Angela Davis: ‘This moment holds possibilities for change we have never before experienced'
One woman intimately involved in the struggle for civil rights in the United States is the activist and academic Angela Davis. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
From a childhood growing up in segregated Alabama - she was with the Black Panthers and the Communist Party - while beginning her career in education.
Her involvement with a politically distorted murder trial sent her into hiding, becoming one of the FBI’s most wanted - she spent 18 months in jail before she was acquitted of all charges.
She returned to teaching - writing a series of seminal books on social justice and equality. Earlier she joined us from Oakland, California.
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thank you for interviewing Prof. Davis. American news is ignoring her, but she's a crucial voice in this time.
@msla7623
4 жыл бұрын
Veryyy
@PK-re3lu
4 жыл бұрын
Agree but sad to see that she seems to implicitly see J Biden (or some democrat)defeating Trump as a 'way forward' :(
@ylpproductions23
4 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@rodneybrown9670
4 жыл бұрын
@@PK-re3lu shut up
@MsZephyra
4 жыл бұрын
@@PK-re3lu As a progressive, even I have to admit that the first priority is getting that cancerous tumor out of the White House. Then we can only hope people will continue to push after that and not become complacent that things will go back to "normal" (which hasn't been working for the 99%).
angela davis is a real icon. Hearing her speak is like hearing a part of history
@maxmeggeneder8935
4 жыл бұрын
Ongoing history! Continuity of struggle! A global challenge to racism, colonialism and capitalism. All power to the people! By ANY means necessary! Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite!
@omivalerie2416
4 жыл бұрын
GARETH TAYLOR you are the joke man
@petermaiers61
3 жыл бұрын
yeah she bought guns and adding in the killings of 3 black inmates and a judge
@petermaiers61
3 жыл бұрын
@Wisdom Child In 1970, guns belonging to Davis were used in an armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, California, in which four people were killed. Prosecuted for three capital felonies, including conspiracy to murder, and held in jail for over a year, she was acquitted of all charges in 1972.yes did she get off not because she was innocent ... the law is about what you can prove money gets good lawyers that's why lots of black Americans get locked up... no money plus bad lawyers = jail and by the way The judge and the three black men were killed in the melee so she has blood on her hands and is a former member of the Communist party look it upon on wikia also thinking that feeding the idea of more government plantations with taxes is going to help black Americans is crazy it will only make it worse I would read more thomas Sowell if I was you or Walter Williams black families and black REAl fathers matter they build communities, not the government and black strong communities raise good children and they invest in the local economy .. and that isn't propaganda its human nature proven with hundreds of years of growth of mankind look out your window and see for yourself but take your glasses of hatred off
Angela Davis. Icon❤️ she was fighting for equality back in the 60’s and 70’s it must so surreal to be talking about the same issues in 2020
@mars883
4 жыл бұрын
@Joe Duke no
@cosmopolitanwonder9675
4 жыл бұрын
The saddest thing is the fact, We still have to many racists in politics. and the community.
@mackenziedog1872
3 жыл бұрын
Noam Chomsky says this current revolution is bigger than the 60s. He faced prison for criticizing JFK.Angela& me both had communist mums&did prison, ali had to volunteer for brain damage&prison. IluvAnge♤
"The police are called upon to respond to a whole range of issues that should NOT be subsumed under law and order." Precisely! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I am glad she gets to witness this, especially with a far more diverse group of protesters than during her times.
@MoonChild-zg3gx
4 жыл бұрын
I am sad she still has to witness this after all these years ! The world should already be more evolved by now
@njabulondlovu1090
4 жыл бұрын
@@MoonChild-zg3gx So true and sad indeed! At the time the past weeks, we saw young Americans standing together for everyone's rights and freedom. I think this means a positive future for all. It might still take time but it is promising.
@Victor.Spoils
4 жыл бұрын
Whites were protesting with blacks in the 60s too. Poor Blacks and poor whites have always gotten along. Always. Your comment is empty to me. These protests are paid for and organised and steered by George Soros and the Rockefeller foundations. Stop talking.
@MsZephyra
4 жыл бұрын
@@Victor.Spoils Wow. First of all they used the words "more diverse". It seems that you're the one who has trouble seeing nuance, because if poor blacks and poor whites "always" got along, things would be a bit different. Have you never heard of "divide and conquer"? This is what Republicans have done, and successfully. Your last "point" is absolutely ridiculous and I would love to see that backed up with any kind of credible evidence. But there isn't any, because these protests are the result of long-suppressed and righteous anger and frustration.
@lacossanostra
3 жыл бұрын
@@MoonChild-zg3gx angela davis a a first class racist herself kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqV1tKSomruaYrQ.html
She is bang on. You have to follow the money and paper trail. Police have big budgets which needs to bet cut. The police should not be acting like the army. We need to bring back proper community policing.
