Kuwasi Balagoon
New Afrikan Anarchist Revolutionary
December 22, 1946 – December 13, 1986
"Without freedom, there isn't any big deal in living
since to accept fascism is to forfeit life."
Kuwasi Balagoon was a defendant in the Panther 21 case in the
late sixties, and a member of the Black Liberation Army. Captured and
convicted of various crimes against the State, he spent much of the
1970s in prison, escaping twice. After each escape, he went underground
and resumed BLA activity. He was captured in December 1981, charged
with participating in an armoured truck expropriation in West Nyack,
New York, on October 21 of that year, an action in which two police
officers and a money courier were killed. Convicted and sentenced to
life imprisonment, he died of pneumocystis carninii pneumonia, an
AIDS-related illness, on December 13, 1986.
Recently, however, a collection of his writings have been published in book form, alongside words from people who knew him. Entitled Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story, this book goes a long way towards filling the vacuum of information concerning this incredible individual. I am continuing to provide some of Balagoon's writings online, but i strongly recommend that people interested in revolutionary politics in North America order the booklet itself, available from leftwingbooks.net
Writings By Kuwasi Balagoon
Anarchy can't fight alone
Brink's Trial Closing Statement
The Continuing Appeal of
Anti-Imperialism
Your Honor (poetry)
Writings About Kuwasi Balagoon
Ashanti Omowali on Kuwasi BalagoonKazembe Balagun: Kuwasi at 60
"In Memory of Kuwasi Balagoon" by Marilyn Buck
"Remember the Fallen" by Judy Clark