Blue flashing lights pass by, oblivious to our collective trespass. A hole in the fence, hotties passing through, passing into each other. A new world cums into being, a rupture on the leisure pastures of the rich. Cruising utopia, at least for a night. Queers writhing over each other, defiling one another. Sweet melodies accompany soft caresses, the sound of piss gurgling beside a couple kissing. Determined fuckers splayed out on tarps. The line between criminality and sensuality? Sorry she’s not in tonight.
We perverted Chicago’s Marovitz golf course, had a great night doing it. Imagine the next day, a confounded golfer cautiously lifting a damp towel between two fingers, realizing all at once, their eyes passing over the sex litter drying on the sunny green.
We did this for ourselves, but also to express solidarity with the intractable freaks who held down the Weelaunee forest. Since the very first fiery attacks carried out by queers in defense of that place, we’ve laughed and cried and raged with our feral siblings. If we only defend, we end up with our backs against the wall. All it takes is some boltcutters, encrypted messaging, and trusted friends to open up new fronts in the war for the wild. No more empty rhetoric around ‘territorial struggle’ without a total re-imagining of the terrain. We carved the chaos star into the sand bunker to remind that the forest is a propulsive utopia, spreading in all directions!
xoxo
an autonomous extra-curriculars committee at bb!23
From June 24th to July 1st in Atlanta Georgia, USA, a week of action will begin to head-off the Weelaunee Summer.
Come for the week.
Stay for the summer.
Previous weeks of action have been bristling and bursting with energy, excitement, and activity. The following week after these, when large numbers of people that were there for the week leaves, there has consistently been what’s called a “week of repression.” During that time the police do raids and the empire strikes back in retaliation. The energy and pressure from a long hot Weelaunee summer could resist their attempts at repression.
Remember that solidarity can be felt from around the world, maybe join from wherever you are, drop a banner, send smoke signals, whatever you fancy!
Originally Posted on Unoffensive Animal
Once again, on April 29, Eugenians took to the streets to protest the development of “Cop City”—the $90 million police training facility in Atlanta, Georgia’s Weelaunee Forest—and the killing of environmental activist [Tortugita] , the first during a protest in modern U.S. history, while defending the forest.
There had previously been a candlelight vigil at the Owen Rose Garden for […] Tortuguita on Jan. 20.
An initial independent autopsy requested by Tortuguita’s family showed that they were likely seated in an upright position with their hands up when many of the shots occurred. This week, the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office’s autopsy report was released showing that Tortuguita did not have gunshot residue on their hands, dispelling law enforcement’s assertions that they were shot at first and then releasing an image of the supposed weapon used.
Tortuguita’s death was ruled a homicide.
The Eugene protest began at 6 p.m. with people slowly arriving at the start point near the 13th & Olive apartment complex.
At the same time, Zachary Caster—a known local right-wing provocateur—arrived and circled the block several times, taking photos of those who gathered.
After about an hour, the group of about 30 began to march. At the front, two banners that read “Stop Cop City, Eugene – Atlanta” and “fuck 12” followed by the group of protesters and capped-off with another banner in honor of Tortuguita. They marched through downtown and chanted phrases including “A-C-A-B, all cops are bastards;” “AK-47, send the cops to piggy heaven;” “viva, viva, Tortuguita;” and “cops kill, trees give life.”
Near the Eugene Library, one man yelled to the crowd “fuck Atlanta, worry about Eugene.” In response, activists tried to explain that what happens in Atlanta can have an impact on what happens here in Oregon.
An example of this is House Bill 2772, a new domestic anti-terrorism bill that is making its way through the Oregon legislature with bipartisan support. If passed, the proposed bill—created to combat the rise of right-wing extremism—could be used to target leftists and, much like in the case of Atlanta, environmental activists and forest defenders.
Not long after the march had begun, an EPD cruiser began tailing the march while others began to block-off side streets and the intersections, leaving the crowd to decide that they could only go forward onto W. Broadway Alley, effectively kettling them in the neighborhood.
From there, the group splintered into many smaller ones going in various directions.
A little while later, DSM caught up with two EPD cruisers following a small group from the march with their lights on to Old Nick’s Pub. There, they surrounded the building for a few minutes prior to leaving.
Originally posted on Double Sided Media
On April 24th, demonstrations took place at Emory University, Georgia Tech, Agnes Scott College, Clark Atlanta, Spelman, and Morehouse.
At Georgia Tech, a few dozen of us gathered on Tech Green, an open green space located on campus. A graduate student hosted one of their classes on the Green while we set up tents and gazebos. For several hours, we distributed literature about the movement to defend the Weelaunee forest and to stop Cop City. We also distributed a zine about the 2017 murder of queer anarchist and Pride Alliance student Scout Schultz by GTPD officer Tyler Beck, and the subsequent revolt on campus in the wake of the killing.
