Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

26 reviews

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

booksandteatime's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, Gun violence, Misogyny, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Genocide, Racism, Death, Hate crime, and Police brutality

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is incredible - I am going to need my own copy to review and annotate. There were so many different important points that Davis made that I would like to note down, so many quotes that I would like to let mull in my brain, so many connections that are extremely relevant in our current moment - even though most of this text was written around a decade ago. Some key points that resonated with me quite a bit (and that kept coming up) were: the distinction between civil rights and freedom, the idea of what a terrorist is (and the political slant inherent in that word), the way that collectives of black women have long been a force of change in this country, and how to build an international struggle and get people relating to problems that seem abstract and far away. 

If I were only reviewing the text, this would easily be 5 stars. But since I listened to it as an audiobook, I feel like I should point out that the interview section is a bit confusing because it is ALL read by Davis, and sometimes it's difficult to tell when she is reading the interviewer's questions versus her own answers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Classism, Racism, Violence, Death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Deportation, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Transphobia

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

megb64's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

bessjoyce's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.75

Good content but as a collection of essays/speeches gets a bit repetitive 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, and Violence

sydapel's review against another edition

hopeful informative

Obviously, Angela Davis is an incredibly foundational figure in our efforts to organize community led movements and I've needed to read this for years. However, for my white friends who (like me) think of this as something to check off your list in order to feel better about your role in oppressive cycles at play in America and throughout the world, this is a starting point for further, more in depth reading and reflection. Overall though, this expertly reenforces how movements to end discrimination, genocide and hate start and stop with well organized collective action, even when it disrupts our sense of normalcy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and War

dragongirl271's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, War, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, and Violence

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Deportation, Hate crime, Slavery, Classism, Gun violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Violence, War, Child death, and Racism