The Nation on No Map, a Black Anarchism and Abolition

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 a⁠⁠website

⁠⁠⁠Topics Discussed:

• Long conversation on Black anarchism
• The influence of Zen Buddhism
• Seeing the world as a janitor
• Critiques of black nationalism, capitalism and liberalism
• The legacy of slavery and Reconstruction on Black people in the US
• Tensions between ‘reform’ and ‘revolution’
• The legacy of the Black Panthers Party
• Internationalism vs Intercomunalism
• Afro-futurism and Solarpunk

Recommended Books:

• A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand
• The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership by Cedric J. Robinson
• Facing Reality by C.L.R. James and Grace C. Lee

The James Baldwin clip I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmL3F5uylo&feature=emb_imp_woyt