I'm a returning student at City College of San Francisco and for my Sociology/Ethnic Studies classes I created a survey for 'campers' in Oakland tent towns which basically asks 1) would you like to pursue any form of a higher education in the Peralta or San Francisco Junior College system? 2) What are the perceived obstacles? 3) Would you feel less intimidated if you had an advocate or mentor? The response from my first day of surveying is 'yes" the campers surveyed would like to at least take an "Arts" class, felony is the obstacle, and a mentor/advocate would help. Thank you Angela you are an inspiration. Eid comes after Ramadan but I started early :) I need to find if the Clinton era prohibition of federal student aid in the form of tuition wavers for convicted felons is still in place! Happy Easter FAM
We are never going to abolish prisons under capitalism. This is why the question of prisons in some countries being transformed into profitable entities under neoliberalism is actually irrelevant. Even removing the profit motive, capitalism requires police, prisons, etc. in order to uphold private property. I want to see prisons abolished too, but I think that the only way it's ever going to happen is if we tear the fucking walls down ourselves. It's just not a demand that a capitalist state is capable of conceding because it would involve it sacrificing an integral part of itself. Prisons are not obsolete to capitalism, regardless of whether they're obsolete to the rest of us. One solution, revolution. Solidarity from down under.
We're never gonna get rid of prisons, especially now with the prison for profit system. The best reform we could have, in my opinion, would be something like "For the purpose of breaking up gang activity and securing the safety of prisoners, limiting the transfer of forbidden materials and objects, prisoners convicted of violent crimes shall not be permitted to migle under any circumstances without some form of physical barrier unless escorted by at least one prison employee per 3 prisoners present, not to exceed 15 prisoners at a time." Basically, no more allowing a bunch of prisoners in the showers together with no guard there to stop the shankings and beat downs, etc. Stop putting prisoners in a position of having to kill or be killed, only to get killed later anyhow if they survive the 1st attempt, or injure /kill their attackers. Build cells that afford prisoners room to do a little more than sleep and shit! Include a small one piece metal table bolted to the floor/wall, along with a bed frame and toilet/sink, and have meals delivered to the cells. Give each prisoner scheduled time out of their cells in a subdivided excercise area, time for counselling to discuss why they do the things that got them put there in order to actually make an EFFORT to rehabilitate them, and a damned JOB within the prison to reduce the cost of keeping it running by hiring people from the outside who have to be paid minimum wage rates (laundry, kitchen, etc). I think jobs doing things that produce something for use outside the prison is wrong though, and encourages the system to keep prisons full for slave labvor manufacturing of things like license plates for example. Mostly though, the biggest reform needed is KEEP PRISONERS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER so they stop getting maimed and killed in there. Nest, and almost as important, stop this crap of plea bargaining to blackmail people into taking short terms in there to avoid longer ones simply cause they know the overloaded public defender won't give them a fair shake at legal defense. Convict on the charges made or release people and stop the trickery.
If America truthfully loved It's citizens we would have less problem. Once you go to prison you're no longer a citizen you're just an inmate or prisoner that needed to be removed from society. th-cam.com/video/WpzvM-JZXpE/w-d-xo.html
@@proph8772 While you're in prison you're thought of as an inmate or prisoner. When you get out you're not thought of that way. America loves it citizens enough to lock up the violent element that preys on the non violent population.
@@CarbonGlassMan 'When you get out you're not thought of that way'. Perhaps not at face value. But when you apply for a job, certain types of housing, etc. then you are DEFINITELY thought of that way. It seems almost sinister to me, and I am sure this was not your intention, to frame a nation as some 'loving' force that loves us so much it will take all the baddies away and lock them up and suddenly the problem of crime is solved. Surely, reforms will need to be made with abolition in mind sometimes? 9:13 (e.g Three Strike Laws, which suck, don't work, cost too much).
