Angela Davis je uznávaná aktivistka, badatelka a spisovatelka, jejíž dílo se hluboce zabývá otázkami feminismu, rasové spravedlnosti a systémového útlaku. Její psaní, ovlivněné historií a teorií, zkoumá propojení mezi sociálními hnutími a filozofickými základy nespravedlnosti. Davisová se vyznačuje ostrým intelektem a neochvějným odhodláním prozkoumávat a zpochybňovat mocenské struktury, čímž čtenářům nabízí provokativní pohled na boj za osvobození.
V dobách postupující privatizace a technologizace vězeňství roste volání po novém abolicionismu pro 21. století: zrušení věznic. Angela Y. Davis zkoumá kořeny současného vězeňskoprůmyslového komplexu v USA, jeho rasismus a sexismus a nastiňuje možné alternativy k trestu odnětí svobody.
Over the last generation, the U.S. prison systems have grown at a rate unparalleled in history, creating what many call a Prison Industrial Complex. Angela Davis explains what happens to our legal system when we lock up more people for longer sentences, which industries are a part of the Prison Industrial Complex, and how to stop or slow prison growth.
In this classic work the famous communist activist, who was jailed for her beliefs, brings her passion and scholarship to confront three major crucial issues of feminism: women, race and class.
Revelations about US policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Graib prison story in April 2004. It is within this context that African-American intellectual Angela Davis gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics and prison. She talks about her own incarceration as well as her experience as 'enemy of the state' and about having been put on the FBI's most wanted list. Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins.
First and only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the U.S. by international icon Angela Davis.
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.'
Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Power 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 narrative unfolds against a backdrop of relentless time, where urgency and suspense drive the plot forward. Characters are faced with critical choices as they navigate through challenges that test their resolve. Themes of fate, consequence, and the passage of time are intricately woven into the storyline, creating a gripping atmosphere. As the clock ticks down, the tension escalates, leading to unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats.
A collection of speeches and writings by political activist Angela Davis which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.
SET OF 4 BOOKS Set 13, including the four Radical Thinkers titles focussing on the Black Civil Rights movement in the USA, including If They Come in the Morning...(Edited by Angela Davis); Beyond Black and White (by Manning Marable); Invisibility Blues (Michele Wallace); Darkwater (by W.E.B. Du Bois).
