Immediatism has recently added a number of recordings of writings by Black authors. The first is autobiographical whilst the second starts out biographical then segues to analyses of the laws and institutions that controlled Black people after the end of slavery. The third, No Selves to Abolish, presents afropessimism; "[I]t is not simply at odds with, but is in fact hostile to identity and privilege politics -- whether Black or non-Black" (from the intro on TheAnarchistLibrary.org). The fourth, Anarcho-Blackness makes the point that there are many anarchist factors and aspects at work presently in Black communities and asks the question: If Blackness is anarchic, do Black individuals necessarily need to identify as anarchists? Fifth is Flower Bomb's piece which analyzes The Future as a kind of control limiting us in the present.
The last text is a special case of a decidedly non-anarchist piece, which is used as an example of an identity text which is not Maoist in a discussion of how to try and spot Maoist texts when one encounters them.
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A Black Critique of Civilization, by Samuel B.
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/780-a-black-critique-of-civili…
The Anarchy of Colored Girls Assembled In a Riotous Manner, by Saidiya Hartman
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/781-anarchy-of-colored-girls-a…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/782-anarchy-of-colored-girls-2…
Part 3
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/783-anarchy-of-colored-girls-3…
No Selves to Abolish: Afropessimism, Anti-Politics, and the End of the World, by K. Aarons
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/784-no-selves-to-abolish-1-afr…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/785-no-selves-to-abolish-2-afr…
Anarcho-Blackness, by Marquis Bey
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/786-anarcho-blackness-by-marqu…
No Hope, No Future: Let the Adventures Begin! by Flower Bomb
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/787-no-hope-no-future-let-the-…
Ten Point Program, by the Black Panthers
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/788-ten-point-program-by-black…
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