Angela Davis on Bernie Sanders

[Cheese Sandwich]

Last edited Sun Mar 20, 2016, 02:50 AM - Edit history (1)

Angela Davis Talks Black Liberation, History and the Contemporary Vision

[INTERVIEW] The iconic freedom struggle leader speaks with EBONY.com about Black human rights activism stretching back decades and her recently released book observing global movements

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EBONY.COM: Is there a particular candidate you’re supporting in this presidential election?

Davis: My approach has always been to emphasize independent, more radical politics, but I do think that it is important that Bernie Sanders has been raising issues that otherwise never would have been taken up within the context of the campaign between the two major parties.

It’s absolutely essential to raise the issues of decommodification of education and [the need for] free education. And of course, he is calling for tuition-free education at our public universities, which incidentally have a history of no tuition. [They] are now as privatized as the private universities. The history for the call for public education in relation to the Black freedom struggle holds important lessons. Former slaves called for free public education in the South, thus creating the context for poor, White students to get an education.

Of course, there is the healthcare question. I absolutely agree that we need free, single-payer healthcare. Then there are larger questions about the prison industrial complex that have not been sufficiently raised. We not only need to bring about an end to mass incarceration, we need to question the racism that is embedded in the whole history of punishment in this country.
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more: http://www.ebony.com/news-views/angela-davis-black-liberation-interview


By the way, the whole interview is interesting. It's not all about elections. She talks about so many subjects like militarization of the police, mass incarceration, Ferguson, immigration, her new book "Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement", and more.

[angstlessk]

1. Please post this in the AA forum

[Rebkeh]

12. I'm sure they have already seen it nt

[noretreatnosurrender]

2. Great piece

I would encourage everyone to read the entire interview. Thank you so much for posting this. She is so spot on in her answers. Love it.

[Cheese Sandwich]

5. Yes it was a good interview. She's wicked smart.

I edited the OP to say something about the rest of the interview because it wasn't really about the election except for one question.

thanks

[noretreatnosurrender]

7. I really like her

I'm so glad that you posted it here.

[ebayfool]

3. Wow. Rec'd to the roof tops! TY, Cheesy Sammich :)

She nails it. I also like her words on the militarization of police forces ...

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If one looks at the history of policing, especially over the last 15 years in the aftermath of 9/11, one can see the emphasis on the shifting of resources from the military to the police. This actually has a much longer history if one looks at the way in which the Vietnam War resulted in an impact on local police. The S.W.A.T. squads emerged as a result of using techniques and technology that were used by the Green Berets in the Vietnam War. The Los Angeles Police Department was the first to use such tactics against the Black Panther Party. We have also seen the emergence of privatized policing corporations.

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. She is really really smart.

Glad you liked it.

[OZi]

4. K&R.

[burrowowl]

8. Go Angelia!

ALWAYS LOVED HER!
Old 69 year-old fart and a Woman!
And go BERNIE!

[jtuck004]

9. Well worth reading. n/t

[ReRe]

10. K&R

Angela Davis would be a great Supreme Court Justice.

[jomin41]

11. I love the sound of exploding ( repub) heads in the morning!

[appalachiablue]

13. K & R. Davis is on top of all the important issues, contemporary and the history.

Excellent interview. So grateful I saw her speak once when young.

[Brother_Love]

14. Good read.

[cui bono]

15. k n r