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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Jack Stephens '23

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: April 28, 2021

Latest Article: April 28, 2021

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

By Jack Stephens '23

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April 28, 2021

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

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