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Author: scenes

4TH WEEK OF ACTION JULY 23-30

Posted on June 17, 2022 by scenes

Week of Action! July 23-30. Send questions and flyers to dtfweekofaction@riseup.net

If not now, then when?
If not us, then who?

July 23-30
ATL pic.twitter.com/EY6UXKMDQ6

— Defend the Atlanta Forest (@defendATLforest) June 16, 2022

Posted in GeneralTagged 4th Week of Action

MULTIPLE POLICE CARS DAMAGED IN WEELAUNEE

Posted on May 11, 2022 - June 17, 2022 by scenes

The RC airfield in the forest with a smoke grenade, police officers, a bulldozer, an overturned car, and a banner in the background. In the foreground: Week of Action 3: May 8-14 2022 in the Atlanta Forest.
This is part of a series on the 3rd Week of Action.
Just after 10am on Wednesday, May 24th (the 4th day of the Third Week of Action) 2 DeKalb County park police entered the forest to inspect the path created by bulldozers on Monday in the RC field. As they were exiting, forest defenders ambushed them by throwing rocks and bottles their cars, smashing windows. It seems they aren’t so formidable when they aren’t alongside DeKalb County Police assisting in encampment sweeps, as they did last December at the behest of Blackhall Studios following the “Witch Bloc” hexing.
At Noon, a van with “LAW ENFORCEMENT – DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE” superimposed in a seal over a silhouette of Georgia printed on the door pulled into the parking lot of Intrenchment Creek Park by the gazebo. Around an hour later, the van was attacked suddenly by a barrage of rocks and multiple tires were slashed. The van attempted to escape but was left stranded in the parking lot until DeKalb Police were able to escort it out. Police were nervously walking backwards in order to keep their eyes on the tree line where they knew forest defenders would be watching them at every moment.
From the back right side, a white van with a government license plate has its back right tire smashed, back right window smashed, and side window smashed. The truck has a “LAW ENFORCEMENT - JUVENILE CORRECTIONS” seal superimposed over a silhouette of Georgia on the door.

Multiple police vehicles were damaged. Nobody was detained or arrested. Juvenile justice was served, but probably not in the way they meant. Atlanta will remain a forest.

-Received anonymously over Email

Posted in Report BacksTagged 3rd Week of Action, direct action, report-back

FUNDRAISER: Support Muscogee Summit in Atlanta

Posted on March 30, 2022 by scenes

Muscogee community members from across the country will be gathering this April to discuss land, environmental justice and current events in Weelaunee ( so called South River Forest) and unceded Muscogee homelands. Funds will be used for travel, food, lodging, and honorariums for participants. Please donate generously to support this historic gathering. Any excess funds will go toward future travel of Mvskokvlke Migration to homelands.
Protect Muscogee Land
Library of the Commons is working with Muscogee people to make this event as successful as possible. Any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to the Muscogee people and Atlantans.
Support the fundraiser here.

Posted in Calls to ActionTagged fundraiser

Banks Attacked in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders

Posted on March 26, 2022 by scenes

This month we sabotaged card slots of Wells Fargo and Bank Of America in Center City, Philadelphia. This attack was done in solidarity and complicity with those disrupting the construction of a police training grounds in Atlanta. Cops in Atlanta want to cut down a forest to build a mock city to practice squashing uprisings. In response, individuals are occupying, protesting, and sabotaging. People have started staying in the forest and fucking with the construction. The Atlanta Police Foundation is being funded by Wells Fargo and Bank Of America. We are excited to hear about construction workers being chased out and construction vehicles being messed up.

As proponents of self-directed revolt we decided to target the banks contributing to building the cop city. We hope that by communicating our action others feel encouraged or inspired to attack and disrupt the social order in their own context. While it would be preferable if the police project in Atlanta collapsed, for us destruction is an end in itself. We take pleasure in disrupting capital.

Our sabotage involved collecting plastic cards, which we cut into thirds. The purpose of this was to prevent the cards from easily being removed. Before going out we wiped down the pieces with gloves on and dressed anonymously. We inserted the pieces into atm and door card readers after putting a strip of super glue onto them. One benefit of this action is that it fucks up the machine without making a lot of noise or seeming out of place. We feel this is relevant to point out because the cop city is an example of the police preparing for mass unrest and we feel it is strategic to be able to act discreetly in light of increasing policing and surveillance.

Fuck cops
Fuck banks and money
Solidarity and complicity with the feral anarchists in Atlanta
Death to civilization
Long live anarchy
Chaos forever

– Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in CommuniquesTagged direct action, sabotage, solidarity

Twin Cities Bank of America Attacked to Stop Cop City

Posted on March 25, 2022 - March 26, 2022 by scenes

January 31st, 2022

In solidarity with the 4 forest defenders arrested this week in the fight to #stopcopcity, autonomous vandals smashed the windows of Bank of America, one of the largest sponsors of the Atlanta Police Foundation. The building was also redecorated to read “STOP COP CITY”

Those wanting to support the fight can donate at atlsolidarityfund.org and get plugged in at defendtheatlantaforest.com

Free the brave, fuck the boys in blue.

Atlanta will remain a forest.

– Received Anonymously Over Email

Posted in CommuniquesTagged direct action, solidarity

The Atlanta Forest: an incomplete map

Posted on December 25, 2021 - December 25, 2021 by scenes

Map of the tract of forest bounded by Constitution, Key, and Bouldercrest roads.
We’ve been cooking it up all winter and we’re finally done. Check out our homemade map, made just for forest exploration. You can use it to walk the forest and report anything that doesn’t look right to the forest threat tipline! You might notice that this map is incomplete- that’s ok, because a complete map of the forest would be… very packed. If you notice anything that’s incorrect though, please report it via our submission form. If you know about another useful map, please submit them if you can’t find them on our new maps page!

Posted in ArtTagged maps, originals

Coming up: Muscogee Stomp Dance & Culture Sharing

Posted on November 23, 2021 - November 23, 2021 by scenes

Muscogee Stomp Dance & Culture Sharing. November 27 5pm-7pm. South River Trail Intrenchment Creek Trailhead W Side Pl Atlanta GA 30316. Happening rain or shine. Join the Atlanta community in welcoming Muscogee community members from Helvpe Ceremonial grounds to South River Forest. Take part in preserving Atlanta’s indigenous lands.
Flyer

Join the Atlanta community in welcoming Muscogee community members from Helvpe Ceremonial grounds to South River Forest. Take part in preserving Atlanta’s indigenous lands.

Received anonymously over Email

Posted in Community BuildingTagged events, muscogee

Video-communique: Blackhall Landswap Site Hit Again

Posted on November 23, 2021 - November 23, 2021 by scenes

Received via submission. Read the written communique: https://t.co/EK9jY8MCMV pic.twitter.com/24Jt7XVlz6

— Scenes from the Atlanta Forest (@scenesatl) November 23, 2021


Received anonymously over email, uploaded to Twitter dot com because of size

Posted in CommuniquesTagged blackhall, direct action, ecodefense

WATCH: Protest at Reeves Young

Posted on November 18, 2021 - December 25, 2021 by scenes
@defendatlantaforest

Reeves Young are contracted by ATL Police Foundation to destroy the ATL Forest & build Cop City. Call RY @ 7702711159 to drop the contract

♬ original sound – defendatlantaforest

Call-to-action: Call Reeves Young at +1 (770) 271 1159 and demand they drop their contract to build Cop City.

Posted in Report BacksTagged direct action, reeves young

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