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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Sunday, January 29, 2023

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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

Abolish ACPD: It’s Time to Try Something New

By The Editorial Board

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April 28, 2021

This week, the Town of Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group has revealed some of the items requested in its proposal for the future of policing in the town, to be decided on in an upcoming May 3 Town Council budget meeting. It proposes [https://www.gazettenet.com/Community-responders-team-sought-in-Amherst-budget-40131259] slashing the $5.15 million Amherst Police Department (APD) budget in order to fund a separate $2.2 million Community Response for Equity, Safety and Service (CRESS) prog

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