Black Autonomy Podcast

Black Autonomy Podcast

Black Autonomy Federation

Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 32m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (73)
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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Semi-Annually
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Episodic
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blackautonomy.libsyn.com

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About This 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-Ervin and Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, two veteran organizers, former Black Panther Party members and co-founders of the Black Autonomy Federation. The show is produced by a collaboration between writer William C. Anderson (@williamcson) and the Black Autonomy Federation. JoNina Abron-Ervin is a former editor of The Black Panther newspaper, author of Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, and a co-founder of the Black Autonomy Federation. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is the author of Anarchism and the Black Revolution, a co-founder of the Black Autonomy Federation, and a former member of the Black Panther Party. (Artwork by Theo Thirdaye [@Thirdayetheory]. Introduction music is an instrumental version of "Song 33" by Noname.)

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S2E7 Rejecting Black Fascism, Nativism, and Right-Wing Movements

Sep 24, 2025 44m

Lorenzo and JoNina offer a scathing criticism of today's Black nativist and reparations-based movements. In this episode, they unpack the reactionary politics and limitations of Black US nationalist…

S2E6 Driven by the Movement: Exploring JoNina Abron-Ervin's Three Decade Project

Aug 22, 2025 41m

Co-host Lorenzo Komboa Ervin interviews JoNina Abron-Ervin about her new book Driven by the Movement, which collects the stories of twenty rank-and-file people in the Black liberation struggle…

S2E5 Rebuilding the City From the Bottom Up (Part II)

May 12, 2025 20m

Listen to Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin speak with the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the nation's few independent architecture schools. They discuss…

S2E4 Rebuilding the City From the Bottom Up (Part I)

Mar 22, 2025 32m

Listen to Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin speak with the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the nation's few independent architecture schools. They discuss…

S2E3 Students, Fight for Your Right To Protest!

Jun 20, 2024 31m

On this episode, Lorenzo and JoNina reflect on the student protests in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As veterans of many struggles prior, including the student and anti-war protests of…

S2E2 Live From Detroit: Black Anarchist Legacies Part 2

Dec 28, 2023 1h 15m

This episode was recorded live from the Institute for Social Ecology's 2023 Summer Intensive Course in Detroit. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNina Abron-Ervin, and Modibo Kadalie reflect on their personal…

S2E1 Live From Detroit: Black Anarchist Legacies Part I

Sep 25, 2023 1h 21m

This episode was recorded live from the Institute for Social Ecology's 2023 Summer Intensive Course in Detroit. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNina Abron-Ervin, and Modibo Kadalie reflect on their personal…

S1E11 Rent Is Theft! Housing Is Our Right!

Sep 26, 2022 29m

In this episode Lorenzo and JoNina discuss how US capitalism oppresses us through the housing crisis. They reflect on what's rent and housing mean in the context on the broader society and reflect on…

Prison Abolition and Struggle Against Mass Imprisonment.

May 09, 2022 31m

This episode is about the Black anarchist struggle against prisons and state slavery. Lorenzo and JoNina discuss the relevance of overturning the entirety of the state apparatus in the struggle for…

S1E9 Love and Struggle

Feb 14, 2022 34m

This special Valentine's Day episode is about Lorenzo and JoNina's relationship. Listen as they recount the story of their encounter and discuss how they relate to one another as partners, thinkers,…

S1E8 JoNina Speaks!

Jan 19, 2022 29m

This episode covers the life of co-host JoNina Ervin. As an author and veteran activist, JoNina Ervin offers important insights from her life in an interview with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. ​​She was a…

Black Anarchism Across the Generations

Dec 16, 2021 40m

In October 2021, Pluto published the definitive edition of Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. The book first connected Black radical thought to anarchist theory in 1979, and…

S1E6 Medical Racism, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Radical Organizing

Oct 19, 2021 39m

This episode discusses the legacy of medical neglect and institutional racism in healthcare. Lorenzo and JoNina talk about how Black people have legitimate skepticism and distrust when it comes to…

Crisis Capitalism and the Survival Economy

May 10, 2021 28m

This episode discusses how movements can connect mutual aid efforts and survival programs to build a survival economy. Lorenzo and JoNina's discussion places emphasis on the need to move beyond being…

Black Anti-Fascism and Armed Self-Defense

Mar 15, 2021 32m

This episode discusses some of the Black civil rights protests and anti-klan movements that practiced armed self-defense. Certain groups were linked to the NAACP and defended protesters at Southern…

S1E3 Building a Poor People's Survival Movement

Feb 17, 2021 32m

This episode of Black Autonomy discusses building a poor people's survival movement to mobilize masses of working-class and poor people around immediate needs while advancing towards revolution. …

S1E2 Dual Power: A Simple Explanation

Jan 27, 2021 29m

Dual power can be explained as the building of a transitional program for political, social, and economic transformation. By creating survival programs to oppose state power we can develop a new type…

S1E1 Vote For Me, I'll Set You Free: Black Politics and Elections

Jan 08, 2021 28m

In this premiere episode of Black Autonomy Podcast, JoNina and Lorenzo introduce the podcast and discuss elections, the Democratic Party, and political power in Black politics while proposing direct…

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