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What is the opposite of freedom? In Freedom as Marronage, Neil Roberts answers this question with definitive force: slavery, and from there he unveils powerful new insights on the human condition as it has been understood between these poles. Crucial to his investigation is the concept of marronage-a form of slave escape that was an important aspect of Caribbean and Latin American slave systems. Examining this overlooked phenomenon-one of action from slavery and toward freedom-he deepens our understanding of freedom itself and the origin of our political ideals. Roberts examines the liminal and transitional space of slave escape in order to develop a theory of freedom as marronage, which contends that freedom is fundamentally located within this space-that it is a form of perpetual flight. He engages a stunning variety of writers, including Hannah Arendt, W. E. B. Du Bois, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the Rastafari, among others, to develop a compelling lens through which to interpret the quandaries of slavery, freedom, and politics that still confront us today. The result is a sophisticated, interdisciplinary work that unsettles the ways we think about freedom by always casting it in the light of its critical opposite.

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Die afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin Angela Davis erlangte in den 1960er Jahren Bekanntheit als Black Power-Ikone und galt als internationale Leitfigur der studentischen Protestbewegungen um 1968. Die Beziehungen zwischen Angela Davis und der DDR sowie die umfangreiche Solidaritätskampagne der DDR für Davis haben dabei jedoch bislang kaum Beachtung gefunden. Sophie Lorenz zeigt, welche Bedeutung Angela Davis in der DDR vor dem Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges zugeschrieben wurde. Sie beleuchtet damit nicht nur Davis` Rolle als Akteurin der Global Sixties neu, sondern erweitert die Historiografie zu Rassismus-Debatten in der BRD um eine ostdeutsche Perspektive. Besprochen in: Youtube, 31.07.2020, TV Berlin www.frauensolidaritaet.org, 10 (2020) www.centrum3.at, 3 (2020)

Angela Davis; DDR; Kulturgeschichte; Black Power; Kalter Krieg; Global Sixties; Rassismus; Ostdeutschland; Bürgerrechtsbewegung; Transnationale Geschichte; Studierendenprotest; 1968; Geschlecht; Soziale Ungleichheit; Deutsche Geschichte; Zeitgeschichte; Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts; Soziale Bewegungen; Geschichtswissenschaft; GDR (East Germany); Cultural History; Cold War; Racism; Eastern Germany; Civil Rights Movement; Transnational History; Student Protest; Gender; Social Inequality; German History; Contemporary History; History of the 20th Century; Social Movements; History --- Davis, Angela Y. --- Germany (East) --- Ethnic relations. --- 1968. --- Black Power. --- Civil Rights Movement. --- Cold War. --- Contemporary History. --- Cultural History. --- Eastern Germany. --- GDR (East Germany). --- Gender. --- German History. --- Global Sixties. --- History of the 20th Century. --- History. --- Racism. --- Social Inequality. --- Social Movements. --- Student Protest. --- Transnational History.

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How political protests and activism have a direct influence on voter and candidate behavior The “silent majority”—a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan—refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly informed and influenced by protest activism. Consequently, as protests grow in America, every facet of the electoral process is touched by this loud minority, benefitting the political party perceived to be the most supportive of the protestors’ messaging.Relying on historical evidence, statistical data, and detailed interviews that consider protest activity since the 1960s, Daniel Gillion shows that electoral districts with protest activity are more likely to see increased voter turnout at the polls. Surprisingly, protest activities are also moneymaking endeavors for electoral politics, as voters donate more to political candidates who share the ideological leanings of activists. Finally, protests are a signal of political problems, encouraging experienced political challengers to run for office and hurting incumbents’ chances of winning reelection. The silent majority may not speak with protest actions themselves, but clearly gesture for social change with their vote.An exploration of how protests affect voter behavior and warn of future electoral changes, The Loud Minority looks at the many ways that activism can shape democracy.

Protest movements --- Democracy --- Political participation --- United States --- Politics and government. --- 2020 elections. --- American National Election Study. --- American politics. --- Angela Davis. --- Black Lives Matter. --- Civil Rights Act. --- Discrimination, Jobs, Politics. --- Faithful and Fearless. --- Federal Election Committee. --- Freedom is a Constant Struggle. --- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. --- Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor. --- Kenneth Andrews. --- LGBT community. --- Martin Luther King. --- Mary Fainsod Katzenstein. --- Mobilizing Public Opinion. --- Paul Burstein. --- Political Process and the Development of the Black Insurgency. --- Taeku Lee. --- Tea Party activists. --- U.S. elections. --- Vietnam War. --- Voting Rights Act. --- a change is gonna come. --- campaign contributions. --- civil rights movement. --- congressional elections. --- countermobilization. --- democratic national convention. --- electoral opportunity. --- electorate influence. --- free-riding. --- ideological protest. --- liberal and conservative protests. --- partisanship. --- polarization. --- political backlash. --- political behavior. --- political campaigns. --- political communication. --- political primaries. --- protest narrative. --- race and ethnic politics. --- republican national convention. --- sit-ins. --- social movements. --- women’s rights.