Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

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

26 reviews

meganpbell's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

In this collection of interviews and speeches, Angela Y. Davis teaches us that freedom is not only a constant struggle—but a global, intersectional, and interconnected one. While like other readers, I would have loved to read this as a more cohesive essay collection amended from her interviews and speeches, I learned a lot from this book and really appreciated how it contextualizes and connects Palestine to BLM, occupy, abolition, and more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Death, Confinement, Slavery, Police brutality, Transphobia, and Colonisation

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

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

otherworlds's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Colonisation and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Suicide