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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.
sucreslibrary's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.25
only reason this isn't a five star is b/c I feel like it could have included updated info for these cases and the different people involved. it felt like it ended rather abruptly, and a lot of these cases have been lost to time/aren't readily available to read about online.
still, this collection contained so much. I went into this knowing relatively little about angela davis and her arrest and now feel confident in my understanding of her case and the events that led to her incarceration. the essays, letters, and poetry in this book are still sadly relevant today and provide great insight into the history of the peoples struggle, especially black political and social justice movements.
highly recommended for anyone interested in prison abolition and the history of resistance and rebellion in america.
still, this collection contained so much. I went into this knowing relatively little about angela davis and her arrest and now feel confident in my understanding of her case and the events that led to her incarceration. the essays, letters, and poetry in this book are still sadly relevant today and provide great insight into the history of the peoples struggle, especially black political and social justice movements.
highly recommended for anyone interested in prison abolition and the history of resistance and rebellion in america.
thehmkane's review against another edition
4.0
Wild to read about baby fascism in America, before... all of this. I was kind of hoping it would, well, give me hope. I'm not sure.
milliecorkery's review against another edition
4.0
this felt a really good collection. also so glad i got introduced to ericka huggins from it because her poetry is genius.
nick_lehotsky's review against another edition
5.0
Essential reading! A hard look at the justice system, the warped process of modern law, and the abysmal prison-industrial complex. Compelling writings. Succinct, powerful, awakening.
emmalewins's review against another edition
informative
reflective
The conversation hasn't seemed to move that far over 50 years. Amazing to hear those voices.