Live from Death Row

Live from Death Row
Mumia Abu-jamal (Author), John Edgar Wideman (Introduction)
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Human Rights

Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings--an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.

• Rank: #6944 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-01
• Released on: 1996-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .60" h x 5.20" w x 7.90" l, .35 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (Open Media Series)

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (Open Media Series)
Angela Y. Davis (Author)
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Human Rights

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 disclosures about the disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States.

• Rank: #50159 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-04
• Released on: 2005-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.01" h x .51" w x 5.00" l, .20 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

Seeking the Beloved Community: A Feminist Race Reader (Suny Series, Philosophy and Race)

Seeking the Beloved Community: A Feminist Race Reader (Suny Series, Philosophy and Race)
Joy James (Author), Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Foreword)

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Human Rights

• Rank: #114818 in Books
• Published on: 2013-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 1.18" w x 5.98" l, 1.45 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 340 pages

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Y. Davis (Author)
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Human Rights

This is Angela Davis' Autobiography

• Rank: #28123 in Books
• Published on: 1989-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.11" h x 5.43" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages