Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and\nabuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu\nGhraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged\nregarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the\nworld’s leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela\nDavis, one of America’s most remarkable political figures, gave a\nseries of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional\nsexual coercion, politics and prison. Davis talks about her own\nincarceration, as well as her experiences as \“enemy of the state,\”\nand about having been put on the FBI’s \“most wanted\” list. She\ntalks about the crucial role that international activism played in\nher case and the case of many other political prisoners.
\nThroughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a\ndemocracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and\ninstitutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the\ndisavowed \“chain of command,\” and the formal reports by the Red\nCross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human\nrights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq,\nDavis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United\nStates.

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