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New emails show the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) views Mayor Andre Dickens’ proposed South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force as a continuation of the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee rubber stamp approach and reaffirms that corporate interests are driving the Cop City project, which the Foundation believes will open by late… Read more
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On March 16, the Georgia House passed an amended version SB140, a bill with potentially disastrous consequences for LGBTQ+ youth. The Georgia Senate, where the bill originated, is expected to vote on the amended version of the bill Tuesday. SB140 prohibits licensed healthcare facilities from performing procedures such as hormone-replacement therapy and gender-transition surgeries for minors with… Read more
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On Friday March 10th, the first annual Weelaunee Food Autonomy Festival began in the Weelaunee (South River) Forest. The festival was a practical experiment in food production and distribution outside of, and against, the forms of state and market control that dominate industrial agriculture. Attendees came from all over the continent for the four-day event,… Read more
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By Nate DeGroot The Atlanta Community Press Collective received this submission from Nate DeGroot, a rabbi and Associate Director of The Shalom Center. Rabbi DeGroot recounts his experience of the police raid on the South River Music Festival on Sunday, March 5th, as well as the celebration of the Jewish holiday, Purim, in the Weelaunee… Read more
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True to concerns brought by The Atlanta Solidarity Fund late last month, emails obtained through open records requests show that the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and its contractors are awaiting “indictments to the leaders” of the Stop Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest Movement. In an email to the members of APF’s Board of… Read more
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EDITORS NOTE: Due to the graphic nature of the autopsy we are issuing a content warning for this article. Please read with care. Read more
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From March 9th-11th, Southerners on New Ground (SONG), NDN Collective, and other allied groups are hosting an art space at 561 W. Whitehall St. SW for activists, students, and all those aligned with the movements to Stop Cop City and Defend the Atlanta Forest. The space will be open from 10am to 9pm daily. Limited… Read more
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By the Sonic Defense Committee The Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) received the following submission on 3/7/2023. In the following statement, the authors describe the South River Music Festival that took place on the first and second day of the Week of Action and the police violence and repression directed toward festival goers on Sunday… Read more
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by the Richard Hunsinger Defense Committee The Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) received the following submission on 3/3/2023 from a defense committee organizing on behalf of an Atlanta activist who was arrested during the uprisings in summer 2020. In the following statement, the defense committee describes its experience navigating the logistics of organizing a support… Read more
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Earlier this year, multiple police agencies engaged in a mass raid of the Weelaunee Forest, destroying campsites that existed in the forest for over a year, and a GSP swat team killed forest defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán. Forest Defender’s permanent occupation of Weelaunee ended after that raid, but the movement continued to fight. In… Read more
