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Book 7 - Angela Y. Davis "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle"
Angela Y. Davis "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle" (Penguin)
Angela Davis is a leading and historical figure in the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, as well as an outspoken Communist and Feminist. She has inspired countless individuals to rise up and take action against injustice and in support of freedom for all. Her book, FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE, is a collection of interviews, conversations, essays, and speeches that tackle the concept of freedom in different ways.
While there are many overlapping themes in these pieces, Davis spends a significant amount of time discussing oppression and its historical roots in colonialism, apartheid, classism, caste systems, and especially during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. She makes a convincing case that nothing, throughout the history of the world, ever happens in a vacuum. What happens "here" is influenced by, and in turn influences, what happens "there". In every case, she makes connections between the treatment of black bodies in the USA with the treatment of "others" elsewhere in the world by the dominant societal and governmental powers. She ultimately believes that, for the rights of marginalized groups to reach true equality with those of the dominant class, we all need to recognize the intersectionality of the issues at stake. Feminism is intrinsically linked with racism, sexism, and classism.
More importantly, the essays in this collection make the case for the connection between so many struggles that may not be immediately obvious to those not well-versed in history. Ms. Davis makes a compelling case for the ways so many of these struggles are connected, and how much we have to learn from each other.
Angela Davis is a leading and historical figure in the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, as well as an outspoken Communist and Feminist. She has inspired countless individuals to rise up and take action against injustice and in support of freedom for all. Her book, FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE, is a collection of interviews, conversations, essays, and speeches that tackle the concept of freedom in different ways.
While there are many overlapping themes in these pieces, Davis spends a significant amount of time discussing oppression and its historical roots in colonialism, apartheid, classism, caste systems, and especially during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. She makes a convincing case that nothing, throughout the history of the world, ever happens in a vacuum. What happens "here" is influenced by, and in turn influences, what happens "there". In every case, she makes connections between the treatment of black bodies in the USA with the treatment of "others" elsewhere in the world by the dominant societal and governmental powers. She ultimately believes that, for the rights of marginalized groups to reach true equality with those of the dominant class, we all need to recognize the intersectionality of the issues at stake. Feminism is intrinsically linked with racism, sexism, and classism.
More importantly, the essays in this collection make the case for the connection between so many struggles that may not be immediately obvious to those not well-versed in history. Ms. Davis makes a compelling case for the ways so many of these struggles are connected, and how much we have to learn from each other.