Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire by Angela Y. Davis

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire

Angela Y. Davis

105 pages first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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In a series of interviews given in the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Angela Y. Davis explores how historical systems of oppression like slavery and lynching continue to influence and undermine democracy today. Davis builds on W. E. B. DuB...

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