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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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By: Matt Scott 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… Read more
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The land known as the Weelaunee Forest, or South River Forest, is today under threat on two fronts: a proposed police training facility, and a land swap between DeKalb County and movie industry executive Ryan Millsap. This map is intended to be a guide to the basic geography and jurisdictional boundaries of the area. We… Read more
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The Defend the Forest movement, an autonomous coalition of individuals and organizations across a growing swath of ideological positions, plans to launch off its fifth week of action at 11:00am on Saturday, March 4 at Gresham Park with a protest and rally, followed by a two day music festival. From March 4 – 11, the… Read more
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The Community Safety and Police Violence project of the Southern Center for Human Rights will host the last of seven town halls intended to engage, educate, and gather input from Atlanta residents about policing, violence, and community safety. The project held the first six town halls in person and in each of Atlanta’s six police… Read more
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“Come with your vestments, robes, and shawls. Come with your sacred texts and teachings. Come with your spiritual power to protect this sacred place,” says a letter by a coalition of clergy and faith leaders who are calling for fellow religious leaders to support forest defenders and join the upcoming Defend the Forest Week of Action… Read more
