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

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Andrews shows that the federal government’s role was important but reactive as federal actors responded to the sustained struggles between local movements and their opponents. Davis takes you around the globe to international struggles (and opportunities for solidarity) whilst intertwining her experience in America facing white supremacy head on. 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. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex.

actually let's let Davis sum up the issues: "Here we are in the twenty-first century and we still can’t say that we have affordable housing and health care, and education has thoroughly become a commodity.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. As I was listening to this, I took a bunch of notes and jotted down quotes and thoughts that I had in reaction to her talks. She is incredible, compassionate, intelligent, insightful, and passionate about creating an equal world for all. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. 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.

Understanding the interconnectedness between liberation struggles – whether that be Black, Palestinian or Trans liberation struggles – is important, Davis urges, in seeing these as connective struggles. Feminists have, for decades now, seen the value of “rejecting the notion of looking at gender in isolation from race, from class, from sexuality, from nationality, from ability. I'm just gonna say this: I get along better with Palestinians than with American left wing people by far. Is she talking about the military occupation in the West Bank or is she talking about the entirety of Israel, as some Palestinians claim? It has been so thoroughly commoditized that many people don't even know how to understand the very process of acquiring knowledge because it is subordinated to the future capacity to make money.Sure, Palestinians are always down to bash Israel but presenting Palestinians as though they're this uber woke crowd is somewhat hilarious- you're more likely to find Israelis who passionately care about critical race theory and even that is quite rare. She wants to show that feminism and social change has room for everyone of all genders, abilities and sexuality's to fight for freedom.