@Victor.Spoils
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's sovereignty on all fronts as a community that needs to be acquired. But communities don't exist anymore. Just sheep owned by intelligent secret societies.
@petermaiers61
3 жыл бұрын
bring back non beta fathers and dads in charge of families and you would see a change women cant lead families
There is a different feel about this time..
@51elephantchang
4 жыл бұрын
@rxp56 We can stand in solidarity with our less fortunate cousins in America surely?
@PatrickPoet
4 жыл бұрын
@rxp56 , you haven't looked into what goes on here in the US because police killings _do_ single out black people. Just a little googling will let you look it up so I won't insult you with giving you a bunch of data you can find for yourself in a few seconds. I can't speak to the things you say about the UK since I don't live there, of course.
@msidentified4557
4 жыл бұрын
@rxp56 we may not get killed so frequently, none-the- less we are assaulted, bullied, harassed and subjected by the police. And the establishment, in every way, does not offer us the same opportunity. There is even a hierarchy amongst BAME, and black is at the bottom.
@angelarf8799
4 жыл бұрын
@@msidentified4557 so true
@olgil
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickPoet That's what they said, but they were pointing out how protesting against systemic racism in the UK doesn't make as much sense here since we don't share the same issues to the same extent as there are in the US. Standing in solidarity with America great and I'm all for it, but some of the British response almost seemed like vicarious victimization to me. I'm a person of colour and I couldn't help but cringe when I saw footage of the thuggery in the streets and defacing Churchill's statue. It seems like those are the sorts of actions that only invite more racism rather than fix anything.
As a young teenager coming up in the seventies still fighting for justice for all I was always inspired by the Ms. Angela Davis for her strong will as a black woman fighting for equal opportunity for woman of color. I salute our legency
We are the change we are seeking. Thank you for your service Angela Davis!
i just got done learning about this young legend, and i am absolutely excited to find out she is alive in my lifetime. Now here we are living the saga a mere 3 hours after release.
@tkhachi
4 жыл бұрын
Happy for ya'll finding this Living Legend 💓
@PamelaKopp
4 жыл бұрын
@Ebony Nicollete Light Girls, Angela is a living legend! I recommend her book "Women, Race and Class" It's a must-read, easy to find the pdf across the internet in any language.
@TheSadmadcow
4 жыл бұрын
I have had her book "The meaning of Freedom" lying in my bookshelf for quite a while, on my reading list, but finally these events prompted me to pick it up last and start reading it. I am now so full of admiration for this women, for what she has done, been through, stood for, and how eloquently she makes the point. I feel the same way as you that it's such a great feeling to know she's still with us and gets to witness this uprising.
I'm going to get my papers together nowr so that I can vote
I've been looking all over for an interview from her from the last week or two. I'm glad she's given at least one. Anybody know of any others? I think her wisdom and knowledge is needed right now.
@cosmopolitanwonder9675
4 жыл бұрын
There are so many on KZread, just typeI her name and the year you will find at least 30 from different stages of her career and life stories . If you google books written by her you will find them, great woman in so many respects. brilliant reads and eye openers.
@Thisisdefnot
4 жыл бұрын
There’s a girltrek interview with Nikki Giovanni, there’s her on democracy now
We are the global majority!
Marielle Franco at the background reminding us that in Brazil we are also fighting for decades against a brutal and militarized police that's killing black people everday in the streets in a racist country (despite half of us being black)
She is a real life hero. Just saw some videos of her interview in the 70s when she was imprisoned. I get goosebumps
You’re iconic Angela
I remember you from the 60s and 70s,i always admired your efforts to make changes of the world ,we live in. Glad to know you still fighting the good fight, as am I.
Grateful for her showing the way..
This time it is diluted, because many people involved in the protest, are there, just to be there. It's not a passion, or a lived experience. They are unable to evoke the rightful spirit. But none the less, numbers make movements.
Great to see that the one and only Angela Davis is still with us and as fiery as ever! ✊🏿
Woe! this woman has seen it all. Much respect Dr. Davis.
We need police accountability
@saxglend9439
4 жыл бұрын
Black 🔪 matter.
My eternal Goddess ❤️
This is who Oprah should be interviewing about race issues...
I loved to see the picture of #MarielleFranco in the background!
@LLACVC
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Angela continues to draw attention to the white supremacist violence in Brazil too. 💛
we love her so much, i have been reading on professor Davis and Bell Hooks and many other crucial figures to inspire other activists ❤ its upsetting that american media is not going out to interview pivotal figures like her to educate our citizens on the current broken system we have. luchamos juntos!!!
This is the same Angela Davis that was in the Black Panther Party, right?
@Thisisdefnot
4 жыл бұрын
Yes
LOVE ANGELA DAVIS!!!!!
A true patriotic American 🇺🇸
I quite love her btw.
