Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

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

17 reviews

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

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

souplover2001's review against another edition

informative

4.0

wish i had a physical copy so i cld mark down some notes. did not know it was a series of essays from different speeches or talks rather than a single narrative so some points did repeat, but v informative nonetheless !! feminism and abolition from chapter 8 was a highlight for me as well <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Racism, Islamophobia, and Transphobia

junefish's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Islamophobia

Minor: Slavery

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