Rejecting Black Fascism, Nativism, and Right-Wing Movements
Lorenzo and JoNina offer a scathing criticism of today's Black nativist and reparations-based movements. In this episode, they unpack the re...
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Black Autonomy Podcast
The Black Autonomy Podcast is a series of discussions on anarchism and the relevance of its revolutionary ideals to the ongoing Black Liberation Movement. The show is hosted by JoNina Abron-...
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18 episodes
Driven by the Movement: Exploring JoNina Abron-Ervin's Three Decade Project
Co-host Lorenzo Komboa Ervin interviews JoNina Abron-Ervin about her new book Driven by the Movement, which collects the stories of twenty r...
Rebuilding the City From the Bottom Up (Part II)
Listen to Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin speak with the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the na...
Rebuilding the City From the Bottom Up (Part I)
Listen to Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin speak with the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the na...
Students, Fight for Your Right To Protest!
On this episode, Lorenzo and JoNina reflect on the student protests in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As veterans of many struggl...
Live From Detroit: Black Anarchist Legacies Part 2
This episode was recorded live from the Institute for Social Ecology's 2023 Summer Intensive Course in Detroit. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNin...
Live From Detroit: Black Anarchist Legacies Part I
This episode was recorded live from the Institute for Social Ecology's 2023 Summer Intensive Course in Detroit. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNin...
Rent Is Theft! Housing Is Our Right!
In this episode Lorenzo and JoNina discuss how US capitalism oppresses us through the housing crisis. They reflect on what's rent and housin...
Prison Abolition and Struggle Against Mass Imprisonment.
This episode is about the Black anarchist struggle against prisons and state slavery. Lorenzo and JoNina discuss the relevance of overturnin...
Love and Struggle
This special Valentine's Day episode is about Lorenzo and JoNina's relationship. Listen as they recount the story of their encounter and dis...
JoNina Speaks!
This episode covers the life of co-host JoNina Ervin. As an author and veteran activist, JoNina Ervin offers important insights from her lif...
Black Anarchism Across the Generations
In October 2021, Pluto published the definitive edition of Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. The book first conne...
Medical Racism, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Radical Organizing
This episode discusses the legacy of medical neglect and institutional racism in healthcare. Lorenzo and JoNina talk about how Black people...
Crisis Capitalism and the Survival Economy
This episode discusses how movements can connect mutual aid efforts and survival programs to build a survival economy. Lorenzo and JoNina's...
Black Anti-Fascism and Armed Self-Defense
This episode discusses some of the Black civil rights protests and anti-klan movements that practiced armed self-defense. Certain groups wer...
Building a Poor People's Survival Movement
This episode of Black Autonomy discusses building a poor people's survival movement to mobilize masses of working-class and poor people arou...
Dual Power: A Simple Explanation
Dual power can be explained as the building of a transitional program for political, social, and economic transformation. By creating surviv...
Vote For Me, I'll Set You Free: Black Politics and Elections
In this premiere episode of Black Autonomy Podcast, JoNina and Lorenzo introduce the podcast and discuss elections, the Democratic Party, an...