Freedom Is a Constant Struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

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Davis leaves us with much to think over after reading Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, particularly the question: what does equality look like? Her membership in the Communist Party led to Ronald Reagan's request in 1969 to have her barred from teaching at any university in the State of California. She provides the example of thinking that changes in the law spontaneously correspond to real world changes, when countless examples have shown that this is far from the truth. It could do with a newer edition were she can share lectures or essays on the hellish panorama of the past couple of years.

Understanding the interconnectedness between liberation struggles – whether that be Black, Palestinian or Trans liberation struggles – is important, Davis urges, in seeing these as connective struggles.I am dying to read anything she published post-November 2016, after the election of a POTUS that made Bush look like Jane Fonda. An honour to listen to Angela Davis use her expertise on today's (or the minute before today's) struggles. i’m curious to read and hear her thoughts on what is presently happening, since all of these transcriptions come from the 2010s. I understand how sometimes it is necessary to repeat points over and over because, sadly, sometimes people don't want to listen.

In fact, the book shows that everything we experience as individuals always has political implications. The speeches and the interviews in this book left their mark, but they would have been even more powerful had they included more context.I haven't read any other books by Angela Davis, but this has inspired me to read and learn more about her world view.

As I was listening to this, I took a bunch of notes and jotted down quotes and thoughts that I had in reaction to her talks.

It's enough to know that the content of the essay was originally written as a speech, but that doesn't mean that it should not be edited for relevance to the new format.

I appreciated the interviews more because of the questions asked along them, which allowed me to ask myself questions and get a broader understanding of the point trying to be made. Every single humans and especially advocate/activist for social justice change must take in this book and the message behind it, if we are ever going to strive for real change. She shows that previous generations not only can "catch up with the times", but can also move several leaps forward. She is able to provide context and perspective to movements that I could never experience and was only taught about in very biased and skewed ways. That is not a criticism, but it simply means that there is a limit to how much depth any speech can go into as compared to a book.So much of what I really LIKED about Davis' ideas and observations was the interconnectedness of so many social and political movements. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. I imagine this is a great book for people who are already familiar with her activism and want some more extra content.