Description
Book SynopsisIn these essays, interviews and speeches, Angela Y. Davis illuminates 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. She highlights connections and analyses today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of injustice, Davis challenges us to build the movement for human liberation.
Trade Review"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. Understanding what it takes to really be free, to have no fear, is the first and most important step one has to make before undertaking this journey. Angela is the living proof that this arduous challenge can also be an exhilarating and beautiful one."Archbishop Desmond Tutu "Whether you've grown up with the courage and conscience of Angela Davis, or are discovering her for the first time, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle is a small book that will be a huge help in daily life and action, from exposing the "prison industrial complex" that she named long ago to understanding that leaders are only leaders if they empower others. She herself exposes facts and makes connections, but also leads in the most important wayby example."Gloria Steinem "This is vintage Angela: insightful, curious, observant, and brilliant, asking and answering questions about events in this new century that look surprisingly similar to the last century."Mumia Abu-Jamal "Here is someone worthy of the Ancestors who delivered her. Angela Davis has stood her ground on every issue important to the health of our people and the planet. It is impossible to read her words or hear her voice and not be moved to comprehension and gratitude for our incredible luck in having her with us."Alice Walker "Angela Davis once again offers us an incisive, urgent, and comprehensive understanding of systematic racism, the grounds for intersectional analysis and solidarity, and the importance of working together as equals to unmask and depose systems of injustice. This wide-ranging and brilliant set of essays includes a trenchant analysis of police violence against people of color, of the systematic incarceration of black people in America, the grounds of Palestinian solidarity for the Left, the affirmation of transgender inclusion, and the necessity of opposing the G4S corporation and its high-profit empire dedicated to the institutionalization of racism in the name of security. These essays take us back in history to the founders of revolutionary and anti-racist struggle, but they also take us toward the possibility of ongoing intersectional solidarity and struggle. Angela Davis gathers in her lucid words our luminous history and the most promising future of freedom."Judith Butler "She has eyes in the back of our head. With her we can survive and resist."John Berger "In this latest text of her magisterial corpus, Angela Davis puts forward her brilliant analyses and resilient witness here and abroad. In a clear and concise manner, she embodies and enacts intersectionality” a structural intellectual and political response to the dynamics of violence, White Supremacy, patriarchy, state power, capitalist markets, and imperial policies."Dr. Cornel West, from the Foreword
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction by Frank Barat [Forthcoming] Foreword by Alice Walker [Forthcoming] Chapter 1: [Need title] An interview with Frank Barat Chapter 2: [Need Title] September 2014 interview with Angela in Brussels Chapter 3: [Need Title] December 2014 interview with Angela in Paris Chapter 4: On Palestine, G4S and the Prison-Industrial Complex Angela Davis speech at SOAS in December 2013 Chapter 5: Closures and Continuities Angela Davis speech at Birkbeck University in December 2013 Chapter 6: Policing the Crisis Today Angela Davis speech at Goldsmith College Chapter 7: From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, America’s Racist State Persists Angela Davis article in The Guardian Chapter 8: Feminism and Abolition Angela Davis speech at University of Chicago Chapter 9: Political Activism and Protest from the 1960s to the Age of Obama Angela Davis Speech [Still needs to be transcribed] Acknowledgements Notes
