Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement is an extremely insightful book into how movements are formed globally and how we need to move away from individualism to create global movements. That we cannot and should not focus on just our own struggles, but that to create change, we must understand that people will never be free until everyone is free — and that there’s a fundamental need to make people understand that what may be happening in another part of the world can, and maybe already is, connected to us as well. This works as a great starting point for anyone who is new to nonfiction and specifically nonfiction on activism, movements and ongoing political issues since it’s a collection of interviews and essays that provide a great foundational understanding — there’s not only an index full of relevant references that you can seek out further information on, but Angela Davies also provides activists and works within the book to explore further.

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis is a powerful reminder to anyone who cares about society that we are all interconnected no matter how some people wish we weren't. The interview with Davis in the beginning of the book was interesting and thought provoking. The speeches that make up the rest of the book inspired me to keep looking forward in the fight for justice, equality, and true liberation around the world while never forgetting the history that brought us to this point. Davis consistently demonstrates how the struggle for freedom is ongoing but worth the effort. Freedom is a Constant Struggle reminded me that history books might be written by the victor but history is what actually happened not what's in the books and that history has consequences as do the actions we choose every day.

The reason why I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 stars, is because it is quite repetitive. Other than that, it is an awesome read!

4.8 🌟 Wow, Angela Davis continuously blows me away. Doing what every activist should set out to do; make their audience think. Providing intricate connections to complicated oversimplified issues that bring further context and motivation to issues we are still battling over ten years after the speeches and interviews in this book were given. Most notably she points out the importance of dismantling the individualistic mentality we have towards movements and change. Movements are complicated intersectional tumbleweeds, and they are only brought forward by the collective force of the whole. So while we love, acknowledge, and appreciate the invaluable contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Ida B Wells, Frederick Douglass, and even modern day Angela Davis, we cannot be blind to the global solidarity that elevates these individual voices to the change making stage.

In a climate such as ours having this book as a reminder has been a comfort i never thought I’d find. “Everyone is familiar with the slogan “The personal is political”—not only that what we experience on a personal level has profound political implications, but that our interior lives, our emotional lives are very much informed by ideology. We ourselves often do the work of the state in and through our interior lives. What we often assume belongs most intimately to ourselves and to our emotional life has been produced elsewhere and has been recruited to do the work of racism and repression.” Bless you Angela Y. Davis, you genius.

So much is happening and I’d rather be overwhelmingly informed than blissfully ignorant. Enjoyed the connection of freedom, and intersectionality of struggle through a feminist framework. I will definitely be picking up more of this authors work!

Well spoken and brings ideas of interconnected need of all peoples to come together to fight systemic oppression. Angela is an American Hero.

sadly, this book is as fresh and relevant in 2025 as the days she gave those speeches.

Excelente

Phenomenal dissection of intersectional resistance

This book is absolutely necessary to read. No matter what age, what situation you‘re in, this will fill you with something. if your hand is empty, grab this book; it is a tool.

My granddaughter is very happy with this book as a birthday gift

A collection of interesting essays and speeches covering a wide range of issues. A really good read and introduction to Angela Y. Davis