Black anarchism

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Black anarchism opposes the existence of a state and subjugation and domination of people of color, and favors a non-hierarchical organization of society. Black anarchists seeks to abolish white supremacy, capitalism, and the state. Theorists include Ashanti Alston, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, and Sam Mbah.

Black anarchists, recognizing that anarchism has traditionally been European and white-based, seek to forge their own movement that represents their own identity and tailored to their own unique situation. In contrast to black activism that was, in the past, based in leadership from hierarchical organizations such as the Black Panther Party, black anarchism rejects such methodology in favor of developing organically through communication and cooperation to bring about an economic and cultural revolution that does away with racist domination, capitalism, and the state. Black anarchists groups include Anarchist People of Color, and Anarchist Panthers.

Black anarchism exists in various forms throughout the world. One group is called "Panther anarchism." From the Anarchist Panther: "Panther anarchism is ready, willing and able to challenge old nationalist and revolutionary notions that have been accepted as ‘common-sense.’ It also challenges the bullshit in our lives and in the so-called movement that holds us back from building a genuine movement based on the enjoyment of life, diversity, practical self-determination and multi-faceted resistance to the Babylonian Pigocracy. This Pigocracy is in our ‘heads,’ our relationships as well as in the institutions that have a vested interest in our eternal domination." (From Anarchist Panther, October 1999, Edition 1, Volume 1).

Anarchist people of color is another black anarchist group. From "Reflections on APOC and the fate of Black Anarchism": "We now call ourselves Anarchists. We say we want the end of all chains and the extermination of all oppression. Yet, in the Anarchist "movement", black folk and other folks of color are still in the senzala. We are still having to disguise ourselves, call whitey "Massa" and chain ourselves to the wall. No, don't talk about racism unless is in that very abstract sense of we-are-all-equal-let's-sing-kumbayas-and-pretend-the-color-of-our-skin-does-not-matter" racism. While there might be nobody yelling "die, nigger, die!", you can hear a very clear “shut the fuck up, nigger, just shut the fuck up." -Pedro Ribeiro (Furious Five Revolutionary Collective)

See also

• Anarchism
• Anarchist people of color
• Anarchist Black Cross Network
• African anarchism

External links

• Black Anarchism by Chuck Morse includes transcript of a talk by Ashanti Alston
• Anarchist Panther
• Black Anarchism
• Black Anarchism - Has its time come?
• Senzala or Quilombo: Reflections on APOC and the fate of Black Anarchism