For Episode 67, we spoke with activist and writer William C. Anderson about racism, electoral politics, DEI backlash, anarchism's relation to socialism, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin, and the Black radical tradition. William C. Anderson is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has appeared in The Guardian, MTV, British Journal of Photography, Logic(s) Magazine, and Prism, where he’s a monthly columnist. He is the author of The Nation on No Map (AK Press 2021) and co-author of As Black as Resistance (AK Press 2018). He’s also the co-founder of Offshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of the Black Autonomy Podcast. His writings have been included in the anthologies, Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? (Haymarket 2016) and No Selves to Defend (Mariame Kaba 2014). Links: https://bsky.app/profile/williamcson.bsky.social https://williamcanderson.info/ https://offshootjournal.org/ https://blackautonomy.libsyn.com/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:09:29 Distinctly Black Anarchism 00:19:21 Political Education 00:25:24 Representation 00:37:02 The Lead-up to Fascism 00:42:49 Ethnonationalism 00:49:42 Online Leftist Posturing 00:56:37 Marx's Influence 01:08:31 Meet the Ervins 01:14:39 Lightning Round Plus 01:35:56 Media Recommendations 01:39:01 Outro Thanks for listening! Please like, comment, subscribe, and share! --- If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow Non Serviam Media Collective on: Bluesky bsky.app/profile/nonserviammedia.bsky.social Mastodon kolektiva.social/@nonserviammedia As well as Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and X/Twitter. Connect with Lucy Steigerwald via: mastodon.social/@LucyStag bsky.app/profile/lucystag.bsky.social x.com/LucyStag lucysteigerwald.substack.com/