Freedom Is a Constant Struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

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Through a series of speeches and interviews conducted by human rights activist and coordinator of the Russell Tribune On Palestine, Frank Barat, the most thought-provoking sentiments and ideas from Angela Davis have been captured in the most captivating of ways. I don't want to create conditions for improving people's lives- we shouldn't condition help on liberal values. All of the topics that Angela discuss challenge us to find the intersections of struggle that exist around the world, and broaden our thinking of how social movement works. He was the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and is now the president of the Palestine Legal Action Network.

In particular, where I believe the strength of the book really lies is in its ability to articulate the very complex nuances and antagonisms that exist in our world; it provided me with a better perspective on issues that feminist scholars have been discussing and theorising and has led me to apply them to the material world. I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, but I also think she has helped me think harder and change my mind about many important topics related to justice and freedom. Having first published this in 2015, her central thesis that only robust social movements effect meaningful change comes across as especially prescient. stars and I'll round down because I'm tired of Americans assuming their own racial troubles reflect internationally. in a society that continually pushes individualism, angela davis’ “freedom is a constant struggle” is an important reminder of the transnational struggle for freedom.While what she was saying needed to be repeated I felt those pages could have been better served diving deeper into the history of certain Palestinian or Turkish political prisoners instead of glossing over names.

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.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 antiapartheid movement. A nice collection of essays, lectures, speeches and interviews in which Angela Davis challenges us to think harder, to reason more, and to question the status quo. Some salient takeaways I walked away with included: the drawbacks of individualism and the strength of collective movements for social justice, the necessity of taking a global perspective on issues of equity and justice, and how we can opt into oppressive systems even if we hold marginalized identities (e. It seems like an attempt to globalize an internal American issue, as if talking about a conflict across the ocean somehow adds validity to your own struggles. It's dangerous to forget that people were the driving force behind the civil rights movement in the United States, including many black women.

To open up the discursive terrain, Angela Davis develops a vocabulary that permits her audience to have insightful conversations about social issues. Other cookies are used for Advertisement and Analytics (Sharing on social networks, video playing, analysis and statistics, personalized advertising . Israel has also helped US in military training and security, so she emphasizes on how the forced apartheid is a global issue that we all need to identify with. By this time everybody who may have been hoping that Obama was the messiah realized that he was simply the president of the United States of America. Revolutionary optimism is imperative to liberation struggles and I believe that this book speaks to that optimism and hope.Angela Davis new book made me think of what Dear Nelson Mandela kept reminding us, that we must be willing to embrace that long walk to freedom.

The weapons used in Palestine are also exported to America to manage and brutalise largely working-class and minoritised communities. Most interestingly she talks about Palestine and expresses solidarity with Palestinians' struggle for liberation.She is the author of many books, including Women, Race and Class and Freedom Is a Constant Struggle. I appreciated how straight forward she is throughout: the audience/listeners/readers are assumed to have sufficient knowledge and be sufficiently engaged in the struggle to need no coddling. This book of interviews and essays clearly distills many complex current issues, highlighting how local struggles are also global ones.