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jesssicaweil's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars
This is a collection of speeches, so when read as a book, it was repetitive and didn’t dig as deep into certain issues as I would have liked. However, this is still a deeply informative and inspiring collection that has encouraged me to think of social injustices as global rather than national.
This is a collection of speeches, so when read as a book, it was repetitive and didn’t dig as deep into certain issues as I would have liked. However, this is still a deeply informative and inspiring collection that has encouraged me to think of social injustices as global rather than national.
glittery_toad's review against another edition
informative
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reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Angela Davis is insightful and powerful! I highly recommend this as a required reading for these troubling times.
alifeuls's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
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slow-paced
4.0
daniellejb's review against another edition
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informative
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fast-paced
3.0
I think this book would be very good for someone who is fresh to this work, however I have been exposed to much of these points prior to reading. The sections that I thought were most interesting were the interview/Q&A style chapters. The most powerful and cohesive lecture style chapter, in my opinion, was Ch. 9 Political Activism and Protest from the 1960s to the Age of Obama. However, the biggest takeaway in the book is the global perspective of how struggles are interrelated and the best way to have the greatest impact is by connecting the dots globally as to how and why these struggles are linked.
One quote that hits home is Davis quoting Assata Shakur, saying “Our young people deserve a future, and I consider it the mandate of my ancestors to be a part of the struggle to ensure that they have one.” As well as Davis’ quote of thinking bigger, thinking longer with “[…] we have to learn how to imagine the future in terms that are not restricted to our own lifetimes.”
One quote that hits home is Davis quoting Assata Shakur, saying “Our young people deserve a future, and I consider it the mandate of my ancestors to be a part of the struggle to ensure that they have one.” As well as Davis’ quote of thinking bigger, thinking longer with “[…] we have to learn how to imagine the future in terms that are not restricted to our own lifetimes.”
tiago's review against another edition
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4.0
Este livro começa com três entrevistas de Frank Barat a Angela Davis, que permitem breves introduções a tópicos como as lutas contra o racismo, o abolicionismo prisional e a luta do povo palestiniano pela sua libertação, bem como a interseccionalidade destas lutas. De seguida, o livro segue com discursos proferidos por Angela Davis sobre estes tópicos.
A secção das entrevistas é muito útil para alguém que, como eu, ainda não conhecia bem o pensamento da Angela Davis. São estabelecidas pontes interessantes entre lutas aparentemente separadas, como a luta contra o apartheid na África do Sul e a luta pela libertação do povo da Palestina. Após a leitura das entrevistas, ficamos a querer ir mais a fundo. No entanto, os discursos vão no sentido oposto, pois acabam por ser todos muito repetitivos das ideias já previamente apresentadas.
A secção das entrevistas é muito útil para alguém que, como eu, ainda não conhecia bem o pensamento da Angela Davis. São estabelecidas pontes interessantes entre lutas aparentemente separadas, como a luta contra o apartheid na África do Sul e a luta pela libertação do povo da Palestina. Após a leitura das entrevistas, ficamos a querer ir mais a fundo. No entanto, os discursos vão no sentido oposto, pois acabam por ser todos muito repetitivos das ideias já previamente apresentadas.