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Life as Activism: June Jordan's Writings from the Progressive

Life as Activism: June Jordan's Writings from the Progressive

Jordan, June
Russo, Stacy
Davis, Angela

Paperback

Letters & EssaysGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1936117908
ISBN13: 9781936117901
Publisher: Lib Juice Pr
Published: Feb 15 2014
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This volume is a complete collection of June Jordan's columns for The Progressive, published between 1989 and 2001. Jordan (1936-2002) was a poet and UC Berkeley professor who is celebrated as a great human rights activist and social critic. Through her work, she taught a concept of life as activism, based on inclusiveness, consistency, honesty, and identification with the oppressed. Far from being a purely idealistic and unsustainable approach to life, Jordan demonstrated that life as activism can be a way of engaging with the world that is accessible to all people who are committed to social justice. The writings collected here can be read as a road map to such a life of activism. These columns provide a critical study of important issues from the end of the twentieth century, as well as a clear illustration of the intersections of many forms of injustice and oppression, celebrating a movement away from single-issue politics to a far-reaching activism.

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