Lorenzo Kom\'boa Ervin is an American writer, activist and Black anarchist.
Released after 15 years, Ervin remains politically active..
He was introduced to Anarchism whilst in prison, inspiring him to write Anarchism and the Black Revolution in 1979.
Captured by the CIA in Eastern Europe, he was extradited to the US, put on trial and sentenced to life in prison in 1970.
While in Cuba, and later Czechoslovakia, Ervin grew disillusioned with the authoritarianism of state socialism.
Following an attempt to frame him on weapons charges and for threatening the life of a Ku Klux Klan leader, Ervin hijacked a plane to Cuba in February 1969.
He is a former member of SNCC, the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice.
Lorenzo Kom\'boa Ervin is an American writer, activist and Black anarchist
