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A Liberdade é uma Luta Constante by Angela Y. Davis

19 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

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

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

lauraspeechly's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Davis’ puts forward her ideas in ways that are easy to understand. I think that this is great book to read if you want an introduction intro prison abolitionism. Her ideas about terrorism really stuck with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual violence, War, and Sexual assault

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

otherworlds's review against another edition

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