@@ginagovernatore9043 Everyone, including you, cares about the background of people you deal with. Are you going to start dating a guy that has 12 kids with 9 different women and has been divorced 6 times? That background information is going to give you some indication of what kind of behavior you can expect out of the man in the future. Is it important to know if a guy that served prison time for embezzlement before you hire him to do the books at your business? Is it useful to know if a convicted child molester is applying for a job at a daycare? The fact that prisoners are allowed to go free once they've served their sentence means that society no longer treats them as a criminal. But you can never expect individuals to not care about your background. Businesses want to know about your work history, your experience, and they want to contact your former employers to see if you were showing up on time and doing your job. These are things a person should be considering before they commit crimes. There is no reform that can cause individuals to ignore the past of people they have to deal with. I don't care what the law says, people are going to consider these things. Even you.
@@CarbonGlassMan I mean obviously. I'm not suggesting that 'ah yes, Robert you've been convicted for, oh yes, statutory rape, welcome to the kindergarten', but that's not the concern I'm highlighting. Moreso, the societal stigma placed on prisoners, even those convicted of non-violent crimes. There's just no good reason why these things should stay with people forever and totally ruin their employment chances and have them face discrimination in areas like housing and so on. The law, by the way, absolutely CAN help, with, for example, schemes which allow an individual not to disclose a conviction for a less serious offense after a period of good behavior, and prohibit unauthorized use and disclosure of information about this conviction (Australian example www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/your-privacy-rights/criminal-records)
@@dustywaxhead Just looked into it further. She was put on the loudspeaker by phone and told the mostly POC members who were being systematically abused/brainwashed/forced into labor by a mostly academic and caucasian overhead committee that there was a capitalist conspiracy to undermine their initiative and to keep up the good work. This woman was literally an active asset to one of the worst atrocities in American history.
@@seb267 STATEMENT OF ANGELA DAVIS TO JIM JONES OVER RADIO PHONE-PATCH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1977 "This is Angela Davis. I would like to say to my friend Jim Jones and all my sisters and brothers from Peoples Temple who are in Guyana there: know that there are people here, not only in the San Francisco Bay Area but also across the country, who are supporting you, who are with you. I can personally speak for the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Oppression in cities throughout the country, from Birmingham, Alabama to (inaudible) that there are people who are aware of the contributions of Peoples Temple to our efforts to, for example, free Rev. Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10. We know that you have participated and brought people to all the marches and demonstrations, and thousands of petitions that have been sent to government officials have been circulated and signed by members of Peoples Temple. And so we are very deeply obligated to you for what you have done to further the fight for justice, to further the struggle against oppression, to further the fight against racism. I know you are in a very difficult situation right now and there is a conspiracy. A very profound conspiracy designed to destroy the contributions which you have made to our struggle. And this is why I must tell you that we feel that we are under attack as well. When you are attacked, it is because of your progressive stand, and we feel that it is directly an attack against us as well. Therefore, more of us need to know that we will be carrying on this idea, that we will do everything in our power to ensure your safety and your ability to keep on struggling. (In response to loud ovations to hundreds of people with Jim Jones in the Guyana interior, Angela states:) I attempted to say, though not very eloquently, that we are with you, and we appreciate everything you have done. And we know you are going to win, and, in the final analysis, we are all going to win."
@@Orgotheonemancult Date of the Jonestown Mass suicide: Nov. 18th, 1978. Over a full calendar year after Angela Davis’ statement. So no, Davis did not egg on the people of Jonestown to commit mass suicide. What she is referring to here is their support for anti-racist action, participation at protests and things like that. No way she could’ve known (let alone encouraged) what ended up happening over a year later. F**k off.
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I have her autograph and spoke to her in person.....she's a genius and definitely friendly as well. Her insight is impeccable.
Angela Davis for president 💙
Profound and timely. Thank you for uploading!
