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A soldier's story : revolutionary writings by a new Afrikan anarchist / Kuwasi Balagoon ; edited by Matt Meyer, Karl Kersplebedeb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balagoon, Kuwasi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political prisoners--United States.
- Political prisoners.
- United States.
- Black Panther Party.
- Balagoon, Kuwasi, 1946-1986.
- Balagoon, Kuwasi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec ; Oakland, California : Kerplebedeb : PM Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Balagoon was a participant in the Black Liberation struggle from the 1960s until his death in prison in 1986. A member of the Black Panther Party and defendant in the infamous Panther 21 case, Balagoon went underground with the Black Liberation Army (BLA). He was unusual for his time in that he combined anarchism with Black nationalism, broke the rules of sexual and political conformity, took up arms against the white supremacist State -- all the while never shying away from critiquing the movement's weaknesses. The first part of this book consists of contributions by those who knew or were touched by Balagoon; the second consists of court statements and essays by Balagoon himself, including several documents which have never been published before. The third section consists of excerpts from letters Balagoon wrote while in prison. A final section includes a historical essay by Akinyele Umoja and an extensive intergenerational roundtable discussion of the significance of Balagoon's life and thoughts today. --From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Part one. Kuwasi in the twenty-first century. Maroon: Kuwasi Balagoon and the evolution of revolutionary New Afrikan anarchism / Akinyele Umoja
- ( From Donald Weems to Kuwasi Balagoon: the development of a revolutionary
- Revolutionary nationalism: Balagoon and the New York Black Panther Party
- Repression and BPP internal contradictions: catalyst towards antiauthoritarianism
- From Black Panther Party to Black Liberation Army
- New Afrikan anarchism
- A New Afrikan freedom fighter: Balagoon and the Revolutionary Armed Task Force
- A New Afrikan anarchist prisoner of war
- Legacy)
- 3 Haiku that barely suggest the sparkle of Kuwasi Balagoon / David Gilbert
- Kuwasi: a virtual roundtable of love and reflection / Compiled and coordinated by Matt Meyer, with Joan P. Gibbs and Meg Starr, featuring Sekou Odinga, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Kim Kit Holder, Danielle Jasmine, Amilcar Shabazz, Ajamu Sankofa, David Gilbert, dequi kioni-sadiki, Kai Lumumba Barrow, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, and Ashanti Alston
- Black cats named Kuwasi / Kai Lumumba Barrow.
- Part two. Poetry. your honor
- with no questions
- secretary watts
- spring comes
- big ben
- i remember
- life is rough
- the klan marched
- mother of pearl sky
- rain
- some solo piano or guitar
- filtered through the roof
- we've got to
- when the world is stale
- lock step
- refused
- rockland.
- Part three. Kuwasi speaks. In the other army
- Statement at preliminary hearing
- Brink's Trial opening statement
- Brink's Trial closing statement
- Brink's Trial sentencing statement
- Destroy all traitors
- Statement to New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day
- Anarchy can't fight alone
- The continuing appeal of anti-imperialism
- Why isn't the whole world dancin'?
- A letter to Overthrow newspaper.
- Part four. Letters from Prison. The trial
- The left
- Revolution
- Anti-imperialism, nationhood, and national liberation Anarchism
- The enemy
- Prison life.
- Part five. Kuwasi remembered. In memory of Kuwasi Balagoon, New Afrikan freedom fighter / David Gilbert
- New Afrikan People's Organization memorial statement
- Statement by prisoners at Auburn
- A eulogy / Sundiata Acoli
- Born on Sunday / David Gilbert
- In memory of Kuwasi Balagoon / Marilyn Buck
- Some reflections on an unpublished poem / Meg Starr
- An unpublished poem / Kuwasi Balagoon.
- Part six. Found and shared. Where do we go from here?
- ( General state of things: Perceptions: experiencing and building an experience rather than allowing the media to describe our lives ; A revolutionary agenda ; Organizing: collectivizing and revolutionizing our lives
- Why the collective first?: small is possible
- The collective: guidelines, meeting, rules, agendas, discipline ...
- Resources: people, time, unused space ...
- Building and aiding the building of other collectives: suggesting lines along food, clothing, and shelter ...
- A word on collective business
- Organizing block associations and people's militias ...
- Mass public moves: party building
- Preparation for armed struggle
- The socialization and consolidation of the Left
- Mass media)
- On traitors
- ( Character
- Rison: Ego ; Projections ; Signs of contempt ; Security violations
- Brown
- Thomas: Contempt)
- The vocations of warrior and soldier
- ( Agents
- Particularities or give aways)
- Kuwasi Balagoon exercise book.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62963-465-4
- 1-62963-499-9
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