Oh my goodness it's been a MINUTE since I binged someone's content and I can't stop watching your vids! I never knew what Black Anarchism was before this and had honestly been struggling to find an ideology (principal, tenant, charter) that spoke to the way I could see the world changing and benefiting and this just...makes sense. IDK. Just thank you so so much for sharing such important information!

@Andrewism

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh thank you so much! I've been binging your work as well :) How'd you end up finding my stuff?

@KhadijaMbowe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Andrewism STOP I’m literally fan girling right now lol

@KhadijaMbowe

3 жыл бұрын

And shockingly…the algorithm

@overworkedcna412

3 жыл бұрын

@@KhadijaMbowe Algorithm brought me here too so hey, every once in a while it does a good thing. Love your channel as well so I'm so happy to see this thread

@ambermurray2496

2 жыл бұрын

Omg I just found this channel because you new vid on Lil Nas X. Thanks for introducing me to this great channel.

Despite the video being about Black Anarchism, I see many parallels to the concept of Indigenous Anarchism, of which I ascribe myself too.

@Beingtanaka

3 жыл бұрын

Yes black anarchism and indegenious anarchism are related because indegenious Africans do see themselves as indegenious people who have a strong connection to their lands. So when African Americans, afrolatinas and Caribbeans awaken their African culture, they begin to believe in the cultures and lifestyles of indegenious Africans who have been part of Africa for millions of years. 300k years as humans and 10k years as Africans begun to develop complex cultures and lifestyles.

@michaeldoerksen2841

3 жыл бұрын

As a Caucasian Anarchist with many Indigenous friends and a few African Black descent friends, (due to my geography) I will stand with Anyone who fights against this corrupt worldwide system. Allied Anarchism will prevail! Fight on Anarchist family!

@laylabasai6197

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldoerksen2841 that’s cool

@garygrisary1084

3 жыл бұрын

man, you use that name for every platform? -eco.mountainman

@yansideabacoa6257

2 жыл бұрын

@@Beingtanaka ufff, and african people are indigenous to the Americas. We must never forget that and reinforce that truth wherever we go.

I now 1000% understand why you’re going back to a twice-a-month upload schedule. With content this high-quality, I have no idea how you ever managed to put out weekly videos in the first place! Take care of yourself, comrade. Edit: I just realized that you changed your usual white background to black for this video. Very clever, Andrew.

From one black anarchist to another: This is an amazing video on black anarchism. It's an incredible resource for not only those new to the topic, but also those who have an Americentric understanding of black anarchism. I've already gotten four of my young black coworkers to watch this video. I can't wait to hear their opinions and discuss black anarchism with them.

@mephitismephitis4045

2 жыл бұрын

Follow up?

@Burns11112

2 жыл бұрын

Would native Americans be black anarchists?

@gavinn.4060

2 жыл бұрын

How’d it go?

@veneering4128

Жыл бұрын

@@Burns11112 no, it would be Native Anarchism

@Burns11112

Жыл бұрын

@@veneering4128 why?

Its amazing how little info is out on yt about black revolutionary anarchism wen it seems obvious to me at least tht its black anarchists tht will be at the forefront of any successful anarchist movement. Great video

@demonslayer5742

3 жыл бұрын

This

Excellent framing of anarchism, specifically black anarchism

As an Indigenous anarchist, I appreciate you for taking the focus off of white folks in a history of horizontal hierarchies that finds its roots in colonized populations 💙✊🏽💙

@yansideabacoa6257

2 жыл бұрын

African or black anarchism is also indigenous anarchism, we must never forget that.

@dracodragon105

Жыл бұрын

I do strive to understand the movements and details, I do understand that I don't have too to support your guy's cause, and I hope more white people learn to do the same. I unfortunately am stuck in a pretty majorly white area so I don't have the exposure I'd prefer to have.

