In this collection of twelve previously unpublished speeches, Davis confronts the interconnected issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism, and the ongoing need for social change in the United States.

Includes index.

Report from Harlem -- The prison-industrial complex -- Race, crime, and punishment -- Race, power, and prisons since 9/11 -- Radical multiculturalism -- Abolition democracy -- Racism : then and now -- The meaning of freedom -- Justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities -- Recognizing racism in the era of neoliberalism -- Democracy, social change, and civil engagement -- Difficult dialogues.