Monday, February 22, 8 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop
A talk by Ashanti Alston, Former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member: Drawing on his own experience in a variety of struggles, Ashanti will speak about the relevance of black liberation, the Zapatistas, and anarchism to modern radical organizing in the US. Ashanti Alston is a former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, and was a political prisoner for over 12 years. Residing in New York, he is presently the national co-chair of the Jericho Amnesty Movement, and an active member of Estacion Libre, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and Critical Resistance. Ashanti publishes the zine “Anarchist Panther” and has spent time in Chiapas, Mexico, studying the autonomous structure of Zapatista communities.