annamay1021's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0


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abitbetterbooks's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced
It seems impossible to rate a work that is this important and that is so textured and layered.

I will say that the audio format made it a bit confusing to distinguish when a question was being posed and when Davis was answering in the interviews, but I loved hearing her narrate her own words. I do think because it’s separate occasions pieced together there is a bit of repetition but I think it mostly works and serves to drive home important points. 

It’s sad because I do remember so clearly the period from which these writings and talks were from: not long after the Occupy movement, on the heels of groundbreaking activism in Ferguson and the heartbreaking loss of more Black lives like Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown. And yet this work is more relevant than ever. 

I loved the way Davis drew large connections between global movements, and evoked the history of collective actions behind dismantling segregation, and South African apartheid, while discussing the current state of life in Palestine. I really would love a hard copy or ebook of this to mark up and highlight important passages!

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peggy_racham's review

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5.0

Reading a book written in 2015, with speeches from 2013, while its all still relative in 2023 is a bit jarring. 

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blakeandbooks's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.5


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remimicha's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0


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