Around 5pm, 30 of us marched around the student center chanting “stop Cop City” and “if you build it, we will burn it,” as well as other unique slogans such as “listen up Georgia Tech/Cop City must be wrecked.” The atmosphere was convivial and while nearly all of us were students or alum, we were happy to see a few non-students attend the events. Georgia Tech is not only a university, it is also an arms manufacturer and a real estate speculator. Thus, non-students have every right to take place in on-campus movements. There are no “outside agitators” in this movement.
Campus police positioned themselves outside of every single building we passed, fearing we would enter them and disrupt the economic racket they uphold.
Upon returning to the Green, we erected several tents and began a movie. Throughout the night, police attempted to intimidate us, but we held out strong. We hear that our fellow travelers at Emory did not fair as well, and were encircled by dozens of APD cruisers at 3am.
The struggle against Cop City will not be stopped by the repression, the ongoing clear-cutting of Weelaunee, or the ruthless murder of Tortuguita by Georgia State Patrol. The Dickens government continues to spin confusing narratives and outright lies to dissuade the public from taking bold action to oppose his fascistic plans.
If we cannot establish public spaces on campus to organize and talk, we will be forced to escalate.
To everyone reading this, to students everywhere: don’t stop, spread the resistance.
“Wait-and-see” — a mentality to be avoided at all costs.
– The Impatient
Submitted anonymously over email
On June. 2nd, a horde of forest defenders were able to stop a bulldozer on the edge of the woods (that was being escorted by kkkops) from destroying the forest by throwing rocks, deploying fireworks, & shouting scary words!
& We’ll get back to you soon!
– Received anonymously over email
http://stopreevesyoung.com“APF is unable to build Cop City alone. They have contracted Reeves-Young to build it for them. Reeves-Young cannot complete this project without its subcontractors. SRY is a campaign to urge these subcontractors to stop participating in the construction of Cop City and/or divest from their dealings with Reeves-Young.
The subcontractors have many other contracts. As service providers, they do not depend on the completion of the Cop City to continue their business operations. Reeves-Young represents just one of their many contracts, just as APF is only one of Reeves-Young’s many contracts. Everyone involved in this project is complicit in some way with the destruction of the forest, the militarization of the police, and the development of a racist and violent project. The fact is that they have economic incentives to move forward with this project. We must create disincentives.
Through this campaign we seek to educate the subcontractors and ask them to drop this single contract. These companies only care about their bottom line: making profits and securing more contracts. By pressuring companies that do not have a commitment to the APF, but do have a commitment to Reeves-Young, we believe we can get them to drop their contracts without incurring significant economic risks. When Reeves-Young realizes that it is not worthwhile to keep the Cop City contract if it means jeopardizing all of their other projects, we believe they will cancel the APF agreement as well. One by one, as subcontractors drop out, we will cause delays and budget increases until it becomes logistically, economically and politically impossible to move forward with the destruction of the forest or the construction of the Cop City.
SRY is a media clearinghouse, providing journalistic updates on the movement. We provide information and updates about the campaign, contextualized within the broader struggle to defend the South Atlanta forest. We maintain this site for educational and journalistic purposes, and are not responsible for the acts or deeds that we report on.”
– From the website
defend the ATL forest! May 8-15 pic.twitter.com/pELLt0tMJk
— Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City (@defendATLforest) March 12, 2022
Early stages of construction began last week and forest defenders quickly responded. Report from the January 28th march for the forest. The fight is everywhere, the forest is everywhere 🌳
The time is now! This is a call from some of us living in the Atlanta Forest; We invite you to join us in its defense. The forest, which is stolen Muscogee land, is slated to become a mock-city for police training. We have no intention of allowing this, nor of limiting our efforts to tree sits and lockdowns (already there have been 2 arson attacks, damaged machinery, home and office visits, barricades, etc.). The more people there are staying in the forest, the more options are open to us. Living in the forest gives us ability to immediately respond to any threat the forest faces. We must not allow them an inch without meeting opposition. Not one blade of grass. As it stands, the forest feels autonomous and the police are reluctant to go deep within it. Help us keep it that way. Come now to defend the forest, in struggle against the police and the civilization that needs them. Check out https://scenes.noblogs.org/ for more info/past communiques and email atldtf@riseup.net to get in touch if you’re interested in coming.
-Submitted anonymously over email
“MVSKOKE TERRITORY — On Sat., Nov. 27, tribal members of the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe currently based in the Helvpe Ceremonial Grounds of so-called Eastern Oklahoma returned to their ancestral homelands known as Atlanta. […] The Muscogee (Creek) community leaders of Oklahoma were joined by other first nation peoples from Alabama and Georgia to participate in cultural sharing and stomp dance ceremonies in the South River Forest located in unincorporated DeKalb County. The event was open to the public and the larger community in the metro area, with hundreds in attendance. The ceremonies were performed in Intrenchment Creek Park, which resides next to a plot of land known as the Old Atlanta Prison Farm. Both plots of land are currently under threat of further development, construction, and deforestation in long-standing battles in the city.” – from article
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.
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https://www.mainlinezine.com/atlanta-protesters-arrested-council-passes-lease-police-foundation/
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