It began in defense of law enforcement despite the murder of several black men and women at the hands of police in recent years. Jolly Roger, is the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century. On December 10, 2022, Black Flag announced that they would be touring North America, in which they will be performing their second studio album, My War, in its entirety. The image was plastered on flyers all around Los Angeles and added to the police pressure on the band. Likely dating back to a 15th-century German proverb, it appeared in an 1870 pamphlet by a disciple of Auguste Blanqui and became the title of Blanqui's 1880 newspaper Ni Dieu ni maître [ fr] before it spread throughout the anarchist movement, [25] appearing in Kropotkin's 1885 Words of Rebel and an 1896 Bordeaux anarchist manifesto.

There were few opportunities for punk rock bands to perform in Southern California (Los Angeles club The Masque was the center of the L.Rollins reports that Black Flag's set-lists in this era rarely included older crowd favorites like "Six Pack" or "Nervous Breakdown", and that audiences were often irritated by the new, slower Black Flag. The symbol composed of the capital letter A surrounded by a circle is universally recognized as a symbol of anarchism [1] and has been established in global youth culture since the 1970s.

Mike Vallely, former professional skater took the microphone, while Joseph Noval and Isaias Gil provided the heft of a mighty rhythm section. Despite the initial resistance to the new music and quasi-psychedelic direction, My War would later be cited as a formative influence on the grunge, stoner and sludge metal genres.

The name Black Cat has been used for numerous anarchist-affiliated collectives and cooperatives, including a music venue in Austin (which was closed following a July 6, 2002 fire) and a now-defunct "collective kitchen" in the University District of Seattle. Initial Records released a Black Flag cover album in 2002 (re-released with additional tracks in 2006 by ReIgnition Recordings), Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag. Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island. They are not intended either as a substitute for professional advice or judgment or to provide legal or other advice with respect to particular circumstances.