Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

by Angela Y. Davis

Marissa Alexander was sentenced to twenty years for trying to defend herself against sexual assault.

gathered here in Istanbul, let us not forget the Taksim Gezi Park protesters.

If this is the case, we will have to do something quite extraordinary: We will have to go to great lengths. We cannot go on as usual. We cannot pivot the center. We cannot be moderate. We will have to be willing to stand up and say no with our combined spirits, our collective intellects, and our many bodies.