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'Riveting; as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years
ago. The words fire off the page with humour, anger and eloquence'
Guardian A powerful and commanding account of the life of
trailblazing political activist Angela Davis Edited by Toni
Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic
of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully
today. It is reissued now with a new introduction by Davis, for a
new audience inspired and galvanised by her ongoing activism and
her extraordinary example. In the book, she describes her journey
from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of
the most significant political trials of the century: from her
political activity in a New York high school to her work with the
U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad
Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA
to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with
warmth, brilliance, humour, and conviction, it is an unforgettable
account of a life committed to radical change.
The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York
City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law
carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion
of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has
awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and
insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and
persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and
Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new
struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a
broader push for Black liberation.
Disability Incarcerated gathers thirteen contributions from an
impressive array of fields. Taken together, these essays assert
that a complex understanding of disability is crucial to an
understanding of incarceration, and that we must expand what has
come to be called 'incarceration.' The chapters in this book
examine a host of sites, such as prisons, institutions for people
with developmental disabilities, psychiatric hospitals, treatment
centers, special education, detention centers, and group homes;
explore why various sites should be understood as incarceration;
and discuss the causes and effects of these sites historically and
currently. This volume includes a preface by Professor Angela Y.
Davis and an afterword by Professor Robert McRuer.
Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this
groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the
radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view
of female struggles for liberation. Tracing the intertwined
histories of the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, Davis
examines the racism and class prejudice inherent in so much of
white feminism, and in doing so brings to light new pioneering
heroines, from field slaves to mill workers, who fought back and
refused to accept the lives into which they were born. 'The power
of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be
denied' The New York Times
The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York
City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law
carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion
of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has
awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and
insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and
persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and
Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new
struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a
broader push for Black liberation.
A major new collection of essays and interviews from pioneering
freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis For over fifty years, Angela Y.
Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for
abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and
oppression. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of
two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection
of Davis's essays, conversations, and interviews over the years,
showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has
remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation.
In pieces that address the history of abolitionist practice, the
unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and
stories from organizing inside and beyond prison walls, Davis is
always curious, always incisive, and always learning. Rich and
rewarding, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises will appeal to
fans of Davis, to students and scholars reflecting on her life and
work, and to readers new to feminism, abolition, and struggles for
liberation. 'An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A
legend' Ibram X. Kendi 'Before the world knew what
intersectionality was, the scholar, writer and activist was living
it, arguing not just for Black liberation, but for the rights of
women and queer and transgender people as well' New York Times
From the Author of WOMEN, RACE AND CLASS, this is a timely
provocation that examines the concept of attaining freedom in light
of our current world conflicts In these newly collected essays,
interviews and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela
Y. Davis illuminates the 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, from
the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid
movement. She highlights connections and analyses today's struggles
against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of
outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the
movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that
'Freedom is a constant struggle.'
"An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend."
--Ibram X. Kendi This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis's
classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the
author. "I am excited to be publishing this new edition of my
autobiography with Haymarket Books at a time when so many are
making collective demands for radical change and are seeking a
deeper understanding of the social movements of the past." --Angela
Y. Davis Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting
edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison
abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and
edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and
commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes
her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham,
Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the
century: from her political activity in a New York high school to
her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party,
and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy
Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction,
Angela Davis's autobiography is a classic account of a life in
struggle with echoes in our own time.
A collection of her speeches and writings which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.
Disability Incarcerated gathers thirteen contributions from an
impressive array of fields. Taken together, these essays assert
that a complex understanding of disability is crucial to an
understanding of incarceration, and that we must expand what has
come to be called 'incarceration.' The chapters in this book
examine a host of sites, such as prisons, institutions for people
with developmental disabilities, psychiatric hospitals, treatment
centers, special education, detention centers, and group homes;
explore why various sites should be understood as incarceration;
and discuss the causes and effects of these sites historically and
currently. This volume includes a preface by Professor Angela Y.
Davis and an afterword by Professor Robert McRuer.
