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Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture
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Series: Open Media
20th Century United States HistoryBlack American Studies
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ISBN10: 1583226958
ISBN13: 9781583226957
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: Oct 4 2005
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781583226957
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: Oct 4 2005
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
In early 2004, photographs came to light revealing extensive prisoner abuses, instances of torture, and other war crimes at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib detention center, committed by U.S. military and other government personnel. At the time, the Human Rights Watch confirmed that the only exceptional aspect of the abuse at Abu Ghraib may have been that it was photographed. 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. 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. Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing Bush-era 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 Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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