on my own, like a man do
Dominate the land and make wealth, like Fu-Manchu
Yes the peoples army stick together like glue
We represent the I-Ching and to this we stand true

Military formation, anyone participation is welcome
Each one teach one, son help son
Just one gun is all it take to get it started
Living in the wilderness of the west we cold hearted

If you don't think it could happen think again my son
Be prepared for the worst that's yet to come
We want freedom, prophecies and ancient wisdom
Cataclysm, niggas be like fuck the system

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

If you don't think it could happen think again my son
Be prepared for the worst that's yet to come
We want freedom, prophecies and ancient wisdom
Cataclysm, niggas be like fuck the system

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

Yeah, I'm for peace
But I'll kill ya if ya fuck with my moms or my niece
See we all want peace, but the problem is
Crackers want a bigger piece

Got it where the niggas can't get a piece
That's why police get stabbed and shot
'Cuz a nigga can't eat if the ave is hot
Locked up you get three hot meals and one cot

Then you sit and rot, never even got a fair shot
That's where a whole lotta niggas end up
My man moms even got sent up, tryin to keep the rent up
When I'm bent up I think alot about the reason I'm here

I think about the things I fear in the comin years
Ahead of me, I'm ready for whatever they bring though
I'd go against a tank wit a shank for my dreams
And that's my fuckin' word

One day the whole world will smoke herb
And niggas won't get took to jail for hangin on the curb

If you don't think it could happen think again my son
Be prepared for the worst that's yet to come
We want freedom, prophecies and ancient wisdom
Cataclysm, niggas be like fuck the system

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

If you don't think it could happen think again my son
Be prepared for the worst that's yet to come
We want freedom, prophecies and ancient wisdom
Cataclysm, niggas be like fuck the system

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

If you don't think it could happen think again my son
Be prepared for the worst that's yet to come
We want freedom, prophecies and ancient wisdom
Cataclysm, niggas be like fuck the system

I don't wanna be no movie star, I don't wanna drive no fancy car
I just wanna be free, to live my life, to live my own life

#BlackMastodon

This #blackaugust reflect on the times and revolutionary culture BA originated out of.

Understand its intent. Black August Resistance!

#georgejackson #blackguerrillas #freeallpolitcalprisoners #newafrikanrevolutionarynationalist #blackliberation

In Memory of Marshall Eddie Conway

#BlackPanthers #BlackLiberation

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2023/04/23/in-memory-of-marshall-eddie-conway/ ‎

Ex-Black Panthers including Ashanti Alston, Kuwasi Balagoon, and Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin theorized Black/New Afrikan Anarchism as a new political ideology for revolutionary Black struggle in the late twentieth century.

Black/New Afrikan Anarchists criticized what they perceived to be shortcomings of the Black Panthers, synthesized anarchism with Black Nationalism, and theorized the Black Commune as the revolutionary form of Black self-determination.

While they lauded the Panthers as the leading organization of the long 1960s, they criticized the party’s authoritarianism and hierarchical and patriarchal tendencies. Their disillusionment with the Black Panthers led to a wider critique of the Marxist-Leninist approach to Black Nationalism that informed their turn towards anarchism.

The Black/New Afrikan Anarchist synthesis of Black Nationalism and anarchism upheld an anti-state nationalism. They contend that Black Americans are an oppressed nation, but that national liberation can and must take place without establishing a new nation-state.

Ashanti Alston argues that revolutionaries must go “beyond nationalism, but not without it.” As he remarks, revolutionary Black Nationalists in the Panthers had perhaps the most advanced politics of the era. However, Alston emphasizes that we must learn from their mistakes and articulate national self-determination in a non-hierarchical manner so that it does not get captured in the state.

In "Anarchism and the Black Revolution," first written from prison in 1979 as a series of pamphlets, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin lays out a program for a “Black Commune” consisting of local community control coordinated through federations of nested communes (the classic anarchist “commune of communes” with a focus on Black Liberation).

After his release from prison, Ervin promoted a new edition of the book on a 1993 speaking tour coordinated by the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, which also featured excerpts of the book in its newspaper. Although he soon broke from Love and Rage, Ervin remained active in the anarchist movement and his work provided a major foundation for the Anarchist People of Color organization and tendency.

It is striking that each of the leading theorists of Black Anarchism were ex-Black Panthers who critiqued the hierarchies of Black Nationalist and Marxist-Leninist parties from within prison walls. Black/New Afrikan Anarchism arose as a product of the counterrevolution and the struggle against it.

