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born 1947 United States

Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (born 30 March, 1947) is an American writer, activist, and black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice.

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No people are truly free until they can determine their own destiny.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Any and all dictatorship is bad, it has no deeming social features.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchists trust the best instincts of the people, and human nature dictates that where there is repression there will be resistance; where there is slavery, there will a struggle against it.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

True freedom is to have full self-determination about one’s social economic and cultural development.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchism is the most democratic, effective, and radical way to obtain our freedom.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

The government will not free us, and is part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

The victims of racism know best how to fight back against it.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Many times leaders have one agenda, followers have another.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Whether in the United States, China or Russia. Anarchists believe in direct democracy by the people as the only kind of freedom and self-rule.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Dope is death! We must fight dope addiction by any means necessary! Do all you can to help your people in the anti-dope war!

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchists recognize the Commune as the primary organ of the new society, and as an alternative to the old society.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

As long as there are nation-states, there will be war, tension and national enmity.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Autonomy means that the movement must be truly independent and a free association of all those united around common goals, rather than membership as the result of some oath or other pressure.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

"Power to the people" does not mean a government or political party to rule in their name, but social and political power in the hands of the people themselves.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Building consciousness and revolutionary culture means taking on realistic day-to-day issues, like hunger, the need for clothing and housing, joblessness, transportation and other issues.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchists are social revolutionaries, who seek a stateless, classless, voluntary, cooperative federation of decentralized communes-based upon social ownership, individual liberty and autonomous self-management of social and economic life.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

All over the world, Black people are being oppressed by their national governments. Some are colonial subjects in European countries, and one or another of the African States exploits some. Only a Social revolution will lead to Black unity and freedom.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

The institution of Capitalist property, moreover, permits a minority of the population to control and to regulate access to, and the use of all socially produced wealth and natural resources. You have to pay for the land, water, and the fresh air to some giant utility company or real estate firm.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

Anarchists look to a world and a society in which real decision-making involves everyone who lives in it — a mass commune — not a few discipline freaks pulling the strings in a so-called “proletarian dictatorship.” Any and all dictatorship is bad, it has no deeming social features.

Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.