Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Posted on 27 July 2018 by Angela Y. Davis

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world renowned activist and scholar Angela Y Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.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. Download Freedom Is a Constant Struggle By Angela Y. Davis – kino-fada.fr I need to talk about this oneeither on my channel or on my blog or both but in the mean time everyone else should read it The discussion on my channel so farFreedom is stillexpansive than civil rights I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about what was excluded from my education Why are some voices or contributions left out Is it simply a factor of a formula that there are only so many hours in a day, so many days in Black History month, or could there be other philosophies in play Why do we only teach about civil disobedience that is peaceful and within a Christian framework So Martin Luther King Jr., yes Malcolm X and Angela D Freedom is stillexpansive than civil rights I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about what was excluded from my education Why are some voices or contributions left out Is it simply a factor of a formula that there are only so many hours in a day, so many days in Black History month, or could there be other philosophies in play Why do we only teach about civil disobedience that is peaceful and within a Christian framework So Martin Luther King Jr., yes Malcolm X and Angela Davis, no Is it that she s a woman A Communist I make no accusations I do think it is interesting to think about I finally heard Davis s name in Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching and decided to readDavis has been a radical activist for decades She goes back to Black Panther Party days, although she did not stay a member for long, choosing the Communist party over the BPP when faced with the directive to choose She still worked closely with the social justice mission of th...Every time I read Angela Davis, I am impressed with the way she can explain complex, difficult things with such ease half the time I find myself saying yes that s exactly what I ve been waiting for someone to put like that and the other half the time I m having m...I ve been trying to get into the book club scene locally and possibly failing but this was the pick of the month I ve always to readby Angela Davis This book of interviews and essays clearly distills many complex current issues, highlighting how local struggles are also global ones Racism, capitalism, and the prison industrial complex are all explored in depth I d definitely recommend this to anyone wanting a big picture look at social issues Jessica Yangfrom The Best Books We Read I ve been trying to get into the book club scene locally and possibly failing but this was the pick of the month I ve always to readby Angela Davis This book of interviews and essays clearly distills many complex current i...I urge everyone to read this Inform yourself about Palestine, the Prison industrial complex, abolition movements, Black freedom struggles, and many other interconnected struggles This book consists of...Find this and other Reviews at In Tori LexThis was a informative and hopeful read, that I happily relished I haven t read any other books by Angela Davis, but this has inspired me to read and learnabout her world view The first three chapters are interviews with Angela Davis in regards to her views on how we can continue to advance social movements in a effective way The next seven chapters are speeches that Angela Davis has given around the world All of the topics that Angela discuss Find this and other Reviews at In Tori LexThis was a informative and hopeful read, that I happily relished I haven t read any other books by Angela Davis, but this has inspired me to read and learnabout her world view The first three chapters are interviews with Angela Davis in regards to her views on how we can continue to advance social movements in a effective way The next seven chapters are speeches that Angela Davis h...The speeches and the interviews in this book left their mark, but they would have been evenpowerful had they includedcontext The book s format presents these pieces with little annotation and background, and few explanations of the issues presented Adding Selected Works to the title might have helped, signifying thatreading or background on the subjects may be necessary Davis is a brilliant speaker and a passionate voice Hearing her read her own words in this audiobook The speeches and the interviews in this book left their mark, but they would have been evenpowerful had they includedcontext The book s format presents these pieces with little annotation and background, and few explanations of the issues...I would have given this book a five stars but the second half of the book pulls from different speeches Angela Davis has given over the past couple of years Some of the speeches became repetitive While what she was saying needed to be repeated I felt those pages could ...Extremely relevant collection of speeches and interviews I need to get my hands onof her writing asap.It totally wasn t anything like I was expecting it to be so I enjoyed it less but that s completely my fault I thought it was gunna be like a nice lil book about the freedom movements all around the world but it is in fact not it s a collection of essays and interviews and speeches by Angela Davis still about the freedom movements tho The book stops being informative in like the first half after that...

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27 July 2018

Angela Y. Davis