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

just say you want to get rid of whites

@ffffffffffffffff5840

Жыл бұрын

​@@dracodragon105you have a unique opportunity to spread these ideas

@mickyfingaz5132

10 ай бұрын

​@@dracodragon105stuck

Lovely video On the Pre-Colonial African «Anarchism» I'd like to point at the societies in, what is now southern Burkina Faso. From the book Burkina Faso: Unsteady Statehood in West Africa by Pierre Englebert «With respect to their political organization, most of these ethnic groups are referred to as stateless and many as acephalous-or without the institution of chiefdom. The Birifor, for example, a branch of the Lobi group that shares with the Dagara the land along the segment of the Black Volta that marks the border with Ghana, was a society with no central authority, without even chiefs or villages. Lineage determined everything, and authority belonged to the elder within each lineage. The yir, a family farm consisting of a household compound with animals and a small adjacent plot of land, was the unit of political and economic organi- zation. Everyone worked on the community fields in priority. The crops were collectivized and the harvest distributed to the women of the yirs every third day to prepare food for their families. Relations among yirs were structured by an elaborate system of checks and balances that helped avoid both excessive political and economic strength of one yir over the others and food shortages. The Bwa, Samo, and Senufo were other such stateless groups.Yet in their cases the political unit was the village. The Bwa, for example, whose 450 villages overlapped what are now Burkina and Mali, added to the principle of lineage that of the territoriality of the village in which several families were concentrated. No allegiance was granted above the village level. Each village, which could count up to 1,000 members, was a completely autonomous and self-centered political unit. Within the village, however, the first unit of economic and political identity was the family. What made the different Bwa villages one single ethnic group was a common religious belief in a single god, Do. The leadership of each village be- longed to the eldest of the founding lineage, assisted by a council of elders. Within the village labor was divided among farmers, blacksmiths, and priests. There was endogamy among these different groups whose position was acquired by heredity, thereby preventing class conflicts. Finally, the Gurunsi presented a type of village-based society in apparent transition toward statelike organization. The French penetration appears to have in- terrupted a process by which the authority of one village was progressively ex- tended over several other villages, moving toward an increasingly centralized system.» (Page 16 to 17)

@ReboursCVT

3 жыл бұрын

From the Kuwasi Balagoon section of the video (about the courts and the panthers) I am reminded of this passage from Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy «In 1970 many Panther leaders were still on the run or in court. The prior spring in Manhattan, police had rounded up twenty-one New York Panthers accusing them of a plot to use explosives to destroy police stations, high schools and even the Bronx Botanical Gardens. It took two years, but eventually the Panther 21 were all acquitted. In New Haven, police alleged that Bobby Seale ordered the murder of a suspected informant, Alex Rackley. His trial began at the same time that the U.S. started bombing missions in Cambodia to destroy National Liberation Front outposts. In order to reach out to white people in the area, the Panthers asked the Patriots to come to New Haven for the “Free Bobby Seale and Stop the War” rally. » (Page 97) «The D.C. Patriots’ dream of creating breakfast programs, health clinics and liberation schools was overshadowed by the need for their own survival. One afternoon Simpson arrived at the 17th Street Patriot-Panther offices to discover police had the offices on lockdown. Most members were arrested. A few weeks later, Patriot Party member Jenny Stearns finally decided to call things for what they were: The Patriots had become “The Committee to Defend the Panthers.” After less than a year the D.C. Patriots were no more.» (Page 98)

@JasonMcCarrell

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReboursCVT Thanks for the accompanying resources. Hearing about those various anarchist societies in Africa is really cool!

My granddad is from Trinidad. Visiting there was how I first learned about government corruption: All of those off-shore oil platforms yet none of the money went to the people.

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia and observed it every day 👍😔

Really informative video. Speaking as a white anarchist myself, I strongly believe we need to emphasize diversity in anarchism. Any anarchist who has done a google search knows about Kropotkin and Goldman, but I hadn't heard of a single one of the black anarchists you spoke of here until this video. There seems to be a tendency for anti-authoritarian movements in America to become hyperfixated on cisgender, heterosexual white men and their issues, while sidelining people of color, queer people and women. The punk subculture has long had a problem with that as well, and I'd argue it was one of the biggest failures of the hippie movement. Edit: I'd also like to add, that as a queer anarchist in particular, finding out about Kuwasi Balagoon was quite enlightening. Just as we don't talk enough about black anarchist figures, queer anarchist figures are something I wish we would discuss more as well. I'm thankful that, at least, Emma Goldman is as talked about as she is, not only being a woman herself, but also an early advocate for gay rights as well.

@JazzyFunkaHolic

Жыл бұрын

So true. Im a german Anarchosyndicalist and always wondered about the Black anarchism because it always seemed like they have so much history but people always cite kroptokin, bakunin etc. It would be nice if all types of anarchism would give each other some love :)

@reagancapwell685

7 ай бұрын

Black Panther Party? Angela Davis?

