Stop Cop City: To Defend A Forest

Garrison expounds on six phases of the Stop Cop City movement, its decline in momentum, and how Atlanta bridges the gap between the 2020 protests and new tactics of state repression being used nationwide in the current expansion of police power.

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Sabotage attacks continue across the country as state repression intensifies. Meanwhile, organizers experiment with new forms of mass action.

https://givebutter.com/tLAvDE

https://www.freejack.co/

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As construction for Cop City is set to begin imminently, a referendum to let Atlanta voters decide the fate of the facility faces voter suppression.

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As the Week of Action comes to a close, a resurgent wave of direct actions happen across the country.

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After City Council approved Cop City construction funds in early June, people in Atlanta seek new paths of resistance during another Week of Action.

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Garrison presents a brand new comedy special, compiled out of all the jokes, bits, goofs, and gaffs from the Week of Action this past March.

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A more critical look at the Week of Action and its aftermath. State repression continues as Intrenchment Creek Park is closed just days before clear cutting begins in the Weelaunee Forest. With Cop City construction scheduled for this summer, activist's search for avenues of resistance.

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Police repression intensifies as people march to the Atlanta Police Foundation. Over the weekend the cops raid a secondary encampment, and a memorial for Tortuguita is held in the Weelaunee Forest.

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The Clergy crash a city council meeting, people return to the forest for a Purim celebration, and activists are met with intense police repression during daily non-violent actions happening throughout downtown.

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A few hundred people march to the Cop City construction site and sabotage equipment, then police SWAT raid the nearby music festival and arrest 23 concert goers.

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