angela davis. we'll return with her in a moment to talk k out prisonon guards killlling george j jackson in 1971 1 at san quentin. we'll also talk to her about the prison abolition movement and more.  [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman, as we return to my conversation with angela davis. i spoke with her in october at busboys and poets, a cultural hub andnd restaurant in washington, d.c. i justst was at san quentin a few weeks ago. one of our felellows at demococracy now!, she worked at the san quentin news, and we went into san quentin. and the first thing the pronerers showed u u as we walked in the prison, they pointed and said, "this is where george jackson was gunned down." the first thing they showewed us. thisis was agonizing for you. angela: yeah. august 2 21, 1971. george was killed by san quentin guards. and it was during that period, there was so much going on that it was -- we could hardly find the time to mourn and to

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people like andrew young and harry belafonte, maxine waters, angela davis, again, i can go on and on. dr amos brown who for many, many years in san francisco was a freedom fighter. even though his health is failing, you still see him hobbling around town. still standing tall for what he believes is right. i would also like to honor and recognize, whom i believe was the greatest mayor in the history of civilization, and that is the honorable mayor willie lewis brown. let's give him some love. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge ms. miss malia cohen, who is standing tall and firm, and is trudging forward to put san francisco on the map in the way that it deserves to be. mrs. harris, who has given mr trump the blues, rightfully so. last but not least, our own, ms. miss london breed. [applause] briefly, i want to mention this young lady, who some call the spitfire in the community. she may be small in stature, but she's mighty, and she is a kind of person who will never take no for an answer. adrienne williams. [cheers and applause] >> she has almost single-handedly gone into our communit

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what i loved about those books like angela davis, doesn't just talk about the story but gives context what is happening. >>. >> what was the process? how long did it take quick. >> i think she has a better timeline from the time i spoke asha but then it was nine months later. somebody came to me and said you have a book and you. i wasn't thinking about that i was thinking about black lives matter and the next stage of the movement were that was going i played with the idea and wrote an outline but then i went back to the daily grind of organizing. but then the trump candidacy happened and as i started to see the ramping up of the right wing really calling black lives matter a terrorist group and to see my face on the bill o'reilly former show. and and then to collaborate and co-author i called asha immediately and said would you be interested in getting the book out? before i even finish he said for sure. then i spent the next month how do we want to shape this? not just 2018 but 20 years from now. . >> but it was her on the west coast 6:00 a.m. and then she wrote out the first draft

so, we have angela davis, we have one of the original members of the black feminist collective. we have zila icenstein who is a longtime socialist feminist political theorist. we have minny bruce pratt who has been a real longtime warrior in feminist, lesbian, gay, bisexual, lgbt and transgender and antiracist and anti-capitalist movement. we have jimani. part of what the communists -- is still probably communist and has been part of movements in india as well as in canada, antiracist. you want to say something else. >> and linking, linking these movements, so during this cross-border constructive feminist politics organizing. >> right. >> and has done that work intensely in canada. i worked with her because i spent most of my philosophy canada before coming to -- life in canada before coming to the u.s. and as a scholar activist for many years she has done that work. >> then we have amina from nigeria but spent much of her life in the uk and in south africa. again, part of many different movements. we have ieda hernandez castille from mexico. i'm losing my voice. who has been w

in one of our holiday specials, an hour with angela davis.he talks about her life in professor,side, philosopher come activist. that is monday on democracy now! back, congresswoman barragan will join us. she just came back from the u.s.-mexico border or superslim facilitated the crossing of maria, a honduran mother who was made famous by the video of u.s. border guards teargas saying as as took her desk teargasining she took her children across the border this week. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "goo goo wah wah" by wah wah watson. melvin "wah wah watson" ragin, master of the wah wah pedal, died in october at the age of 67. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nearly a month after a photo of a honduran mother and her small tear gas fired by u.s. border patrol captivated the nation, 39-year-o-old mariaa meza was finally admitted into the united states this week with her five children and their asylum request is currently being processed. but this canan only after california congressman was j

and, of course, in our own country, i mean, angela davis' essay the myth of the black rapist, of course, we're familiar with this history. the control over this narrative. >> there's also -- can i say something else about masculinity? >> yeah. >> there's a magical feature about fascist leaders which is that they are loser-winners. they're simultaneously losers -- >> little big men. >> right? so like himmler is an example of this. never much succeed at anything except at exterminating the jews of europe. hitler, except taking control of the german state and initiating episodes of mass killing. mr. putin is an example of this. failure in the kgb, has to resign for mysterious reasons, but mysteriously, he gets to control the russian state, becomes popular, is now inevitable. mr. trump is an example of this. he never succeeded in anything, his dad gives him hundreds of millions of dollars, you know? if i gave each of you $340 million which is not actually a live offer -- [laughter] i'm confident every single one of you would actually do better than mr. trump did, right? he's a loser. if you

important it did shape i wanted to talk about my book because what i love about those book like angela davis it doesn't just talk about that that but the context. >> talk about the process how you worked with asha and how long did it take. >> she has a better timeline from the time i spoke to asha nine months later we were getting a book deal. it was pretty quick in the literary world but i came to her because someone had come to me and said you have a book in you. it was at the height of black lives matter i was thinking where the movement was going what was the next stage and i played with the idea i wrote an outline and then i went back to the daily grind but then the trump presidency happened but then i started to see the ramping up of the right wing calling black lives matter a terrorist group or to be on bill o'reilly's former show and i said i need to write something and i said somebody had artie asked if i wanted to publish a book what do you think she said yes and you should talk to asha and she could collaborate and co-author i called her a immediately before i could even get it al