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French rightwing politician calls for Angela Davis school to be renamed

Valérie Pécresse claims that the Black US activist’s belief that racism is systemic does not apply to France

The Guardian - UK

A complex & fraught "Finding Your Roots"

If you only watch the viral clip revealing Davis' link to the Mayflower, you're missing the full story

Salon

Angela Davis shocked by genealogy

"That's a little too much to deal with right now," Davis said after receiving a big surprise from the show's host

Salon

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‘Cowering to politics’: how AP African American studies became the most controversial course in the US

After Florida’s governor vowed to block the class, a revised version – with key writings removed – sparked swift backlash

The Guardian - US

Florida is now a laboratory for fascism

There is a very specific reason why Gov. Ron DeSantis targeted African-American history for erasure

Salon

Mike Davis, prophetic writer on disaster and social unrest, dies aged 76

Writer of over a dozen books and California’s ‘prophet of doom’ told the Guardian in August: ‘Despair is useless’

The Guardian - US

In Defense of Not Mourning Queen Elizabeth

Plus: Aretha Franklin's FBI file is declassified, Coinbase challenges Treasury Department sanctions of cryptocurrency technology, and more...

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Sam Dean: Mike Davis is still a damn good storyteller

In late June, I wrote to Mike Davis to see if he'd be up for an interview.

Los Angeles Times

Bowled over by the cricketing genius of Shane Warne

Brief letters: Fitting tribute to Shane Warne | Helping Angela Davis | Historical novels on TV | Taking the Beatles for a spin

The Guardian - UK

Angela Davis on the power of protest: ‘We can’t do anything without optimism’

In 1972, the former Black Panther was facing the death penalty. Five decades after the campaign for her release went global, she still believes people are the ‘motors of history’

The Guardian - UK

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