Living legend love this queen 👑
Thank you for your life. Please continue 😁
EACH RACE NEEDS TO LIVE SEPERATELY. IT IS THE ONLY ANSWER ❤
Such wisdom...thank you for sharing Your Truth!! Yes, now IS the Time❤️
Amen Angela. Thankyou #Channel4news
"never before experienced in this country".. tell that to the natives.
@givmedeme
4 жыл бұрын
What Natives are you speaking of? The ones who have received Reparations and continue to receive reparations due to the experience they endured 🤔...crazy bc the lineage that caused the problem paid 5$ to also become "Natives" lol Delusional Life/Dumb on purpose
Much respect Ms. Davis!!! So much wisdom she’s been fighting for change for a long time! I love hearing her speak 🙏🏾
I just love to hear her speak!
She’s jealous of my ginger Afro
Incredible woman and an incredible force of nature!!!
She is such a special lady I've always loved her
Love her so much
A wonderful woman ❤
Angela may the criminals come after you when your home is being invaded, because the police has been defunded .Criminals are no respector of persons, not even you.
I saw her picture for the first time in 1972 at Belafonte Talcolcy Center in Miami, FL. I think she did make a visit there back then.
Angela Davis is always a QUEEN.
A living hero
because it's coming from a main stream transmitter it sounds pretty dangerous ....
absolutely love you angela since day 1🐆
Lets hope that the real change happening is more & more whites waking up to this massive race-hustling scam being perpetrated against us by these con-artists.
Active measures
An old anarchist!
Powerful stuff Prof.
Angela Davis e seu 'esperançar'...!
A living icon
IS THAT A PICTURE OF MARIELLE FRANCO IN THE BACK???
I've always loved your energy.....
Question words or actions make racism?
Not to be dramatic but I will actually die for Angela Davis. She has never missed, for 60 years she has never missed
No discussion of the absence of the black father, no talk, of planned parent hood largely located in poor and black communities. No talk of data showing police encounter disproportionately more armed black men than any other race group. No substance here just talk and lack of data. I do agree police (per say) should not be called for mental health incidents, idk about weaponless though mentally ill do know how to use weapons too and often that is the exact situation. So you teach police better or you arm and instruct social workers with a weapon of some sort.
Be very careful how far & fast you push it
Yeah women that have been abandoned and that have disabilities. amen
@GoldenBeeHealingTrail
2 жыл бұрын
🔥
FBI here to drop those dislike bots
I wish Angela gave me updates. Hedges turns me off ANGRILY saying what Chomsky and Angela say.Angela touches me cos I'm horrendously brain damaged by paid to serve and protect.
Oh, I remember her! I grew up in the former Soviet Union, and she was on t-shirts, posters, and decals that said “Free Angela Davis!” She is a Marxist and a Communist, and was a poster child of the Soviet anti-American propaganda. She is featured in the documentaries that are being screened in CHAZ. Recognized her face in the images shown on the news. She was so popular in the USSR that there were several songs written about her and my mom and dad wore pins in her support. Childhood memories of growing up in a Socialist country. Hope America does not become one.
@gayperson420
4 жыл бұрын
i hope we defund the police and become an anarchocommunist community 💜🖤😍
@MsZephyra
4 жыл бұрын
How strange. It's all very hard for me to imagine. Difficult to reconcile those two worlds, because to people fighting for freedom here in the US, her voice is fighting propaganda. Too bad her voice was used for propaganda overseas.
She should
go angela!
Speaks in vagaries.
I worked in stores part time and full we had a security and managers help take care of all
Long live Jeb Bush
the police is asked to deal with problems society refuses to solve such as homelessness, addiction and mental health. plus, despite what Americans think about their own country the level of freedom is low because the number of human behaviors polices is very high and expanding. call cops in Italy or Germany to complain against kids playing ball on the street or that somebody on the bus is making you nervous and they will arrest you instead for wasting their time
Racism will never be eradicated. There will always be racists on this planet. It's present for centuries.
@cedcol356
4 жыл бұрын
Until we get rid of capitalism
@JKey12321
4 жыл бұрын
Reggie Cyde Racism and inequality is ingrained into the current system though! Count the amount of white males on the rich lists. Should there not be a more equal spread of men to women? They’ve both been on the planet for the same amount of time. Does this not show the inequality in the current capitalist system? How many of them benefitted from the work of the oppressed? Did they have to face the same challenges that a poor black person faces? Were they judged on the colour of their skin, the way their hair looks, the neighbourhood they grew up in, the school they went to, the crimes or crime rates associated to their race?
