here are some things which have stopped or set back the construction of cop city in the past:
– destroying construction equipment
– destroying surveillance cameras & other police equipment
– attacking cops & construction workers
here is something which has not stopped or set back the construction of cop city in the past:
– speaking at atlanta city council meetings
here are some needless risks attending city council meetings involves:
– being indoors around lots of maskless strangers during a pandemic
– being heavily surveilled by police & city officials at close range
– legitimizing a government built on slavery & genocide by appealing to it
for more tips on how not to reproduce colonial & reformist strategies in activism. please see these detailed engagements from Black Radicals:
– Moving From a Reactionary To a More Responsive Critique of The Movement to Defend The Weelaunee Forest (reposted to this blog)
– How to Build the End of the World, In defense of the Chaotic Protester (scalawag magazine)
stay up yall.
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