When tyrants seize power for themselves, ordinary people step in to take it back. From Serbia to Chile to Poland, movements brought down authoritarian regimes by making them impossible to run, through strikes, boycotts, refusal, and millions of ordinary people deciding they wouldn’t help harm each other. But they didn’t wake up one morning and …
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Nov 13 Update – Today was a big day! Early this morning comrades gathered in Atlanta to march on the construction site and block Cop City. They marched and sang peacefully, and some folks planted saplings along the roadsides to try and replace the many trees that have been cut already in ongoing construction. They …
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The latest news from the fight to stop Cop City and save the Weelaunee forest is not good. Activists and organizers, attempting to use all legal means to stop construction have gathered more than 115,000 signatures calling for a referendum vote. The mayor of Atlanta, the City Council, and local election officials, all of whom …
Quick update on the week of action still going on in Atlanta to stop Cop City. All week long, activists and organizers have been camping our in the Weelaunee forest, and taking action all around Atlanta to Stop Cop City. On Sunday night, March 5, there was a peaceful, family friendly gathering and concert in …
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It was just over a month ago that the police murdered Atlanta activist and forest defender Tortuguita. In the weeks since we have spoken out to demand accountability and an independent investigation, and seen clear evidence of a cover up and misinformation. We have also joined activists all over the world in rising up to …
Frontline organizers in Atlanta are calling for urgent support to stop Cop City – and we’re answering the call with actions from coast, to coast, to coast. Here’s what you need to know A few days ago we told you about Tortuguita, a leader in the campaign to stop cop city in Atlanta who was …
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Last week, Manuel “Tortuguita” Páez Terán, was murdered by police while occupying a stretch of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. They were there to stop “Cop City” a massive, privately funded, police training and militarization compound. That same night, after murdering a peaceful forest defender, police arrested other comrades and charged them with domestic terrorism. Other activists and allies have been arrested …
For five years, TC Energy (formally Trans Canada), the same company behind the KeystoneXL pipeline, has been trying to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline on sovereign Wet’suwet’en land. We’ve told you before about how they are doing this despite opposition from the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en, whose rights and title require their consent, not …
For the last few weeks, we’ve been telling you about why we support the demands of the Movement for Black Lives, including and especially the demand to Defund the Police. But the truth is that most of us can’t defund the police ourselves: Not by voting in local elections (some sheriffs are elected, but not …
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On June 19, 1865, Black communities in Texas finally received the news that they were free. Juneteenth (June 19th) is a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in the U.S. This Juneteenth is a rare moment for our communities to proclaim in …