I'm a returning student at City College of San Francisco and for my Sociology/Ethnic Studies classes I created a survey for 'campers' in Oakland tent towns which basically asks 1) would you like to pursue any form of a higher education in the Peralta or San Francisco Junior College system? 2) What are the perceived obstacles? 3) Would you feel less intimidated if you had an advocate or mentor? The response from my first day of surveying is 'yes" the campers surveyed would like to at least take an "Arts" class, felony is the obstacle, and a mentor/advocate would help. Thank you Angela you are an inspiration. Eid comes after Ramadan but I started early :) I need to find if the Clinton era prohibition of federal student aid in the form of tuition wavers for convicted felons is still in place! Happy Easter FAM
Always laying it down right ❤
Since I couldn't see this in person nna,
I'm glad I could watch the rerun nna
Hi AfroMarxist, when and where did this lecture take place? I would like to cite it in a thesis.
Keene State College 09/30/15, and good luck on your thesis
Did you finish your thesis? I would love to read it! ☺️
A tip : watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.
@Jason Roberto yup, have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D
@@dangelojustus3337 do you Watch it for free? Or do you need an account
What documentary was she referring to in the beginning?
Ava DuVernay's documentary, "13th"
Free on youtube.
🤠💜
We are never going to abolish prisons under capitalism. This is why the question of prisons in some countries being transformed into profitable entities under neoliberalism is actually irrelevant. Even removing the profit motive, capitalism requires police, prisons, etc. in order to uphold private property. I want to see prisons abolished too, but I think that the only way it's ever going to happen is if we tear the fucking walls down ourselves. It's just not a demand that a capitalist state is capable of conceding because it would involve it sacrificing an integral part of itself. Prisons are not obsolete to capitalism, regardless of whether they're obsolete to the rest of us. One solution, revolution. Solidarity from down under.
مركز الحركة الشيوعية العالمية هو كوبا الاشتراكية
We're never gonna get rid of prisons, especially now with the prison for profit system. The best reform we could have, in my opinion, would be something like "For the purpose of breaking up gang activity and securing the safety of prisoners, limiting the transfer of forbidden materials and objects, prisoners convicted of violent crimes shall not be permitted to migle under any circumstances without some form of physical barrier unless escorted by at least one prison employee per 3 prisoners present, not to exceed 15 prisoners at a time." Basically, no more allowing a bunch of prisoners in the showers together with no guard there to stop the shankings and beat downs, etc. Stop putting prisoners in a position of having to kill or be killed, only to get killed later anyhow if they survive the 1st attempt, or injure /kill their attackers. Build cells that afford prisoners room to do a little more than sleep and shit! Include a small one piece metal table bolted to the floor/wall, along with a bed frame and toilet/sink, and have meals delivered to the cells. Give each prisoner scheduled time out of their cells in a subdivided excercise area, time for counselling to discuss why they do the things that got them put there in order to actually make an EFFORT to rehabilitate them, and a damned JOB within the prison to reduce the cost of keeping it running by hiring people from the outside who have to be paid minimum wage rates (laundry, kitchen, etc). I think jobs doing things that produce something for use outside the prison is wrong though, and encourages the system to keep prisons full for slave labvor manufacturing of things like license plates for example. Mostly though, the biggest reform needed is KEEP PRISONERS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER so they stop getting maimed and killed in there. Nest, and almost as important, stop this crap of plea bargaining to blackmail people into taking short terms in there to avoid longer ones simply cause they know the overloaded public defender won't give them a fair shake at legal defense. Convict on the charges made or release people and stop the trickery.
If America truthfully loved It's citizens we would have less problem. Once you go to prison you're no longer a citizen you're just an inmate or prisoner that needed to be removed from society. th-cam.com/video/WpzvM-JZXpE/w-d-xo.html
@@proph8772 While you're in prison you're thought of as an inmate or prisoner. When you get out you're not thought of that way. America loves it citizens enough to lock up the violent element that preys on the non violent population.
@@CarbonGlassMan 'When you get out you're not thought of that way'. Perhaps not at face value. But when you apply for a job, certain types of housing, etc. then you are DEFINITELY thought of that way. It seems almost sinister to me, and I am sure this was not your intention, to frame a nation as some 'loving' force that loves us so much it will take all the baddies away and lock them up and suddenly the problem of crime is solved. Surely, reforms will need to be made with abolition in mind sometimes? 9:13 (e.g Three Strike Laws, which suck, don't work, cost too much).
