Abolition Democracy

Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture

Paperback, 136 pages

English language

Published March 10, 2005 by Seven Stories Press.

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978-1-58322-695-7
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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 …

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Subjects

  • African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
  • African Americans -- Violence against
  • Political prisoners -- Abuse of. -- United States
  • Torture -- United States
  • United States -- Race relations