The Fire These Times

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

Apr 29, 2022

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Reform and Revolution in a Different Context

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Anarchism Is a Verb for Him

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Hewe's Reactionary Intercommunalism

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Introduction

2min

The Nation on No Map, a Black Anarchism and Abolition

3min

Is This a Text That Is Informed by the Iconoclasm of Zin?

3min

I'm a Janitor, and I Learn Intimately What's Wrong With the Society

6min

What Influences You in Your Writings?

5min

Black Anarchism

4min

I'm Not an Anarchist, but I Don't Run From It

3min

Anarchism Is a Verb for Him

3min

Zen Buddhism - What Is It All About?

3min

10.

I Was Not a Buddhist

2min

11.

What Is It About a Reconstruction?

4min

12.

The Link Between the Police and the Prison System and Abolitionism

1min

13.

I'm a Migrant in Europe, and an Arab at That.

5min

14.

Reform and Revolution in a Different Context

5min

15.

The Three Mothers

2min

16.

I Don't Have an Answer When I'm Putting Iny in a Position

6min

17.

The World as It Is Now

5min

18.

The Legacy of the Black Panthers Party

3min

19.

The Black Atlantic, and the Black Panters Party

2min

20.

Black Nationalism

4min

21.

I'm Not Saying Anything Controversial

2min

22.

Panarabism and Its Ideological Rigidity

5min

23.

The Difference Between Internationalism and Intercommunism

3min

24.

Hewe's Reactionary Intercommunalism

4min

25.

The Role of Futurism in Afropigs, Digent Futurism and Sole Punk

4min

26.

Climate Change

4min

27.

The Black Autonomy Podcast

2min

28.

Three Books That I Would Like to Recommend to Our Listeners

5min

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

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The Fire These Times

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

Reform and Revolution in a Different Context

Anarchism Is a Verb for Him

Hewe's Reactionary Intercommunalism

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