Professor Angela Davis, an esteemed and long-time champion of progressive politics in the United States, and prominent activist of the women’s movement as well as other popular campaigns, announced her solidarity with the progressive and radical protest movement that has taken shape in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini, in a short video clip released and now circulating online.

Professor Davis is one of the well-known veterans of the international campaigns for peace, equality, social justice, and the ending of discrimination.

Angela Davis, a prominent political activist, academic, and author, was a leading figure in the CPUSA and is celebrated for her major roles in both the movements for feminism and Black liberation in the United States since the 1960s.