# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashanti-omowali-alston
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:12:06.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashanti-omowali-alston"
name: "Ashanti Omowali Alston"
slug: "ashanti-omowali-alston"
description: "Ashanti Omowali Alston is an anarchist activist, speaker, and writer, and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. From 1974 to 1985, he spent time in prison for bank robbery, which caused him to become further engaged in politics. He is currently on the Steering Committee of the Jericho Movement to free U.S. political prisoners. Alston resides in Providence, Rhode Island."
tagline: "American anarchist activist (1954-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashantialston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             9.25233644859813
  historical:           6.151477333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Ashanti_Alston"
    handle:    "Ashanti_Alston"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.anarchistpanther.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Alston"
    title: "Ashanti Alston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3395089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump