Bibliograph

Abolition democracy, beyond empire, prisons, and torture, interviews with Angela Y. Davis

Type

Label

Abolition democracy, beyond empire, prisons, and torture, interviews with Angela Y. Davis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abolition democracy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

interviews with Angela Y. Davis

Series statement

An open media book

Sub title

beyond empire, prisons, and torture

Summary

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 Guant?namo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States

Target audience

adult

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