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- Kuwasi Balagoon (December 22, 1946 – December 13, 1986), born Donald Weems, was an American political activist, anarchist and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. Radicalised by race riots in his home state of Maryland growing up, as well as by his experiences while serving in the US Army, Weems became the black nationalist known as Kuwasi Balagoon in New York City in the late 1960s. First becoming involved in local Afrocentric organisations in Harlem, Balagoon would move on to become involved in the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party, which quickly saw him charged and arrested for criminal behaviour. Balagoon was initially part of the Panther 21 case, in which 21 panthers were accused of planning to bomb several locations in New York City, but although the Panther 21 were later acquitted, Balagoon's case was separated off and he was convicted of a New Jersey bank robbery. While serving his sentence, Balagoon became disillusioned with the Black Panther Party and drifted into the more radical Black Liberation Army while also ideologically embracing Black anarchism. During the 1970s Balagoon would escape prison twice, and during his second period on the run, would be involved in breaking Assata Shakur out of prison in 1979. In 1981 Balagoon was amongst the several BLA, May 19 Communist Organization and Weather Underground members involved in the 1981 Brink's robbery, which resulted in the deaths of two police officers and one security guard. Following his capture in 1982, Balagoon would be tried and sentenced to life for his involvement. While in prison, Balagoon died of pneumocystis pneumonia brought about by AIDS on 13 December 1986. He was 39 years old. (en)
- Kuwasi Balagoon, né Donald Weems, (22 décembre 1946 - 13 décembre 1986) est un membre du Black Panther Party, puis de la Black Liberation Army, qui évolua vers l'anarchisme. (fr)
- Kuwasi Balagoon, nato Donald Weems (22 dicembre 1946 – 13 dicembre 1986) è stato un anarchico, attivista, criminale e membro delle Pantere Nere e della Black Liberation Army statunitense. È stato condannato all'ergastolo nel 1982 in seguito alla sua partecipazione ad una rapina nel 1981, che causò la morte di due agenti di polizia e un agente di sicurezza della banca rapinata. (it)
- Kuwasi Balagoon (22 de dezembro de 1946-13 dezembro de 1986), nascido Donald Weems, foi um anarquista New Afrikan abertamente bissexual e membro do Partido dos Panteras Negras e Exército de Libertação Negra. Ele foi condenado à prisão perpétua em 1982 após sua participação no roubo de Brink em 1981, que deixou dois policiais e um oficial de segurança mortos. (pt)
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- Kuwasi Balagoon, né Donald Weems, (22 décembre 1946 - 13 décembre 1986) est un membre du Black Panther Party, puis de la Black Liberation Army, qui évolua vers l'anarchisme. (fr)
- Kuwasi Balagoon, nato Donald Weems (22 dicembre 1946 – 13 dicembre 1986) è stato un anarchico, attivista, criminale e membro delle Pantere Nere e della Black Liberation Army statunitense. È stato condannato all'ergastolo nel 1982 in seguito alla sua partecipazione ad una rapina nel 1981, che causò la morte di due agenti di polizia e un agente di sicurezza della banca rapinata. (it)
- Kuwasi Balagoon (22 de dezembro de 1946-13 dezembro de 1986), nascido Donald Weems, foi um anarquista New Afrikan abertamente bissexual e membro do Partido dos Panteras Negras e Exército de Libertação Negra. Ele foi condenado à prisão perpétua em 1982 após sua participação no roubo de Brink em 1981, que deixou dois policiais e um oficial de segurança mortos. (pt)
- Kuwasi Balagoon (December 22, 1946 – December 13, 1986), born Donald Weems, was an American political activist, anarchist and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. Radicalised by race riots in his home state of Maryland growing up, as well as by his experiences while serving in the US Army, Weems became the black nationalist known as Kuwasi Balagoon in New York City in the late 1960s. First becoming involved in local Afrocentric organisations in Harlem, Balagoon would move on to become involved in the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party, which quickly saw him charged and arrested for criminal behaviour. Balagoon was initially part of the Panther 21 case, in which 21 panthers were accused of planning to bomb several locations in New York City, but although the (en)
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