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Abolition Democracy
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture | Angela Y. Davis
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Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world’s leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America’s most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics and prison. Davis talks about her own incarceration, as well as her experiences as "enemy of the state," and about having been put on the FBI’s "most wanted" list. She talks about the crucial role that international activism played in her case and the case of many other political prisoners. Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States.
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Yeah!! I finally read this little book thanks to #bookspinbingo! @TheAromaofBooks this was my December #Doublespin. This is just 4 interviews with her, it's really kind of a companion to her book Are Prisons Obsolete. I would recommend reading that or her book women race and class first.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4y
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Found a link to a free library on black history. For anyone who can't find these books at libraries and cant afford to buy try this link. Its pdfs, ebooks and videos. I'm starting with Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy, I got to meet her once when she came to Australia and could barley talk when she asked how I was lol. I'll post pic with her

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz011IF2Pu9TUWIxVWxybGJ1Ync