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5.08k reviews for:
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis
4.46 AVERAGE
5.08k reviews for:
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis
4.46 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
fast-paced
The negative feelings I have about this book are based in the fact that it is ten+ years old and that Angela Davis should be more famous than anyone
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A very enlightening read.
This books consists of speeches by Davis and interviews by Frank Barat. That cover a wide range of issues.
What’s most interesting about this book is how Angela shows us how connected all these issues are. As someone who is newly learning about Israel’s occupation of Palestine (which is why I brought and read this book) this book kept reminding me how this conflict has been happening for a while. It also showed me how the issue of Palestine and colonisation is connected to the racial violence against black people.
Overall a very interesting read about how issues of race, nationality, gender, religion, class ect are connected. My complaints are that towards the end the speeches became repetitive. Because this book explores how connected these issues are rather than delving deep into specific issues, there were times where I felt a little confused and that I was missing context. I also felt that disabled people were left behind in this book - I mention this because in terms of activism it always seems that disabled people get forgotten about.
I think my biggest takeaway from this book is the importance of collectiveness. These big movements we learn about in history that resulted in change - whether that be politically or in mindsets - were not a result of just one brave person (eg. Mlk or Mandela) or one politician, but multiple people standing up. And it is this collective solidarity of people that is what causes change not just one individual. I think that’s important to keep in mind right now as the Palestine solidarity movement is taking off. For positive change for Palestine to happen, waiting for politicians to do something means nothing will happen. To help free Palestine we as a collective together must pressure and push our governments.
This books consists of speeches by Davis and interviews by Frank Barat. That cover a wide range of issues.
What’s most interesting about this book is how Angela shows us how connected all these issues are. As someone who is newly learning about Israel’s occupation of Palestine (which is why I brought and read this book) this book kept reminding me how this conflict has been happening for a while. It also showed me how the issue of Palestine and colonisation is connected to the racial violence against black people.
Overall a very interesting read about how issues of race, nationality, gender, religion, class ect are connected. My complaints are that towards the end the speeches became repetitive. Because this book explores how connected these issues are rather than delving deep into specific issues, there were times where I felt a little confused and that I was missing context. I also felt that disabled people were left behind in this book - I mention this because in terms of activism it always seems that disabled people get forgotten about.
I think my biggest takeaway from this book is the importance of collectiveness. These big movements we learn about in history that resulted in change - whether that be politically or in mindsets - were not a result of just one brave person (eg. Mlk or Mandela) or one politician, but multiple people standing up. And it is this collective solidarity of people that is what causes change not just one individual. I think that’s important to keep in mind right now as the Palestine solidarity movement is taking off. For positive change for Palestine to happen, waiting for politicians to do something means nothing will happen. To help free Palestine we as a collective together must pressure and push our governments.
3.5, of course a fan of the content and ideas, but I just didn’t feel very engaged with this structure due to the repetitiveness :/
medium-paced
challenging
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challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
informative
inspiring