Abolition. Feminism. Now. is a celebration of freedom work, a
movement genealogy, a call to action, and a challenge to those who
think of abolition and feminism as separate-even
incompatible-political projects. In this remarkable collaborative
work, leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica
R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie surface the often unrecognized
genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist,
grassroots, and women-of-color-led feminist movements, struggles,
and organizations that have helped to define abolition and feminism
in the twenty-first century. This pathbreaking book also features
illustrations documenting the work of grassroots organizers
embodying abolitionist feminist practice. Amplifying the analysis
and the theories of change generated out of vibrant community based
organizing, Abolition. Feminism. Now. highlights necessary
historical linkages, key internationalist learnings, and everyday
practices to imagine a future where we can all thrive.
"An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend."
--Ibram X. Kendi This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis's
classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the
author. "I am excited to be publishing this new edition of my
autobiography with Haymarket Books at a time when so many are
making collective demands for radical change and are seeking a
deeper understanding of the social movements of the past." --Angela
Y. Davis Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting
edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison
abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and
edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and
commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes
her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham,
Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the
century: from her political activity in a New York high school to
her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party,
and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy
Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction,
Angela Davis's autobiography is a classic account of a life in
struggle with echoes in our own time.
In this landmark work, four of the world's leading
scholar-activists issue an urgent call for a truly intersectional,
internationalist, abolitionist feminism. As a politics and as a
practice, abolitionism has increasingly shaped our political
moment, amplified through the worldwide protests following the 2020
murder of George Floyd by a uniformed police officer. It is at the
heart of the Black Lives Matter movement, in its demands for police
defunding and demilitarisation, and a halt to prison construction.
As this book shows, abolitionism and feminism stand
shoulder-to-shoulder in fighting a common cause: the end of the
carceral state, with its key role in perpetuating violence, both
public and private, in prisons, in police forces, and in people's
homes. Abolitionist theories and practices are at their most
compelling when they are feminist; and a feminism that is also
abolitionist is the most inclusive and persuasive version of
feminism for these times. ABOLITION. FEMINISM. NOW. 'This
extraordinary book makes the most compelling case I've ever seen
for the indivisibility of feminism and abolition' Robin D. G.
Kelley 'This book is as capacious and demanding as the abolitionist
feminism it calls for' Sara Ahmed
Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain
aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan "Through the
structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two of our most
important contemporary public intellectuals, we are urged to defy
the inattention of the media to the disastrous damage inflicted in
Afghanistan on life, land, and resources in the aftermath of the
U.S. withdrawal and the connections to the equally avoidable and
unnecessary wars on Iraq and Libya."-from the foreword by Angela Y.
Davis Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced
such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy-not only of authority,
but also of explanations of what happened, and what the future
holds. Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than
Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, intellectuals and critics whose
work spans generations and continents. Called "the most widely read
voice on foreign policy on the planet" by the New York Times Book
Review, Noam Chomsky is the guiding light of dissidents around the
world. In The Withdrawal, Chomsky joins with noted scholar Vijay
Prashad-who "helps to uncover the shining worlds hidden under
official history and dominant media" (Eduardo Galeano)-to get at
the roots of this unprecedented time of peril and change. Chomsky
and Prashad interrogate key inflection points in America's downward
spiral: from the disastrous Iraq War to the failed Libyan
intervention to the descent into chaos in Afghanistan. As the final
moments of American power in Afghanistan fade from view, this
crucial book argues that we must not take our eyes off the
wreckage-and that we need, above all, an unsentimental view of the
new world we must build together.
Her own powerful story to 1972, told with warmth, brilliance, humor
and conviction, with a 1988 Introduction by the author.
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A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis.
Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully today. Long hard to find, it is reissued now with a new introduction by Davis, for a new audience inspired and galvanised by her ongoing activism and her extraordinary example.
In the book, she describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
Told with warmth, brilliance, humour, and conviction, it is an unforgettable account of a life committed to radical change.
A major collection of essays and interviews from pioneering freedom
fighter Angela Y. Davis For over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has
been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and
feminism and the fight against state violence and oppression.
Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two
important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of
Davis’s essays, conversations, and interviews over the years,
showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has
remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation.
