The Black Panthers are one of the most pivotal organisations in the histories of radicalism and anti-racism in the United States, and their ideas have had an enormous impact on activists who have come after them. Far less famous, but by no means less significant, was the Black Panther Movement in Britain. Active in the late 60s and early 70s, its history touches on the fight within the anti-racist movement in Britain between its liberal and radical wings, and the internationalisation of struggles against colonialism, neo-colonialism and the Vietnam War.
CRaB research student Carlus Hudson recently gave a talk on this to the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh. Focusing on the Black Panthers based in London, this talk covered the movement’s history and the development of its internal culture and organisational models. The talk examined the Black Panthers from the perspective of intersectional anarchism, and discussed its shortcomings in terms of gender, class, and political hierarchy.
Notes from this talk can be accessed on LibCom.