@urituba6993

5 ай бұрын

I do just want to say that it's not just diversity of people that needs emphasising. The most important thing is the enrichment of both theory and praxis that political Blackness does to Anarchism upon contact. Anarchism is not complete without it, but the beauty of Anarchism is that, unlike state-based ideologies, it is utterly compatible with it.

@high_maintenance

5 ай бұрын

New here, researching Goldman. But wouldn’t Josephine Baker be considered an anarchist? She was pretty politically internationally, originating from my segregated hometown of St.Louis, MO. She was Black, bisexual, an exotic dancer, married interracially and adopted her rainbow tribe. Fought in the war as a spy…pretty revolutionary woman who made it look so easy and cool. She made “tweking” an international phenomenon something still popular today which many males love to hate whenever Black females are masterful at it…!

@urituba6993

5 ай бұрын

@@high_maintenance Hey welcome friend. I had to do a quick scan of Josephine Baker's wikipedia page to answer this. If it's correct that Josephine Baker worked for the French Intelligence Agency... this is not something an Anarchist would do, because it's supporting a Nation State, which all Anarchists are opposed to because it's an inherently authoritarian entity. The page also says she married an Industrialist, someone who would be an enemy to all Anarchists apart from maybe Anarcho-Capitalists but we don't talk about them ;p I think what you're seeing in Josephine Baker to is a kind of Anarchic spirit which is a kind of fire that burns brighter in some people that gives them the strength to defy the limits imposed on them. Maybe if Josephine Baker had fallen in with the wrong* crowd she would have been an amazing Anarchist. *By this I obviously mean the right crowd

Love this channel and video. I highly recommend “As Black as Resistance” or “AnarchoBlackness” for further readings on this topic. Both are great and light reads for anyone interested in learning more.

@Andrewism

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely wouldn't call AnarchoBlackness a light read, but As Black As Resistance is great.

@vonnedavienwilson8150

2 жыл бұрын

i dont reccommend AnarchoBlackness at all tbh.

Thank you for making this video! It is needed. I've seen people call anarchism "white" too many times.

@lizardabyss7035

3 жыл бұрын

For real. I'm not an anarchist (still figuring it out honestly even after 3+ years of identifying specifically as a leftist) but it's such a nothing, untrue argument that erases a lot of different people

@Loot_Puppy

3 жыл бұрын

I see that a lot and it always seems odd to me, like people are intentionally not acknowledging Indigenous or Black Anarchists and their projects.

@enfercesttout

3 жыл бұрын

It's really a handover stereotype of Liberalism and individualism being a Western European invention, therefore rest of the world are basically Borg. Both western and non western political institutions like to play into this, their own version of "clash of civilisations" without religion. A type of rotten orientalism.

@nathanieljones8043

3 жыл бұрын

Who

@muslimmetalman

3 жыл бұрын

@@enfercesttout i dont think liberal individualism being a western invention is a "stereotype"

Love to see it! Thank you, from a fellow Black Anarchic Radical

I think you should keep the black background in your videos from now on. It's easier on the eyeballs at night. Great video btw.

@Trailtracker

3 жыл бұрын

yes, and the visuals look gorgeous with this background

Although I'm not an anarchist, but i love seeing more and more african/black content creator doing historical and poltical analysis videos, good stuff man.

@Graeberwave

11 ай бұрын

anarchism isn't who you are, it's what you do.

The eyeballs sent me and I'm glad they did! Keep up the good work

@mievaselli7910

3 жыл бұрын

same

@scrapeape

3 жыл бұрын

This was on the eyeball zone? Cool.

Massive W

So glad you included Domingos Passos! One of my favourite historical figures and one of the few things to be proud about my country. The man was a badass and went through so much during his life!

I’m a South Asian Anarchists who’s revisiting this video. Yep, still holds up. It’s really awe inspiring to see this level of a high quality content centering and highlighting such a often under-appreciated yet irreplaceable section of Anarchism. God speed on your future content comrade.

@forrestelliott9486

Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me more about anarchism in South Asia? It's a huge blind spot for us white people lol. The extent of my knowledge is that there's pretty significant Marxist/socialist movements in India and the Phillipines. I've red one interview by a Vietnamese anarchist also one quick essay in Southeast Asia by a guy in iirc Indonesia. Basically nothing from Pakistan, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, etc.

