Communism and Abolition: Where the Conversation With Angela Davis Came Up Short

Angela Davis is one of the most prominent communist activists and academics in the history of the United States. In her April 15 talk at Amherst, however, Davis shied away from some of the more adversarial ideological stances that make up the core of her public political identity, including her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/angela-davis-israel-civil-rights-institute.html] ), opposition to American imperialism [https://amirmo