Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson, Palestine, and prison abolition.
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Some take-aways:
We have to constantly make connections and exercise of intersectionality. Nothing happens in isolation. Militarization of police is EVERYWHERE.
We are not only coming from a a standpoint of US exceptionality, solidarity isn't only from that stand point. But what can we learn from Palestinian feminism, what can
they learn from us?
The history of Palestinian freedom has been marginalized. Zionism is loosing it's force.
Its not to excuse him to take bolder step but look at the history of the US no change has happened when the president chooses to move a progressive way.
What has kept me going, new modes of community. Whatever I'm doing always connected to communities we are in an era where we should encourage snese of community
when Neo librism encourages people to think of only themselves and not collectively
It is in collectivities that we find resevouirs of hope and optimism
On solidarity: Latine, African, Indigenous. We now have inherited the properties of each revolution. Good or bad. But what we have to remember is there
is joy in there and inspiration. Joy in the community, in the togetherness. These revolutions of the past help to create the real conditions to move forward.
Why it's also a immigrant issue.
The appalling treatment of undocumented immigrants from the UK to the US compels us to make connections with Palestinians that have been transformed into immigrants against their will.
On their own ancestral land.
She brings up the case of Jimmy Mubenga and his wrongful unaliving as he was deported from the UK back to Angola. This is not only a US issue.
It is the bold mass movements of the people.
We have to constantly make connections and exercise of intersectionality. Nothing happens in isolation. Militarization of police is EVERYWHERE.
We are not only coming from a a standpoint of US exceptionality, solidarity isn't only from that stand point. But what can we learn from Palestinian feminism, what can
they learn from us?
The history of Palestinian freedom has been marginalized. Zionism is loosing it's force.
Its not to excuse him to take bolder step but look at the history of the US no change has happened when the president chooses to move a progressive way.
What has kept me going, new modes of community. Whatever I'm doing always connected to communities we are in an era where we should encourage snese of community
when Neo librism encourages people to think of only themselves and not collectively
It is in collectivities that we find resevouirs of hope and optimism
On solidarity: Latine, African, Indigenous. We now have inherited the properties of each revolution. Good or bad. But what we have to remember is there
is joy in there and inspiration. Joy in the community, in the togetherness. These revolutions of the past help to create the real conditions to move forward.
Why it's also a immigrant issue.
The appalling treatment of undocumented immigrants from the UK to the US compels us to make connections with Palestinians that have been transformed into immigrants against their will.
On their own ancestral land.
She brings up the case of Jimmy Mubenga and his wrongful unaliving as he was deported from the UK back to Angola. This is not only a US issue.
It is the bold mass movements of the people.
Read this one for book club. It generated some interesting discussions, but I have to admit, some of it was repetitive and a little dry when reading it without context. But the message is heard loud and clear — freedom IS a constant struggle. As history has shown. This book was put together during the Obama administration. She had no idea of the shit storm headed our way... :-(
This set of essays is a selection of speeches given by Davis over the past several years. She narrates, so it is almost like being there. There is that Davis espouses are all important: end racism, promote rights for women, fight against incarceration. Thank you Dr Davis, for all of your activism over the years.
Very thought provoking. I never put thought into the intersectionality of the systemic issues that have been ongoing since the dawn of time. Encouraging for the power of community and the people.
Mind blown. This is a lot like stepping into an intermediate or advanced class on intersectionality which is tough for me because I'm still trying to get a beginners' foundation in feminism, race equality, and intersectionality. Nonetheless, wow. I can't believe that I managed to get a law degree without ever even hearing about the prison abolition movement.
There's so much in here, so much to process, that I can't tackle all my thoughts on it yet. It makes me feel like I need to do a lot more reading to fully wrap my mind around the concepts Davis introduced.
There's so much in here, so much to process, that I can't tackle all my thoughts on it yet. It makes me feel like I need to do a lot more reading to fully wrap my mind around the concepts Davis introduced.
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