Some of this reminded me of Modibo Kadalie's "Pan African Social Ecology"

This was so needed. And explained very clearly. This was brilliantly done and will serve us well in terms of political education. You basically covered the essentials of Sam Mbah's work, the reader, the Statement, many of the autobiographies and letters from former Panthers, and theoretical contributions from across Black interpollations of anarchist thought both in written and oral form. Love to see it.

One of the best videos my eyeballs have been directed toward in a long time.

A video like this was long overdue on KZread. Thanks for making it. And I hadn't even heard of Kuwasi Balagoon or Ojore Lutalo!

This was a really good video, I was unaware of most of the thinkers you brought up - a gap in my knowledge I'm going to rectify as soon as I can. Thanks for all the links in the description and recommendations, those are real useful.

I learned soooo much from this. I've read the Conquest of Bread & I've been trying to find more writings from Black Anarchists. Can't wait to dive into these texts! Thanks so much for creating this!

Amazing video!

This is incredible, thanks for making it. Northern Ireland loves you

Thank you for teaching me about Domingos Passos. I will remember their stories.

This was absolutely fantastic. Thank you for your work.

Excellent video! I subbed. I must say that An Anarchist FAQ is probably the single most important conversion tool, everyone should read it.

@Andrewism

3 жыл бұрын

They probably don't need to read all ~3000 pages but it is definitely a useful resource.

Great video! Thanks for bringing my attention to a few books I definitely need to check out

This video is so well-researched and comprehensive, thank you so much for sharing this work.

This video is amazing and I learned a lot. Thank you for your contribution!

I'm really glad I watched this! So much detail; so clearly and consisly presented. I found your channel after your solarpunk episode and I'm looking forward to your future work. All Power to All the People.

Thank you s SO MUCH for this! So much essential potential to highlight!

Very pleased with the use of extensive references in the description. We need more of that.

I only knew a couple of these people before. Thanks for your work. Also, 21:55 fucking hell, what a talented comrade.

Hella good video! Many of these figures including Balagoon I knew about, but I learned a lot about people I had never heard of. Thanks for making this

Really enjoyed this. I learned a lot!

This was an amazing and in-depth video! I'd be interested in a future video about nomads, as you touched on earlier in the vid.

Fantastic video, and a lot of information I've never been exposed to! Thank you for doing your amazing work.

i love your content, thank you so much for putting it out there🪻

I have SO much reading to do! Thank you!

I come bearing eyesballs, freshly baked from the ovens of Lord Oclulon!!!!!!

@Amanda-C.

3 жыл бұрын

Oops. Missed Lord Oculon's decree, arrived anyway. The algorithm has linked the audiences now.

@pippincovington1348

3 жыл бұрын

I, for one, bow to lord Oculon

This was extremely educational. It's very telling how difficult it is to find these stories and perspectives in our current hierarchy. I look forward to seeing more videos and doing my own research as well!

Absolutely amazing video, so glad i found this!

This video needed to be made. Thank you

this is what I’ve been LOOKING FOR THANK YOU ❤

Well spoken! Glad the eye pointed this way. My education continues.

This was amazing. Thank you for your hard work and contribution!

Thank you for the reporting and the resources. I am new to all of this. I'm here to listen.

Thank you for sharing. Commenting for the algorithm, and to show appreciation for your efforts, even if it isn't specifically for me - there's still a lot I can learn.

This video is gorgeous, and so informative, thank you!!!

This was a really great video about a topic I really knew nothing about- thank you so much for making it!

Thank you for making this fantastic resource. I look forward to watching it a few more times, and taking notes so that I can look into the people, writing, and subjects covered. ♥

This is such an amazing video thank you for making this resource!

thank you for the learning, amazing video.

So glad I stumbled upon this video! Thank you for opening my eyes to a whole new world of topics to read about and hopefully advocate for

Subscribed, on the strength of this video. Respect, gratitude, and love from the Pacific Northwest of the US; please keep doing what you're doing.

@jodo2785

Жыл бұрын

Spouting nonsensical bullshit and stoking the fires of race war? Weird thing to subscribe to I guess . . . but hey, Seattle is already close to anarchy, with all the homeless monsters roaming around. If you want even more anarchy, go visit Somalia! It's wonderful this time of year, especially the coast!

