Intercommunalism Panel
Channel: Solidarity Research Center
Date: 2024-02-15

Intercommunalism is the theory developed by political philosopher and Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in his attempt to analyze the historical conjuncture in 1970, as well as formulate a strategy for the Panther Party. He proposed that global capital superseded the authority of the nation-state. The world was a collection of communities under the spell of empire. The role of the revolutionary was not to gain national sovereignty, but to liberate territories within empire. And, to build cooperative networks with other liberated zones. Three days before Newton's 82nd birthday, we will explore historical and contemporary applications of his theory and its relevance for today.

Panelists:
ERICKA HUGGINS, Black Panther Party member
JAMES TRACY, Author of Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power with Amy Sonnie
KAMAU FRANKLIN, Community Movement Builders

Facilitator:
KAZEMBE BALAGUN, Intercommunalism Research Fellow at Solidarity Research Center

Interpreter:
COMMUNITY LANGUAGE COOPERATIVE will offer Spanish and American Sign Language interpretation.

Municipalism Learning Series is a project of Solidarity Research Center, a worker self-nonprofit organization that builds solidarity economy ecosystems through data science, story-based strategy, and action research. Our goals are to introduce radical municipalism to a broad audience in North America, and to connect municipalist organizers across places. We offer public panels introducing the theory and practice of radical municipalism. And, we launched a 12-week cohort fellowship last year, which brought together municipalist practitioners to develop strategy plans to win power in their place.