Davis has, in recent years, been very vocal in promoting the view that local and global struggles against oppression are connected and should be seen in this way. Much of what is presented in this short text is not necessarily new. Furthermore, her presence is reflected in, and inspiring to, many of the collective liberation movements that we see today and it has been reflected through her vocal participation in anticolonial struggles all over the world, including Palestine (p.xxi). She is an embodiment of resistance’ (p.xx). It is because, in his words, ‘she is still every day living the struggle. The opportunity to exchange with Davis on this front is vital, not only because she is an iconic source of knowledge and inspiration. In his introductory reflections, Barat notes that his personal imperative in producing this collection with Davis was to pre-empt reflection and discussion of the experience of struggle entailed in activist work. The collection, edited by Frank Barat, is marketed to activists to identify the interconnections between variously situated struggles against structural violence rooted in white supremacy, patriarchy, state power, capitalist markets, and imperialism, in order to build co-ordinated struggles towards social change. In this book, Davis issues a profound challenge in appealing for an activist community and a sustained co-ordinated global movement of struggles for freedom. This new manifesto comprises an accessible and important collection of interview excerpts and political speeches dating between 20.
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