In pieces that address the history of abolitionist practice and
thought in the United States and globally, the unique contributions
of women to abolitionist struggles, and stories and lessons of
organizing inside and beyond the prison walls, Davis is always
curious, always incisive, and always learning. Rich and rewarding,
Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises will appeal to fans of
Davis, to students and scholars reflecting on her life and work,
and to readers new to feminism, abolition, and struggles for
liberation.
What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis' life and work have
been dedicated to examining this fundamental question and to ending
all forms of oppression that deny people their political, cultural,
and sexual freedom. In this collection of twelve searing,
previously unpublished speeches, Davis confronts the interconnected
issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism,
and the ongoing need for social change in the United States. With
her characteristic brilliance, historical insight, and penetrating
analysis, Davis addresses examples of institutional injustice and
explores the radical notion of freedom as a collective striving for
real democracy - not something granted or guaranteed through laws,
proclamations, or policies, but something that grows from a
participatory social process that demands new ways of thinking and
being. "The speeches gathered together here are timely and
timeless," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in the foreword, "they embody
Angela Davis' uniquely radical vision of the society we need to
build, and the path to get there." The Meaning of Freedom
articulates a bold vision of the society we need to build and the
path to get there. This is her only book of speeches. "Davis'
arguments for justice are formidable...The power of her historical
insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied."--The New
York Times "One of America's last truly fearless public
intellectuals." --Cynthia McKinney, former US Congresswoman "Angela
Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social
movements and unwavering commitment to justice." --Chandra Talpade
Mohanty, Women's Studies, Hamilton College "Angela Davis deserves
credit, not just for the dignity and courage with which she has
lived her life, but also for raising important critiques of a
for-profit penitentiary system decades before those arguments
gained purchase in the mainstream." --Thomas Chatterton Williams,
SFGate "Angela Davis's revolutionary spirit is still strong. Still
with us, thank goodness!" --Virginian-Pilot "Long before
'race/gender' became the obligatory injunction it is now, Angela
Davis was developing an analytical framework that brought all of
these factors into play. For readers who only see Angela Davis as a
public icon ...meet the real Angela Davis: perhaps the leading
public intellectual of our era." --Robin D. G. Kelley author of
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original "There
was a time in America when to call a person an 'abolitionist' was
the ultimate epithet. It evoked scorn in the North and outrage in
the South. Yet they were the harbingers of things to come. They
were on the right side of history. Prof. Angela Y. Davis stands in
that proud, radical tradition." --Mumia Abu-Jamal, author of
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A.
"Behold the heart and mind of Angela Davis, open, relentless, and
on time!" --June Jordan "Political activist, scholar, and author
Angela Davis confronts the interconnected issues of power, race,
gender, class, incarceration, conservatism, and the ongoing need
for social change in the U.S. in her book, The Meaning of Freedom:
And Other Difficult Dialogues." --Travis Smiley Radio Angela Y.
Davis is professor emerita at the University of California and
author of eight books. She is a much sought after public speaker
and an internationally known advocate for social justice. Robin
D.G. Kelley is the author of numerous books and a professor at the
University of Southern California.
Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse
have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib
prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged
regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the
world's leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela
Davis, one of America's most remarkable political figures, gave a
series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional
sexual coercion, politics and prison. Davis talks about her own
incarceration, as well as her experiences as "enemy of the state,"
and about having been put on the FBI's "most wanted" list. She
talks about the crucial role that international activism played in
her case and the case of many other political prisoners.
Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a
democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and
institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the
disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red
Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human
rights and the laws of war in Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq,
Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United
States.
Amidst war, economic meltdown, and ecological crisis, a "new spirit
of radicalism is blooming" from New York to Cairo, according to
Chris Dixon. In Another Politics, he examines the trajectory of
efforts that contributed to the radicalism of Occupy Wall Street
and other recent movement upsurges. Drawing on voices of leading
organizers across the United States and Canada, he delivers an
engaging presentation of the histories and principles that shape
many contemporary struggles.
Dixon outlines the work of activists aligned with
anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-oppression politics
and discusses the lessons they are learning in their efforts to
create social transformation. The book explores solutions to the
key challenge for today's activists, organizers, fighters, and
dreamers: building a substantive link between the work of
"against," which fights ruling institutions, and the work of
"beyond," which develops liberatory alternatives.
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