Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
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Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine.
Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle."
Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
One of America's most provocative public intellectuals, Dr. Cornel West has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his "ferocious moral vision." His many books include Race Matters, Democracy Matters, and his autobiography, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud.
Frank Barat is a human rights activist and author. He was the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and is now the president of the Palestine Legal Action Network. His books include Gaza in Crisis and Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation.
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Thought provoking, impactful, intellectual. For the content of these excerpts: 5/5! The individual speeches/interviews repeat a few passages over and over, which you may find useless, but for one, those important points needed to be made on multiple occasions, so two collecting those occasions in a book leads to repetition, but three the repetition actually helped me understand better. In terms of the audio book I thoroughly enjoyed being read to by Angela Davis herself, it’s almost like hearing her talk in person. I just wish the questions by interviewers would’ve been read by someone other than her, because at times I found it hard to distinguish who’s line is being read. Can recommend reading all of these individually as well as in this book format.
The book is the collection of interviews, essays and speeches given by Angela Y. Davis in and around 2014. As the title already states, Davis is discussing how people have been struggling for their freedom in a very wide range (emancipation, civil rights movement, feminism, marriage equality) and she consistently connects the dots between these movements in order to explain how similar mechanism are at play no matter were you are in the world and that we can all learn from each other.
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Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine.
Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle."
Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
One of America's most provocative public intellectuals, Dr. Cornel West has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his "ferocious moral vision." His many books include Race Matters, Democracy Matters, and his autobiography, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud.
Frank Barat is a human rights activist and author. He was the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and is now the president of the Palestine Legal Action Network. His books include Gaza in Crisis and Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation.
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Posts
Thought provoking, impactful, intellectual. For the content of these excerpts: 5/5! The individual speeches/interviews repeat a few passages over and over, which you may find useless, but for one, those important points needed to be made on multiple occasions, so two collecting those occasions in a book leads to repetition, but three the repetition actually helped me understand better. In terms of the audio book I thoroughly enjoyed being read to by Angela Davis herself, it’s almost like hearing her talk in person. I just wish the questions by interviewers would’ve been read by someone other than her, because at times I found it hard to distinguish who’s line is being read. Can recommend reading all of these individually as well as in this book format.
The book is the collection of interviews, essays and speeches given by Angela Y. Davis in and around 2014. As the title already states, Davis is discussing how people have been struggling for their freedom in a very wide range (emancipation, civil rights movement, feminism, marriage equality) and she consistently connects the dots between these movements in order to explain how similar mechanism are at play no matter were you are in the world and that we can all learn from each other.