amy: so that was angela davis speaking from jail in 1970. your new introduction to the updated edition of the book you write -- "when i decided to write the book after all, it was because i had come to envision it as a political autobiography that emphasized the people, the events, and the forces in my life that propelled me to my present commitment." it was the late great writer toni morrison who pushed you to do this. can you talk about division you had together? -- the vision you had together? you are in your 20's writing an autobiography. >> i think when toni morrison first raised the possibility of my writing and out of our graffiti, i laughed because -- writing an autobiography, i laughed because it seemed it was almost ridiculous to consider writing an autobiography in my 20's. however, we both came to the conclusion that it might be possibleo write the kind of book that would be meaningful, without focus on me individually, but would rather be more of a political autobiography. i am so thankful to toni now, that she managed to convin

eastern with a virtual event with angela davis. noam chomsky, angela davis, arundhati roy and winona laduke with others and musical performances. visit democracynow.org for details. we want to thank the thousands of people who have helped us over these 25 years, what an honor it has been to work with all of you and how many years more we look forward to. with my colleagues juan gonzalez and nermeen shaikh we thank you all for being with us for these 25 years. i'm amy goodman. law since 2003. hello again. a jury in the u.s. has found former and police officer kimberly potter guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black man. 20-year-old daunte wright died after potter shot him during a routine traffic stop in april. >> the moment that we heard "guilty" on manslaughter one, emotions. every single emotion you can imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting the last few days. now we have been able to proce

ah, nelson mandela angela davis. desmond to to emma watson. all these household names may vary in age, nationality, hog wards, house and more. but they all have one thing in common racism, or at least receiving weaponized accusations of anti semitism for simply supporting palestinian writes. the recent accusations towards emma watson for this instagram post have been well hilarious. this is truly absurd. you see criticism of the israeli government is not in of itself anti sematic. just like criticizing the saudi government is in islam of phobic or criticizing the nfl is lack of c t e protections in gay dad. any who last month we lost anti apartheid hero, archbishop desmond, to, to desmond, to, to was tirelessly outspoken against apartheid in his home country of south africa and against the ongoing apartheid and israel, my, me, oh, kind of expediency the cri on the wind and the fact of our having to have policies allowing us to who to move freely in the lender for both the world this morning, bishop to to just died the other day. can i remind t

his lessons ranged widely into the ideas of black american thinkers from frederick douglass to angela davis. a voracious lover of books and jazz music, my father was rarely without a paperback book in his back pocket, and an album on the stereo, or better yet what we called the record player. his philadelphia was urbain and music filled, reaching back to the era of bebop, dizzy gillespie, including john coltrane and billie holiday, on through rhythm and blues and the newly emerging sound of philadelphia. his book collections included works of history, fiction, biography, and when he died i inherited all of his books and albums, and the love of learning filtered through so much of o te life that he bequeathed to me. under the careful guidance of my mother, i lost myself in the pages and the sounds he left behind. this was my inheritance, it was my legacy. little did i know at the time that would also become my life's work. this moment of loss, seeking and remembering, , constitutes the genesis of my own intellectual pursuit and it is the starting point of my book, which brings together a lif

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where the public and private lives of che guevara, angela davis, margaret sanger, and franklin d. the people we are erasing. margaret sanger engaged arguably in eugenics. terrible past if you look at what she did. are these people going to replace our founding fathers? >> emily: i agree but the premise of this op-ed, what struck me was his line "what sort of society snoozes as record numbers of murders continue in 12 of its major cities? "what is so difficult for us average americans to swallow is this macro level of violence." this freedom of liberty's answer seems to be a national conversation and a hurting of national conversation around things that don't have an impact under the americans lives and livelihoods. so, that is what is difficult for us to appreciate the past, who hold gratitude for veterans and everyone who's laid down society, we stand on the shoulders of giants. that is how i was bought up to breathe. i agree wholeheartedly and it makes me worried about the future, but i still hold hope. >> kayleigh: yeah, so do i. he asks, harris, as america is so flawed and irr

was blessed and honored to learn about abolition from critical resistance founded by people like angela daviss and mind in this abolitionist movement. amy: i want to go back to new york city's new mayor who is meeting with i into discuss increasing violence. shooting incidents in new york are up 24% this year compared to the same period last year. during his campaign, mayor adams came under fire from the progressive wing of the democratic party for endorsing what he termed punitive segregation. >> for people to say support solitary confinement, that is a lie. i support punitive segregation. i am not going to be in a city where dangers people assault innocent people, go to jail and assault more people. if you are violent, you must be removed from population so that you do not inflict violence on other people. that is clear. amy: that is your air adams stop patrisse cullors, your response? >> if our goal iso transform human beings, we have to actually treat them with compassion and care. does it mean that we don't hold them accountable for what they have done -- doesn't mean that we don't hold