Fantastic work! Thank you for the info!

Thank you, St Andrew! You're a gift to humanity! My brain thanks you for swelling it with wisdom every time I consume your content!

This was excellent!

when this recommendation came up in my feed it made me so happy!! thank you for this

thank you for putting this together

This is so awesome! Im so glad to have found your channel!

This was enlightening and very important to know. I like your tone and rigorous way of detailing everything. Thanks and hope to see more videos

This is my favorite video ever. Thank you comrade.

Beautiful. Thank you

I'm going to binge watch your channel now, thank you for all the knowledge. Much solidarity ✊🏴🏴

Wow, this video is amazing. Thank you for doing this, it is appreciated!

Sharing this everywhere. So much good info

Dude, you're so dedicated to what you do and I feel so proud of seeing this, also kind of guilty for watching this for free. Also, I would never expect a mention to some of the Brazilian struggles in such a video, thank you for this. The events that led to the "War of Canudos" with its leader, Antônio Conselheiro, would also be an interesting addition to Brazilian contribution on an anarchic experience, but I'm not entirely sure if it would be "fully black", but still was a case where people tried to live their on lives in community without the influence of the state that showed no care whatsover for their existence, but still saw them as a threat.

Well-made and very informative! Thank you so much for introducing this history.

Wonderful video, truly beautiful and detailed!

Thank you for your work. I really appreciate that I learn new things from your videos, most youtubers I watch to find resources for other people, I also watch your videos to continue learning myself as well. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to see content that widens my perspective instead of reinforcing and entrenching perspectives I already have even further. So thank you. Solidarity from the midwest 🌽🏴

Your channel is the best on youtube and i wish i had discovered it a year ago. If only i could watch all thirty + of your videos before work today.

Thank so much for this! I learned so much from this video. Knowing there are folx in the world like you, gives me hope!

Thank you for making this excellent video.

New favorite channel 🔥

I'm come bearing eyeballs! Love this video man

Thank you for sharing this, your videos never fail to impress me with inspiration and insight.

About time someone made this video.thank you

Amazing video! I found it so informative! Thank you 💛

thank you so much for this video, i really appreciate all this incredible information and these stories brought together

Great video I don’t know much about this subject so thanks for the primer

So glad I found this. Solidarity, comrade.

@bl1tz533

3 жыл бұрын

Hey wait didnt i see you before

This is a fantastic essay. thank you for making it

I hadn't heard of any of these BARs! Thank you for making this!

This is beyond excellent. I learned so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

supper fire video bro, i Hella appreciate it fam. I've never seen any video or even weightings with such a comprehensive break down of black anarchism.

Wow, this was awesome to watch and so inspirational! Now I want to read all the works recommended - and I just might :)

This was brilliant, thank you. Very enlightening for me.

Thanks for this great video

Amazing bro keep the heat

Just wanted to start off by saying yes, you pronounced Xhosa correctly. The fact that you put in the effort means a lot. Thank you! I personally think that the reason why South Africa in particular doesn't have a more robust anarchist movement is, firstly because most of us don't even know that it exists. I only discovered it this year. Many of the diasporic Africans you spoke of embraced anarchism because they were able to read books pertaining to anarchist thought, ideology etc. In a country where white hegemony continues to permeate all aspects of our society, coupled with the tyrannical black elite, allowing people to access this kind of literature is not ideal and is continuously thwarted. Lack of knowledge is a HUGE factor. As a black South African myself, I've noticed that a lot of (in particular poor) black South Africans actually self-identify as anarchist - they just don't know how to verbalize this and start a movement. Another huge factor is probably the fact that black people only became enfranchised 27 years ago. For most of us (particularly those born during apartheid), voting meant freedom so it is hard to conceptualize not voting for a government at all! But back to your video - I loved it. I appreciate the fact that you mentioned black people all over the world in your discussion. Excellent, excellent, excellent!

@langboe450

2 жыл бұрын

What tribe is that supposed to be at the beginning? Zodwasi? I have never seen such people in Mzansi.

This was eye opening.such good takes

Excellent quality content, don’t ever stop ☺️ ❤️🙏🏿

Thank you for the resources, will be reading up on them. This stuff strengthens one's interest in the anarchist movement and provides much needed respite from the thought that one's alone as an anarchist. Bravo!

such an amazing video!

Brah, you're like me favorite KZread channel ever now