Stop Cop City: To Defend A Forest

A thousand people march to the Weelaunee forest to kick off the Defend the Atlanta Forest Week of Action. Later that night Zack Fox headlines a DIY music festival in the woods.

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Robert talks with Garrison and Clark from the Atlanta Community Press Collective about what’s happened so far during the Week of Action to defend the forest.

https://atlsolidarity.org/

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A Week of Action is planned for March 4th as the city of Atlanta prepares to receive land disturbance permits. We discuss how the movement might evolve going forward.

Music by the Narcissist Cookbook and Propaganda.

https://www.stopcopcitysolidarity.org/
https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/ 
https://www.copcitysyllab.us/ 
https://www.srycampaign.org/ 
https://scenes.noblogs.org/ 
https://occupywallst.nyc/news/2023/2/11/defend-the-atlanta-forest-bring-tent-march-11-2023-stopcopcity4 
https://itsgoingdown.org/three-theories-of-victory/ 

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Police and politicians continue to intensify repression against the movement with domestic terrorism charges and unprecedented high bail costs. Meanwhile, a protest in downtown Atlanta ends with a police car in flames.

https://atlsolidarity.org/
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/contribute-to-the-atlanta-solidarity-fund

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Friends, loved ones, and comrades of Tortuguita share memories and stories of them. The Friday after the police killing, a vigil for Tort is held at Weelaunee People's Park.

https://stopcop.city/memories-of-tort/

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The Georgia State Patrol kill a forest defender during a police raid on the Weelaunee Forest. Garrison travels to Atlanta to talk with people in the movement; this episode covers the police's escalation of violence and what happened the day of the shooting.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-family-of-manuel-tortuguita-paez-teran 

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We talk with folks from the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and  Anti-Repression Committee about the tactics of State repression and bail fund organizing within the struggle to Defend the Atlanta Forest. 
https://atlsolidarity.org

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An update on Defend the Atlanta Forest discussing what’s happened the past month from the Week of Action up to the current situation. 

https://scenes.noblogs.org/ 
https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/
https://twitter.com/defendATLforest
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/contribute-to-the-atlanta-solidarity-fund 

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Learn how the movement evolved after the city council vote. In part 2 we get into tactics and hear more of the conversations with Forest Defenders from Garrison's trip to the Atlanta Forest.

https://defendtheatlantaforest.com/
https://stopreevesyoung.com/
https://opencollective.com/forest-justice-defense-fund
https://scenes.noblogs.org/
warriorup.noblogs.org

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Garrison travels to Atlanta Georgia to talk with Forest Defenders who are attempting to prevent the construction of a massive militarized Police training facility. 

https://defendtheatlantaforest.com/
https://scenes.noblogs.org/
https://crimethinc.com/2022/04/11/the-city-in-the-forest-reinventing-resistance-for-an-age-of-ecological-collapse-and-police-militarization

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