Although they were quite marginal within Black social movements in the late twentieth century, Black/New Afrikan Anarchist theorists in this era laid some of the groundwork (alongside larger tendencies like Black Feminism and Black Marxism) for the recent popularization of Black Anarchism and abolitionism.

From my article in the Anarchist Studies journal, "From the Ashes of the Old: Anarchism Reborn in a Counterrevolutionary Age (1970s-1990s)" https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies/vol-30-issue-2/abstract-9598/
(DM me for a PDF)

#anarchism #history #blackliberation #marxism #blackpanthers

#ICYMI
CBC podcasts hosted a series about the MOVE movement and May 13, 1985 bombing:
The Africas VS. America.

https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/the-africas-vs.-america

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In 1985, at the height of the Black Power era, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city’s — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation.

Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy.

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BACKGROUND:

Police dropped two explosive devices from a police helicopter onto the roof of a house occupied by MOVE. The Philadelphia Fire Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control, destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless.

Six adults and five children were killed in the attack, with one adult and one child surviving.¹

Over 10,000 rounds were fired into the house, most stolen from a gun range.

More than 500 🐖🐖 were involved.²

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¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
² https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/move-1985-bombing-reconciliation-philadelphia

#BlackLiberation #BlackHistory #TheRealBlackHistory #BlackMastodon #PoliceDontKeepUsSafe #Murder #TrueCrime #TheseAreTheMonstersInYourNeighbourhood

I recently got published in The Anarchist Review of Books!

Check out my reflections on William C Anderson’s “The Nation On No Map” alongside thoughts by other Black, anti-authoritarian thinkers.

Very thrilled to work with AROB. Special thanks to the crew behind this project. It was exciting to open up a box of prints that even came along with a cute, surprise tote bag!

Visit The Anarchist Review of Books to read the full issue! They send free copies to comrades inside, so support them if you can!

#blackanarchism #anarchism #BlackLiberation #MutualAid #solidarity #books #bookreview #Literature #cats #cat #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi

TONIGHT:
I’m speaking on a panel with Anarchist Review of Books. I’ll be discussing Black Anarchism and my upcoming docuseries, The Elements of Mutual Aid (@Elememts_of_MA)

Register below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-community-and-direct-action-tickets-521043764927?fbclid=PAAaYKQ8LF9yOe8kpMeqZyKw_io2SuSj5GaMn93rpYovzk6wMWDF_DCd7k7iM

#BlackMastodon #BlackLiberation #anarchism #MutualAid #documentary #books #Literature

Nach den Lesen der ersten Kapitel von #HowToBeAnAntiracist bin ich überrascht, wie viel #BlackLiberation offensichtlich im christlichen Glauben bzw. einigen christlichen Kirchen steckt.

Mein #Kirche ist allerdings sehr weiß...

#ChristSein #WeißSein

Today in Labor History February 21, 1965: Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom, New York City.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #MalcolmX #assassination #BlackLiberation

Lehrreich. Sehr lehrreich.

Christopher Sebastian McJetters: Exploring Connections between Black Liberation & Animal Liberation

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=H_ebX07H4wM

#ChristopherSebastian #BlackLivesMatter #BlackLiberation #AnimalLiberation #Veganism #AnimalRights

Jalil Muntaqim speaks Cornell University for the Black Panther Party Commemoration (10/27/22)

WATCH https://youtu.be/nZwJ_S1lN4A

#BlackPantherParty #BlackLiberationArmy #BPP #Lecture #JalilMuntaqim #BlackMastodon #BlackLiberation #Genocide #PIC #Abolition #Socialism #LiberateOurElders

Jalil Muntaqim speaks Cornell University for the Black Panther Party Commemoration (10/27/22)
#BlackPantherParty #BlackLiberationArmy #BPP #Lecture #JalilMuntaqim #BlackMastodon #BlackLiberation #Genocide #PIC #Abolition #Socialism #LiberateOurElders
https://youtu.be/nZwJ_S1lN4A

Looking for something new to read? Try "The Nation On No Map" By William C Anderson (@williamcson). It's a great intro for people interested in Black Liberation without hierarchy. Here's a video of Robyn Maynard interviewing Anderson about the book (hosted by @firestorm) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBbDm-o14fQ

#BlackFriday #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #BlackLiberation
#BlackAnarchism #Anarchism #Literature #Books

While #BlackMastodon is establishing itself and building a language (#blackfriday, #BlackFedi, etc.), I think it’s critical we carve out space and specificity for #BlackLiberation and #BlackAnarchism.

