Angela Davis

Dec 11, 2024 | adastrastories.substack.com | Angela Davis |Derecka Purnell |Siddharth Kara |Weike Wang

[Dear readers: This issue contains discussions of white supremacy, police brutality, racism, ableism, and sexism.] “Hope isn’t an emotion…hope [is] a discipline…In the world we live in, it’s easy to feel a sense of hopelessness, that everything is all bad all the time, that nothing is going to change ever, that people are evil and bad at the bottom…I choose to think a different way, and I choose to act in a different way.” Throughout We Do This ‘Til We Free Us, Mariame Kaba uses the lens of...

Jun 25, 2024 | inquest.org | Angela Davis

The causes of mass incarceration are complex and varied, as James Forman, Jr., Premal Dharia, and Maria Hawilo acknowledge both in their forum essay here and in their forthcoming book, Dismantling Mass Incarceration. The draconian sentencing laws passed by legislatures, the charging and plea-bargaining decisions of prosecutors, and the sentencing decisions of judges all contribute to the devastating phenomenon of mass incarceration.

May 14, 2024 | t.ly | Silky Shah |Angela Davis |Gina Dent |Harsha Walia

Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition Paperback, 256 pages ISBN: 9798888900840 $19.95 $15.96 20% off With free bundled ebook Ebook, 256 pages ISBN: 9798888901038 Read on any device $9.99 $5.99 40% off “Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I am going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I’m going to go unbuild walls.”—Ursula K.

Apr 30, 2024 | haymarketbooks.org | Angela Davis |Gina Dent |Mariame Kaba |Ray Acheson

“Abolition and Social Work provides a frank and detailed analysis of how social work is shaped by and executes the work of the carceral state, and how social workers committed to abolition are struggling to dismantle criminalization within institutions designed to contain and control people. This book should be required reading for all social work students and everyone else who works closely with social workers—lawyers, nurses, teachers, mental health providers of all kinds.

Apr 2, 2024 | thewire.in | Angela Davis

Solidarity with Palestinians and their decades-long struggle in defense of their land, culture, and freedom has long been a central theme of my political life. I am gratified to see so many young people — especially young Black people — supporting the struggle in Palestine today.