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Good Book That’s Not Quite For Me

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

January 23, 2022 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Those interested in one person’s journey to an abolitionist perspective. Those who are already or thinking of becoming abolitionists but looking for some answers to the tougher questions. In a nutshell: Organizer and lawyer Purnell shares her journey towards an abolitionist viewpoint. Worth quoting: “If we truly want to save lives in the US and beyond, we have to join in the traditions of activists who fight to end policing, wars and military operations across the globe.” “It makes me wish that people […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: abolition, Derecka Purnell, police

ASKReviews's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: abolition, Derecka Purnell, police ·
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Cruel Humanitarians

March 6, 2014 by lyndamk Leave a Comment

In Polemical Pain: Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism, Margaret Abruzzo examines the contested origins of the idea of humanitarianism by investigating the proslavery and antislavery debates over the meaning of pain. This is an excellent book for understanding not only the intellectual development of the pro and antislavery positions, but also for breaking apart the concept of humanitarianism, to understand it as a contested and not static term. Read more at my blog…

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abolition, American History, lyndamk, Slavery

lyndamk's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: abolition, American History, lyndamk, Slavery ·
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