Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

La libertà è una lotta costante: Ferguson, la Palestina e le basi per un movimento by Angela Y. Davis

28 reviews

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, and Transphobia

abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

It seems impossible to rate a work that is this important and that is so textured and layered.

I will say that the audio format made it a bit confusing to distinguish when a question was being posed and when Davis was answering in the interviews, but I loved hearing her narrate her own words. I do think because it’s separate occasions pieced together there is a bit of repetition but I think it mostly works and serves to drive home important points. 

It’s sad because I do remember so clearly the period from which these writings and talks were from: not long after the Occupy movement, on the heels of groundbreaking activism in Ferguson and the heartbreaking loss of more Black lives like Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown. And yet this work is more relevant than ever. 

I loved the way Davis drew large connections between global movements, and evoked the history of collective actions behind dismantling segregation, and South African apartheid, while discussing the current state of life in Palestine. I really would love a hard copy or ebook of this to mark up and highlight important passages!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and Deportation

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

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: 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

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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: Police brutality, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and Islamophobia

otherworlds's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Police brutality