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La libertà è una lotta costante: Ferguson, la Palestina e le basi per un movimento by Angela Y. Davis
19 reviews
tinyoceankingdoms's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Gun violence
chronicacademia's review against another edition
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
fromthefoxhole's review against another edition
4.5
4.5 - half star removed mostly because this has multiple chapters that are speeches she has given at various conferences and events. In a few cases I've either watched the speech on YouTube or read it as a one off, and some of the material overlaps in a way that makes it slightly less impactful overall. I think it could also have used a final chapter that acted as a final summarization/call to further education at the very least.
Despite this slight grievance, I think this book does well in its undertaking to relate struggle across location, gender, race, religion, nationality, or whatever divides humanity might face. Davis utilizes the wealth of own-voices books, movements across history, and anecdotes from her own past to present to the reader a framework within which we can find our foothold as activists. She speaks on trans and queer liberation, the occupation of Palestine, the ongoing struggle of Black people and people of color in the US. She briefly touches on disability rights and mental health institutionalization as well. She never shies away from the fact that there might be more points of intersectionality than previously understood, and I think that openness serves the reader well in providing external context to her works.
Anyway, I love Angela Davis. I've added so many books from her references here to my own reading list, and I'm excited to get cracking on those.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
dragongirl271's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and War
peggy_racham's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation
remimicha's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
gilnean's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, and War
achingallover's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder