Counter Cultures

Authors

  • Ashanti Alston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.26.2771

Abstract

This article examines the development of countercultures from the Black Panther movement in the 1960s to the present day.

Author Biography

  • Ashanti Alston

    Revolutionary, speaker, writer, organizer, motivator. Ashanti is one of the few former members of the Black Panther Party who identifies as an anarchist in the tradition of New Afrikan ancestor Kwesi Balagoon (BPP & BLA) within the Black Liberation Movement. As a result of his membership in both the BPP and Black Liberation Army (BLA), he served a total of 14 years as a political prisoner and prisoner-of-war. He is currently on the Steering Committee of the National Jericho Movement to free U.S. political prisoners. On top of all that, he is an Elder-co-parenting two youngins’ (5 & 2!) and a grandfather of a small “maroon nation.” Ashanti resides in Providence, Rhode Island. 

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Published

18-Jun-2018

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Guest Contributions

How to Cite

“Counter Cultures”. 2018. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 26 (June). https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.26.2771.