{"id":176427104,"date":"2013-10-28T02:11:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T07:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176427104"},"modified":"2013-10-28T02:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T07:11:12","slug":"history-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-angela-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2013\/10\/28\/history-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-angela-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle &#8211; Angela Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176427105\" alt=\"angela davis 07\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-07.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-07.jpg 403w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-07-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"post-19863\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: xx-large;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link toAngela Davis \u2013 Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities\" href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-closures-and-continuities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Angela Davis <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: xx-large;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link toAngela Davis \u2013 Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities\" href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-closures-and-continuities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013Freedom is a Constant Struggle:<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: xx-large;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link toAngela Davis \u2013 Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities\" href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-closures-and-continuities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Closures and Continuities<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/birkbeck-red.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"47\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0Event Date: 25 October 2013<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Logan Hall,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Institute of Education\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">20 Bedford Way\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">London WC1H 0AL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbk.ac.uk\/law\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Birkbeck School of Law<\/span><\/a>\u00a0presents:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Annual Law Lecture 2013\/14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Freedom is a Constant Struggle: \u2018Closures and Continuities\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AngelaDavis.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"268\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<em>Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feministstudies.ucsc.edu\/faculty\/singleton.php?&amp;amp;singleton=true&amp;amp;cruz_id=aydavis\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Angela Davis<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0with a response from<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tooks.co.uk\/people\/michael_mansfield\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michael Mansfield QC.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Angela Davis is an activist, writer and Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her work as an educator both at the university level and in the larger public sphere has emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice. In recent years she has focused on the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI\u2019s \u201cTen Most Wanted List.\u201d Her recent books include Abolition Democracy and Are Prisons Obsolete? about the abolition of the prison industrial complex; a new edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; and a collection of essays entitled The Meaning of Freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Welcome by Professor\u00a0<strong>Patricia Tuitt<\/strong>\u00a0(Birkbeck):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"pod_audio_1\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" name=\"pod_audio_1\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"pod_audio_1\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" name=\"pod_audio_1\" \/><\/object><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Welcome.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<object id=\"oneBitInsert_1\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"transparent\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Welcome.mp3\" \/><embed id=\"oneBitInsert_1\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Welcome.mp3\" bgcolor=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nIntroduction by Professor\u00a0<strong>Patrick Hanafin<\/strong>\u00a0(Birkbeck):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"pod_audio_2\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" name=\"pod_audio_2\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"pod_audio_2\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" name=\"pod_audio_2\" \/><\/object><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Introduction.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<object id=\"oneBitInsert_2\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"transparent\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Introduction.mp3\" \/><embed id=\"oneBitInsert_2\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_Introduction.mp3\" bgcolor=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">======================================<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176427108\" alt=\"angela davis 05\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-05.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-05.jpg 640w, http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-05-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Professor<strong>\u00a0Angela Davis:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"pod_audio_3\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" name=\"pod_audio_3\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"pod_audio_3\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" name=\"pod_audio_3\" \/><\/object><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; 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font-size: medium;\">======================================<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong><br \/>\nMichael Mansfield QC:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"pod_audio_4\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" name=\"pod_audio_4\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"pod_audio_4\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" name=\"pod_audio_4\" \/><\/object><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Michael%20Mansfield_talk.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<object id=\"oneBitInsert_4\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"transparent\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Michael%20Mansfield_talk.mp3\" \/><embed id=\"oneBitInsert_4\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Michael%20Mansfield_talk.mp3\" bgcolor=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">======================================<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nAudience Questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><object id=\"pod_audio_5\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" name=\"pod_audio_5\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" \/><embed id=\"pod_audio_5\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/podcasting\/player\/player.swf\" name=\"pod_audio_5\" \/><\/object><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_questions.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">download<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<object id=\"oneBitInsert_5\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"transparent\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_questions.mp3\" \/><embed id=\"oneBitInsert_5\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/1bit\/1bit.swf\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"foreColor=#669999&amp;analytics=false&amp;filename=http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/archive\/audio\/2013_10_25\/2013_10_25_Angela%20Davis_questions.mp3\" bgcolor=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-closures-and-continuities\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/backdoorbroadcasting.net\/2013\/10\/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-closures-and-continuities\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Davis \u2013Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities \u00a0Event Date: 25 October 2013 Logan Hall,\u00a0 Institute of Education\u00a0 20 Bedford Way\u00a0 London WC1H 0AL \u00a0 Birkbeck School of Law\u00a0presents: Annual Law Lecture 2013\/14 Freedom is a Constant Struggle: \u2018Closures and Continuities\u2019 \u00a0Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities\u00a0by\u00a0Angela Davis\u00a0with a response fromMichael [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176427104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176427104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176427104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176427109,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176427104\/revisions\/176427109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176427104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176427104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176427104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}