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crickets's review against another edition
5.0
Inspiring and essential analysis of the role of prison and the policing of black populations. The writings of Davis and her comrades are, sadly, just as relevant today as they were when these texts were first published. Truly a must-read!
stacysma's review against another edition
5.0
Listening to abolition and thinking about all my sisters and brothers currently being detained as political prisoners in China. I wonder what Angela Davis and many other Black Panthers think about Mao and China now.
scottpnh10's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
marisa_why's review against another edition
5.0
Davis includes compiling this collection while in prison in her autobiography, describing it as educational material to be used for organizing for Black Liberation at that time.
Reading this about 50 years later, it's still valuable as educational material, though for slightly different purposes—I think this abolitionist movement isn't as well-known by people my age. Before spending time on the interrelated stories of political prisoners of the time, we read thoughtful prison abolitionist analysis that ties the stories together. We learn from the letters of support from major thinkers of the time.
Reading this about 50 years later, it's still valuable as educational material, though for slightly different purposes—I think this abolitionist movement isn't as well-known by people my age. Before spending time on the interrelated stories of political prisoners of the time, we read thoughtful prison abolitionist analysis that ties the stories together. We learn from the letters of support from major thinkers of the time.
francienolans's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
wellworn_soles's review against another edition
5.0
These are short, emphatic pleas for justice that both encapsulate a very specific moment in history and ring true today. Written over 50 years ago, this collection is powerful and moving and hopeful - with an aching twinge that Im sure my radical contemporaries share with me. We have lost ground on so many fronts; the tyranny that began to blossom under the Nixon and Reagan administrations has reached unprecedented levels. Whats more, many voices of resistance have been silenced, subdued, or imprisoned.
In the face of this reality, it would be easy to throw in the towel, but these essays, poems, and speeches call to respond ever stronger in the face of unbridled oppression. It is now or never. It is always now or never. 5/5
In the face of this reality, it would be easy to throw in the towel, but these essays, poems, and speeches call to respond ever stronger in the face of unbridled oppression. It is now or never. It is always now or never. 5/5
letsgolesbians's review against another edition
4.0
3.5, rounding up. Definitely not the first Angela Davis book someone should read, as I found it to be a little confusing with a lot of legal jargon and also somewhat repetitive. I would recommend it to someone pretty far into their anti-racism journey.