We need Reperations not defunding. 😉😏
@givmedeme
4 жыл бұрын
@Rafael Acosta idk maybe all of the non learning that we have in our school systems.... Maybe it was a calculated misspelling just to get your awareness so you can click and respond ...to get your attention about REPARATIONS.....posting a book or intelligent comment wouldn't have been able to do it for you.... spell check that/think about it and thank you for the correction I appreciate YOU diligence...oh I meant Duedilegents lol
@givmedeme
4 жыл бұрын
@Alligator @Alligator Thank you for thinking about Reparations... Glad we have your support 👍...as you can see we need them with me not being able to spell and all ...Black Americans really need it
@givmedeme
4 жыл бұрын
@Alligator We are also owed it like the Natives.... Vote for pedro 👍
@givmedeme
4 жыл бұрын
@Reggie Cyde How much do you have and then I'll let you know
@madalinarenee78
4 жыл бұрын
I think we need both. All the money that’s going towards police is way too much and it needs to be directed towards mental health, education, housing, etc for people of color. Police are just doing too much.
In case of George Floyd the manger of the store could handle the 20 dollar bill issue or a store store security, same with the man that was sleeping while waiting in line at the Wendy, and their vedio out their where alady of who was setting Wendys on fire
they all hide behind the hms skirts
If this is about racism how come there is trouble in countries that don't have serious racism issues at all or even countries that have very small/non existent minorities? Stop the gaslighting, we are not buying.
@roc7880
4 жыл бұрын
people who are breaking laws should be imprisoned not killed by cops. we all are doing things against the laws without expecting police to kill us
@WanderingThought
3 жыл бұрын
Not all countries are alike. It's not "apples to oranges."
Looks and sounds like a rich academic doing well in the capitalist system they seem to hate.
@hectorrivas5574
3 жыл бұрын
You've got to put on your own oxygen mask on before you can help anyone else with theirs
She took the bait
@johntao6822
4 жыл бұрын
WTF?
"Extrajudicial lynching" - Sister Angela always so eloquent and incisive!
She’s a communist, that’s all that needs to be said. She supported totalitarian regimes, what a hero 🤮🤦🏽♂️
demilitarize or dismantle police. how crazy is that? she lost her mind.
@johntao6822
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you'll join us in the 21st c. when you get up to speed because you obviously haven't even learned what that means. The abolition of slavery sounded crazy to many in the 19th c.
@wendysgarden4283
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why so many intellectuals are saying this. hmm.
@roc7880
4 жыл бұрын
in UK the police is demilitarized and the crime levels are lower than in US
She looks so pale. I guess finding out that you're actually white can do that.
Rotherham
@nuriben7910
4 жыл бұрын
Belend.
Propaganda channel 4 strikes again
This is brainwashing.
The Spanish republic, especially in Aragon and Catalonia, before and in the Spanish civil war, until the defeat by Franco with the help of Hitler and Mussolini. That was a time were the complete abolition of police and prisons altogether was not a minority stance. Also in the 1917 Russian revolution, prisons were opened and all prisoners liberated. At this time getting rid of the police, prisons, the military and the state altogether were very popular among the russian population. But not in one day, as the uninformed would imagine. Lenin wrote extensively about how to achieve this in his very popular scientific work "State and Revolution " written in 1917, before the October revolution. Had the whites not used their capital and connections to outside capitalist and imperialist forces and risen up against the vast majority of the population, comprised of workers and poor peasants. And had not 14 countries headed their call and invaded the young Soviet Union and the overthrown aristocrats, capitalists and generals, sponsored by their friends in other countries and funded with their bowels, diamonds and gold, put together an army of mercenaries and enemies of the people and the revolution. Maybe then this would all have been achieved a long time ago and become the global normal. If,if,if.. But if the Soviet Union didn't have to put their focus on defending the revolution. If they were given the opportunity to focus on doing the revolution, then we would live in a very different world today. No police, no prisons, no wars, no racism and nearly any crime If we don't active some kind of socialism in the near future ,then we will first sink into barbarism and then vanish from thus planet.
Criminal
She is full of it. The only reason she is here today is the Rolling Stones wrote a song about her
Black people do not have a monopoly on pain, hardship or discrimination.
She sold us out talking about not sending cops to jail gtfoh
@cosmopolitanwonder9675
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t be So ignorant. His woman has done more for black people and women than you could imagine. Without the likes of. Martin Luther and her and many more in the Civil rights Movement of the 50s and 60s you would still be living segregated lives with no vote for blacks, or any minority in USA. You go and get educated on the troubles of black Americans, and do something good to help your brothers, sisters and cousins. You sound like you have no knowledge of where you came from or where you could be. Knowledge is power.. please go and get some.
What a load of waffle. Sure take equipment away from the police. When criminals with knives come into your house the police will chase them away with a feather duster! The guy that died, very sad, it should not have happened but he wasn’t really a stand up citizen either now was he???
Trump 2020!
I wish Angela gave me updates. Hedges turns me off ANGRILY saying what Chomsky and Angela say.Angela touches me cos I'm horrendously brain damaged by paid to serve and protect.