It seems we say something like this every announcing season, but the BLM-related themes of this book are ever more relevant. With the uprising that followed the police murder of George Floyd, we saw a ratcheting up of demands and actions as compared to previous protests. The idea of abolishing the police hit the mainstream and demonstrations/riots were tinged with a sense of frustration and an unwillingness to compromise.
That is precisely the argument and tone of this book. It was written before the recent BLM protests (and has been rewritten since), but it could have been written from within them. It's a book of anger and frustration, more measured than a riot but no less forceful. Like many of us, Anderson is tired of waiting, tired of seeing his brothers and sisters murdered as the world careens toward an environmental disaster that will be a living hell for poor Black and Brown people here and around the world.
His message in the book is simple: No more. It is a call to action that understands that the struggle is no longer for "rights" but for basic survival. This world has been content to see Black people imprisoned and killed in huge numbers. There's little reason to expect that to change. The Nation on No Map imagines a political strategy that starts from that point.
Since his last book, William has become a go-to source for outlets looking for experts on Black liberation, anarchism, and the connections between the two. He has appeared on NPR's 1A and been a source in articles in the Washington Post and elsewhere.
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