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A Liberdade é uma Luta Constante by Angela Y. Davis

22 reviews

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Genocide

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, and War

Minor: Slavery, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

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

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

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny 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

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Confinement, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide

gilnean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, War, Police brutality, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death

jayisreading's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

What a powerful collection of essays/transcribed speeches that explore intersectional topics that, as Dr. Davis aptly states, demonstrate how the struggle for freedom and justice is multifaceted. Time and time again, I’m always in awe of how eloquent Dr. Davis is when she weaves different issues together to show how interconnected everything is. It’s not an easy task by any means, but Dr. Davis is one of the few scholars/activists out there who does a phenomenal job with this, in my opinion. Furthermore, it’s done in such a fashion that isn’t unnecessarily esoteric.

Something that struck me about this collection was how many of these issues we often discuss—feminism, racism, colonialism, and so on—can all be tied to the prison-industrial complex and the need to abolish prisons. As someone who is still learning more about the prison abolition movement, this was really eye-opening and felt like a great starting point to ease into other books that place more focus on the movement. Dr. Davis’ words throughout this collection left a profound impact and I feel encouraged to learn more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Genocide, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide