atypewritersings1969's review against another edition
4.0
Interviewing is an art form. It require the ability to transition from one question to the next while being able to connect questions thematically. The interview questions tend to jump from one subject to the next without drawing clearer or better connections between each subject matter. So the interview section of this book wasn't as interesting to read besides Angela's answers. The speeches she gives are honestly the better part of this book, not only for the theoretical connections Davis makes but because it gives insight into her speech patterns. I didn't realize how fairly stream of consciousness her speeches tend to be, and how much she deviates in the middle of a speech to draw in a connection between what she's talking about and whatever comes to mind. I guess I've admittedly been a little star struck every time I've seen her speak live, so it was interesting to read her speeches and delve into the syntactical realms of her rhetoric and psycho-linguistic processes.
maddydeason's review against another edition
4.0
Some of my takeaways:
- historically, social change is almost always brought on by mass movements not any one individual
- connections between social movements across the world and across time
- women's role in movements often overshadowed by an individual charismatic man
- criminalization of activists used to quell grow of movements
Recommend the text rather than audiobook as it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between question and answer in the interview portion.
Speech/essay collections from a small window of time can often seem a little bit repetitive.
- historically, social change is almost always brought on by mass movements not any one individual
- connections between social movements across the world and across time
- women's role in movements often overshadowed by an individual charismatic man
- criminalization of activists used to quell grow of movements
Recommend the text rather than audiobook as it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between question and answer in the interview portion.
Speech/essay collections from a small window of time can often seem a little bit repetitive.
christinaaangelina's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Another essential book from Angela Davis. It is so interesting to see how her theory and consciousness grows over the years. Her dedication to freedom, compassion, resistance, and love never waivers.
emmsdingen's review against another edition
4.0
very informative and a pleasure to read. I think this is a great book to recommend to someone who is getting into subjects like palestine, socialism etc. because the book is based on speeches it sometimes was a bit repetitive and not as in depth as i maybe hoped for. other than that i learned a lot and im looking forward to read more of her works.
thatlizhunter's review against another edition
5.0
"There is this freedom movement and then there is an attempt to narrow the freedom movement so that it fits into a much smaller frame, the frame of civil rights. Not that civil rights is not immensely important, but freedom is more expansive that civil rights."
- Angela Davis
a clarion call against neo-liberal ethics in politics. If you consider yourself a political person, or if you're at all interested in public activism, you need to read this book.
- Angela Davis
a clarion call against neo-liberal ethics in politics. If you consider yourself a political person, or if you're at all interested in public activism, you need to read this book.
daytonm's review against another edition
4.0
Really good collection of speeches and interviews, I wish some of them had pursued ideas a little further but that's inherent to the medium of speeches and interviews, not a knock on Davis, who is thoughtful and humble and writes beautifully.
"All around the world people are saying that we want to struggle together as global communities to create a world free of xenophobia and racism. A world from which poverty has been expunged, and the availability of food is not subject to the demands of capitalist profit. ... Where homophobia and transphobia can truly be called historical relics along with the punishment of incarceration and institutions of confinement for disabled people, and where everyone learns how to respect the environment and all of the creatures, human and nonhuman alike, with whom we cohabit our worlds.”
"All around the world people are saying that we want to struggle together as global communities to create a world free of xenophobia and racism. A world from which poverty has been expunged, and the availability of food is not subject to the demands of capitalist profit. ... Where homophobia and transphobia can truly be called historical relics along with the punishment of incarceration and institutions of confinement for disabled people, and where everyone learns how to respect the environment and all of the creatures, human and nonhuman alike, with whom we cohabit our worlds.”
jo_an's review against another edition
3.0
Me ha gustado, pero al ser una colección de discursos y entrevistas algunos flojean. Pero otros están muy bien. Intenté leer Mujer, raza y clase este verano pero entre que es una lectura muy densa y que hacía demasiado calor, acabé abandonándolo. Espero retomarlo pronto. Las fuerzas que tiene Davis para seguir luchando son increíbles, al igual que la manera en la que enlaza los distintos conflictos que hay hoy en el mundo.
xfilesgirliex's review against another edition
5.0
TW: (all mentioned) racism, apartheid, murder, white supremacy, prison, colonization.
nicoleaffleck's review against another edition
4.0
Throughout these speeches and interviews, dated mostly from 2013-2015, exchange the name “George Floyd” for “Michael Brown” and “Minneapolis” for “Ferguson” and all of Angela’s points would still hold. Required reading for activists and allies of this moment who are interested in connecting it to all other moments.