![]() ![]() ![]() ~ Angela Davis, you are probably one of the top five most important black women in American history. We're also offering 40% off both Abolition Democracy and her other incredible short work, Are Prisons Obsolete?. To celebrate her life and work, we're excited to share this excerpt from Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, an extended set of interviews with Dr. ![]() violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantanamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States. 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. Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. ![]() In Abolition Democracy, 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. 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. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's leading democracy. ![]()
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