Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (* 1947 in Chattanooga, Tennessee ) is an African-American writer, activist and black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party . He has lived in Nashville , Tennessee since December 2006 .
Life
At the age of 12, Ervin joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , after his compulsory service in Vietnam, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panthers and took part in actions and demonstrations. He was wanted by the FBI in the US on suspicion of the attempted murder of a leader of the Ku Klux Klan and decided in early 1969 to avoid arrest by hijacking a plane to Cuba. There he was unhappy with the authoritarian political structure and racism and traveled to Czechoslovakia. There, too, he was opposed to the regime and he narrowly escaped arrest by the US secret service. After a short stay in the GDR, he was presumably detained there by West German and American agents and extradited to the United States after being abducted to the West. A court case awaited him here, which ended with life imprisonment. As a result of an international solidarity campaign, Ervin was released after 14 years in prison. Since the anarchist Black Cross in particular had been committed to him and he had earlier difficulties with the authoritarian leadership of the Black Panthers, he described himself as one of the first Anarchists of Color .
Think
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin advocates an independent anarchist organization of the Anarchists of Color , which includes all non-whites such as indigenous people, people of African and Asian origin. He criticized the dominance of the white middle class kids in the anarchist movement of the United States and finds the usual in society at white supremacy in the sense of white supremacy before. He believes that those affected by racism in the USA have to organize themselves and fight their own struggles. He continues to support the idea of alliance with anti-racist and other groups, writes articles in the regular anarchist magazines and does not support segregative efforts.
Works
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin was best known in 1979 for his booklet Anarchism and the Black Revolution .
Web links
- Essays by Lorenzo Komboa Ervin at Libcom.org
- Black Anarchism Reader on the Black Rose Anarchist Federation website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ervin, Lorenzo Kom'boa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | African American writer, activist, and black anarchist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chattanooga, Tennessee |