:black_sparkling_heart: #Introduction #Intro

TL:DR: I'm mostly posting this intro to connect with other Black and BIPOC Anarchists or Anti-authoritarians. Hit me up! :Fire_Panafrican:

Hey, everyone

My partner and I are currently working on a docuseries, @Elememts_of_MA, about the origins, structures, healing ways, and logistics of mutual aid-based organizing. The project isn't exclusively profiling anarchist groups, but it is deeply anti-authoritarian - we're especially staying away from charismatic leaders and celeb "activist" types.

The whole thing is independent - no producers; everything is out of pocket. We've been living out of a van we converted so we could make this happen; which has been amazing. We've been on the road since May Day this year, and have already filmed some solid interviews as far north as Montreal and as far south as Puerto Rico.

However, I'm personally struggling to find Black organizations or collectives that aren't MLM, AADOS, authoritarian, Black Capitalist, nonprofit style groups. Reading and theory groups or media collectives are rad, but I'm really looking for groups that're doing interesting work on the ground (*not food distro*) from an anti-state-nationalist analysis.

Lorenzo and JoNina Irvin will appear in the film, among other radical Black people like Jessica Gordon Nembhard, The Northeast Action Collective in Houston, and Arm the Girls in Oakland. So, I'm not at a complete loss.

But, please send me all the rad groups of Black people you know that are creating long-term, democratic, mutual aid projects in their communities. They do not need to identify as anarchist, but they *cannot* be down with the nation state and have to be doing more than food distro.

Thanks a ton, y'all.

Beyond all that, I'm also really interested in connecting with people to write Star Wars analysis and fan-fiction. I think the galaxy far, far away is an interesting canvas to explore the tensions of autonomous world building vs authoritarian revolutionary movements. If I lived in that universe, I'd no doubt be getting into arguments with the Rebel Alliance.

Thanks for reading this long-winded post.

#Solidarity

#Black #BlackMastodon #BlackAnarchism #Anarchism #Anarchy #Antifa #Antifascism #Antiracism #Feminism #DisabilityJustice #BlackLiberation #IndigenousAnarchism #indigenousFedi #BlackFedi #blackfediverse #decolonize #decolonization #TransLiberationNow #transliberation #LGBTQ #queerliberation #QueerLiberationNow #StarWars #Andor #SciFi #Literature #creativewriting #creativewritingsocial #documentary #documentaryfeaturefilm #documentaryfilm #film #antiauthoritarianism #antiauthoritarian #vanlife #anarkata #anticapitalism #antinationalism #AnarchismOfBlackness #AnarchistPeopleOfColor #APOC #democraticconfederalism #MutualAid #collectivism #Zapatismo #Farming #UrbanFarming #Gardening #FoodSovereignty #LandBack #internationalism #JinJiyanAzadi

Claudia Jones, a Trinidadian Communist, who is buried left of Karl Marx in the famous Highgate Cemetery in North London, was one of the founders of one of Europe's biggest festivals, Notting Hill Carnival hosted in the end of August in West London by the Carribean community.

Further reading:

History - Notting Hill Carnival.
https://nhcarnival.org/nhcs-story

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1220q4c

#BlackLiberation #blackpower

I find it so hypocritical that Assata Shakur (named her legal name Joanne Chesimard) is still one of FBI's Most Wanted despite no actual evidence that she killed the New Jersey State Trooper, was shot by a cop, was treated in unfair prison conditions for being a black revolutionary and the fact that the KKK is still not declared as a terrorist group. It really makes you think.

Her name is Assata Olugbala Shakur. Assata is a West Afrikan name derived from the Arabic name "Aisha" which means "she who struggles". Olugbala means "saviour" in Yoruba and Shakur means "thankful one" in Arabic.

Further reading:
Assata: An Autobiography
https://files.libcom.org/files/assataauto.pdf

Free Assata Shakur
http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC37_scans/37.May19.FreeAssataShakur.flyer.pdf

Why Is Assata On Trial?
http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC513_scans/Assata_Shakur/513.Assata.WhyisAssataOnTrial.pdf

OPINION: She Who Struggles: Assata Shakur and the radical Black women who fought for civil rights.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2022/03/opinion-assata-shakur-civil-rights

#BlackLiberation #BlackLiberationArmy #AssataShakur #panafricanism

People's Voice News most recent article about conspiracy theories popular in the New Afrikan community.
#conspiracy #conspiracynut #antisemitism #BlackLiberation #NewAfrikan

https://peoples-voice.org/2022/11/11/the-wokeness-of-fools-against-conspiracy-theories-and-for-revolutionary-science-in-the-black-liberation-movement/

#panafricanism #blackliberation #AfricanLiberationDay