Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
Angela DavisI think itโs the right moment to talk about it because it is part of a revolutionary perspective - how can we not only discover more compassionate relations with human beings but how can we develop compassionate relations with the other creatures with whom we share this planet and that would mean challenging the whole capitalist industrial form of food production.
Angela DavisProgressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.
Angela DavisWhen someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person whoโs asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country, since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa.
Angela Davis