@@ginagovernatore9043 Everyone, including you, cares about the background of people you deal with. Are you going to start dating a guy that has 12 kids with 9 different women and has been divorced 6 times? That background information is going to give you some indication of what kind of behavior you can expect out of the man in the future.
Is it important to know if a guy that served prison time for embezzlement before you hire him to do the books at your business? Is it useful to know if a convicted child molester is applying for a job at a daycare?
The fact that prisoners are allowed to go free once they've served their sentence means that society no longer treats them as a criminal. But you can never expect individuals to not care about your background. Businesses want to know about your work history, your experience, and they want to contact your former employers to see if you were showing up on time and doing your job. These are things a person should be considering before they commit crimes. There is no reform that can cause individuals to ignore the past of people they have to deal with. I don't care what the law says, people are going to consider these things. Even you.
@@CarbonGlassMan I mean obviously. I'm not suggesting that 'ah yes, Robert you've been convicted for, oh yes, statutory rape, welcome to the kindergarten', but that's not the concern I'm highlighting. Moreso, the societal stigma placed on prisoners, even those convicted of non-violent crimes. There's just no good reason why these things should stay with people forever and totally ruin their employment chances and have them face discrimination in areas like housing and so on. The law, by the way, absolutely CAN help, with, for example, schemes which allow an individual not to disclose a conviction for a less serious offense after a period of good behavior, and prohibit unauthorized use and disclosure of information about this conviction (Australian example www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/your-privacy-rights/criminal-records)
PRAISE GOD REPENT HELL IS HOT AND ETERNAL JESUS CHRIST IS LORD AND COMING BACK AGAIN SOON
Lol isn't this woman that egged on the Jonestown massacre over the community's loudspeaker right before it happened?
And she still hasn't spoken about the situation. The colleges will never hold her accountable while she's a professor
@@dustywaxhead Just looked into it further. She was put on the loudspeaker by phone and told the mostly POC members who were being systematically abused/brainwashed/forced into labor by a mostly academic and caucasian overhead committee that there was a capitalist conspiracy to undermine their initiative and to keep up the good work.
This woman was literally an active asset to one of the worst atrocities in American history.
Yeah no. That’s not what happened at all
@@seb267 STATEMENT OF ANGELA DAVIS
TO JIM JONES OVER RADIO PHONE-PATCH
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1977
"This is Angela Davis. I would like to say to my friend Jim Jones and all my sisters and brothers from Peoples Temple who are in Guyana there: know that there are people here, not only in the San Francisco Bay Area but also across the country, who are supporting you, who are with you. I can personally speak for the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Oppression in cities throughout the country, from Birmingham, Alabama to (inaudible) that there are people who are aware of the contributions of Peoples Temple to our efforts to, for example, free Rev. Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10. We know that you have participated and brought people to all the marches and demonstrations, and thousands of petitions that have been sent to government officials have been circulated and signed by members of Peoples Temple. And so we are very deeply obligated to you for what you have done to further the fight for justice, to further the struggle against oppression, to further the fight against racism.
I know you are in a very difficult situation right now and there is a conspiracy. A very profound conspiracy designed to destroy the contributions which you have made to our struggle. And this is why I must tell you that we feel that we are under attack as well. When you are attacked, it is because of your progressive stand, and we feel that it is directly an attack against us as well. Therefore, more of us need to know that we will be carrying on this idea, that we will do everything in our power to ensure your safety and your ability to keep on struggling.
(In response to loud ovations to hundreds of people with Jim Jones in the Guyana interior, Angela states:) I attempted to say, though not very eloquently, that we are with you, and we appreciate everything you have done. And we know you are going to win, and, in the final analysis, we are all going to win."
@@Orgotheonemancult Date of the Jonestown Mass suicide: Nov. 18th, 1978. Over a full calendar year after Angela Davis’ statement. So no, Davis did not egg on the people of Jonestown to commit mass suicide. What she is referring to here is their support for anti-racist action, participation at protests and things like that. No way she could’ve known (let alone encouraged) what ended up happening over a year later. F**k off.