![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “If one looks at the history of struggles of racism in the US, no change has happened simply because the president chose to move in a more progressive direction,” Davis explains. Davis warns us that even a hypothetically-perfect presidential candidate will not fight for justice if mass movements are not also in place to back them. Released in February by Haymarket Books, Angela Davis’ Freedom is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of A Movement is a well-timed reminder of the necessity of organizing. ![]() The credit for the candidates’ recent public awakenings lies with the concerted efforts of Black Lives Matter organizers. At the Democratic Presidential Debate in Flint, Michigan last Sunday, both Clinton and Sanders traced the expansion of mass incarceration to the systematic racism enshrined in Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill. “I wonder,” she added, “if Hillary Clinton is familiar with the book All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave.”Ĭlinton’s words, delivered less than a year ago, stand in stark contrast to her campaign’s newfound focus on racial justice. “I understand that Hillary Clinton spoke at a church in Florissant, a few days ago, some five miles from Ferguson, where she insisted that ‘All lives matter.’ Does she not realize the extent to which such universal proclamations have always bolstered racism?” Angela Davis asked a gathering of Ferguson protestors and St. ![]()
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