Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

8 reviews

koreanlinda's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was my first book by Angela Y Davis, and I learned a lot. Because it is a collection of her speeches and interviews, some information is repeated, but it rather helped me remember it. I liked the chapters with speeches much better than the interviews. Her speeches are quite easy to follow.

Review by Linda (Any Pronouns) in March 2024
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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Slavery, Police brutality, and Racism

mari1532's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I listened to the audiobook with my audible subscription (while I still had it) although I own a copy of the ebook.

Brief Synopsis: This book is a compilation of speeches and talks given by Dr. Davis covering themes related to collective liberation

Thoughts: I read this book several weeks ago and there hasn't been a day since that I haven't thought about this book in some way. I think that it should be required reading and has directed me to seek out other reading and organizations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Genocide, Colonisation, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, War, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Classism, and Torture

soniajoy98's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Classism, Torture, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, and War

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

Reading a book written in 2015, with speeches from 2013, while its all still relative in 2023 is a bit jarring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Antisemitism, Classism, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, War, Transphobia, and Violence

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Angela Davis is a gift. Wholly informative, and not a wasted word. This is such a powerful read, and provides much needed context and perspective on the struggle of the Palestinian people and the globalization of the Black liberation movement. She emphasizes the importance and impact of intersectionality, not just as individuals, but in a larger sense, the intersectionality of struggles.

Angela Davis writes, “just as we say ‘never again’ with respect to the facism that produced the Holocaust, we should say ‘never again’ with respect to apartheid in South Africa and in the Southern U.S.. That means, first and foremost, that we will have to expand and deepen our solidarity with the people of Palestine, people of all genders and sexualities, people inside and outside prison walls, people inside and outside of the apartheid wall.”

Each interview and speech enclosed in this collection is as important and poignant as the last.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, War, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Colonisation, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

aasplund's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Racism

achingallover's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence