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  • Checking In On Background Checks
    6/19/2013 - Anonymous

    Friday, June 14th, 2013 was the six month anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook, Ct. Across America, gun control advocates spoke out nation wide demanding universal background checks and stronger gun control legislation. In Georgia, the local chapters of Mom's Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns held a press conference outside the offices of Senator Johnny Isakson in Cobb Co. Senator Isakson had publicly stated that he supported the Mansion-Toomey bill, which calls for background checks on all gun sales. Yet, when the vote was called, he voted against the bill, even though 91% of the American public was in favor of the bill. Victims of gun violence spoke about their experiences, and demanded that next time Sen. Isakson vote with the majority of the American public, and not the gun lobby. This film runs 45 minutes.

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  • Counting Activists: Keep Jaye in Her Home Candlelight Vigil
    6/17/2013 - Anonymous



    COUNTING ACTIVISTS


    NAME OF ACTION:   Keep Jaye in her home CandleLight  Vigil

    DESCRIPTION OF ACTION:   Home Defense of Jaye Crawford:  First Public Action   

    CITY & DATE   Decatur, GA:     June 5th, 2013

    ACTION TYPE:   Evening Vigil  
     
      SPECIFIC LOCATION:  209 Mt Vernon Drive, Decatur
    [residence of Hugh Trotti, landlord of Warehouse Lofts]  


    ORGANIZER:  Ooha  [Occupy Our Homes Atlanta]       



    COUNT           23 =   My count of the participants


    EXPLANATORY  DETAILS

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  • Restore the Fourth Atlanta
    6/12/2013 - Anonymous

    Many of us are by now aware of the leaks by Ed Snowden. If you don't, here is a good start:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-glob...

    These revelations have led to a new movement of people fighting to restore the 4th amendment, it's called #restorethefourth. Here are some links to Atlanta-specific pages:

    https://www.facebook.com/RestoreTheFourthAtlanta?fref=ts

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Restorethe4thAtlanta/

    Many will have criticisms of this, and many are well-founded. I have jumped in because some people are doing something.

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  • Atlanta's Burning Number 7
    6/10/2013 - Anonymous

    June 11, 2013

    Atlanta’s Burning Number 7

    After distributing nearly 100 copies at this weekend’s first Atlanta Zine Fest we now publish the 7th issue of Atlanta’s Burning for digital download!

    This newsletter can be picked up from the newspaper box in front of Bound to Be Read Books in East Atlanta Village and from other anarchist gatherings and meet ups. Hopefully the newsletter will be distributed at more public locations soon.

    Download for reading (We print on 11×17 but you can also print on 8.5×11 if you use the full page and staple the edges)

    Contents:

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  • Heat Index///On the Corner
    6/09/2013 - Anonymous

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    Hey folks,
    The Heat Index collective has published it's first issue of the quarterly newspaper, On the Corner. Pdf's can be downloaded here: http://www.heatindexatl.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Summer20131.pdf
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    Below is an article from the first issue of On the Corner, written by Slim

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    J.O.B.: Just Over Broke

    Or “Hustlin’ on Poverty Wages”

    By: Slim

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  • Counting Activists: Atlanta March Against Mxsantx
    5/27/2013 - Anonymous

    COUNTING ACTIVISTS  

    NAME OF ACTION:   March Against MxSantx [aka Monsatan, Monstinko]

    CITY & DATE:   Atlanta:  2013, May 25th, Saturday

    ACTION TYPE:    March + Rallies
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    SPECIFIC LOCATION:     Beltline:  fr SE cor Piedmont Park to North Av


    COUNTS

    921 = My count for the  gathering in Piedmont Park  before the march

    647 = My count for the number of marchers on the Beltline going south from Piedmont Park

    418 = My count for the number gathered at the rallying point on the Beltline  above North Avenue


    Most Heard Chant:  

    What do we Want?      Labels

    When do we want them?     Now!!


    --Brian S Sherman


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  • March Against Monsanto in Atlanta
    5/26/2013 - Anonymous

    May 25th, 2013 was the world wide protest against bio-tech giant, Monsanto. Over two million people from over 52 countries took to the streets to demand an end to genetically modified organism's, or GMO's, in their food...and at the very least to have GMO foods labeled. In Atlanta Georgia, about 650 people marched from Piedmont Park in Midtown, down the beltline, and stopped several times to listen to speakers and meet new allies. The rally and march was organized by local food advocates, the Food Supply Rescue Coalition. With Monsanto fighting against a GMO labeling bill in California, and now the recently passed "Monsanto Protection Act", people are beginning to demand accountability, labeling, and more organic food choices. But most of all, citizens are demanding that corporations like Monsanto stop taking over the very governmental agencies that are supposed to monitor, test, and ban or regulate their products. This film runs 24 minutes.

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  • Video of Anarchist Panel in Atlanta
    5/22/2013 - marlon

    Video of some of the presentations at an anarchist panel discussion in Atlanta, GA.
    Presenters covered topics such as youth organizing, local anti-police struggles, and neighborhood-based organizing.

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  • Organizing and Funding Opportunity for all of GA!
    5/20/2013 - Anonymous

    GCDD Real Communities Initiative
    Building Inclusive Neighborhoods in Georgia

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  • What would you do??? Letter from a man falsely imprisoned since 1996 - at age 17
    5/14/2013 - earthworm

    What would you do???

    I often find myself sitting within this cell wondering what would Jesus do if he was face with what I've been faced with???

    And I ask you... What would you do if it was you??? What would you do if your family was robbed at gunpoint and the gunmen put the gun in oyur grandmother face and threaten to kill you & your grandmother along with everyone else???  What would you do if your grandmother called the police and the police only cites the gunmen for trespassing and released him back into the community without finding his gun??? What would you do if the gunmen came back to your grandmother apartment and threatened to kill you all again??? What would you do if you're trying to avoid a confrontation with the gunmen and he appears in your path reaching for something under his shirt????? What would you do if you feared for your life and feared for your family safety??? Would you protect yourself and your family???  Or would you continue to be a victim of this gunmen who the police released back into the community 5 minutes after they apprehended him without finding his gun???

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  • "FUCK APD" graffiti spotted in Edgewood Courts, police investigating
    5/08/2013 - earthworm

    383 Police were in Edgewood Courts this evening, taking photographs and asking questions about some graffiti that says "FUCK APD" on a wall near the playground, according to bystanders.  Copwatch received a call at 7:40 from someone who said police were at the playground photographing people.  The sidewalks also sported graffiti in the same color that said things like "1500 block".  By the time copwatch arrived, police were already gone. 


    A few blocks away, at the corner of Foote and Wesley streets, the COPS unit of APD, responsible for making a show of "community outreach" was stationed all day with two vans and multiple cars, and a table set up.  No one approached or spoke to them that copwatch members are aware of.

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  • Thoughts from a Georgia Prison Hunger Striker
    5/06/2013 - earthworm

    In this piece, Georgia prisoner and former hunger striker Yahya Jihad Ali discusses his experience in Jackson State prison.  I have been corresponding with Yahya since he and 4 other hunger strikers in Jackson State Prison wrote a piece I submitted in March. I have typed the letter up exactly as he wrote it to me, as best I could:

    382 The benefit that I'm still deriving from the hunger strike is the strength that I've gained from knowing that I survived not eating several days at a time.  Every time I go through a new struggle I draw comfort in the fact that I've been through worst.  In order to master a situation one must first master themselves.  I feel I have truly mastered the essence of who I am. 

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  • Collective Resistance
    5/03/2013 - Anonymous

    By David Roberts - one of the first 10 original members of the Georgia prison hunger strikers, currently captive in Jackson Prison.

    We have now seen it on the news...Atlanta police attacked a man for "asking some questions!?"  They pepper sprayed the man and beat him, then 7 or 8 of them jumped on him and handcuffed him.  Looked exactly like another Rodney King thing to me!

    Luckily an unafraid brother had his cell phone handy and videotaped the whole incident.  This happened a couple of weeks ago and hopefully the man's friends have retained a good attorney for him and with the videotape evidence, he should be back out there and waiting for his day in court with a lawsuit pending and some of those that beat him fired!

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  • New Materials for the Eager Combatant
    5/02/2013 - Anonymous


    From https://blackdoordistro.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/new-materials-for-the-e...

    May 3, 2013

    New Materials for the Eager Combatant

    In light of recent anti-police activity here in Atlanta, we present a newly formatted version of the essay “Don’t Die Wondering: Atlanta Against the Police Winter 2011-2012.” The essay, which first appeared on a local blog seven months ago, catalogues a series of anti-police actions taken in Atlanta. “Don’t Die Wondering” includes exciting report-backs from the events, an extensive timeline, analysis produced from participants of the struggle, and a few pictures. This version of the text has been re-edited and contains an afterword written this spring.

    From the piece

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  • channel 2 on the attack
    4/28/2013 - Anonymous

    Channel 2 ABC, WSB has  gone on the attack against a Piggly Wiggly store in Delalb. They show some past prime produce, what looks like condensation running down the back wall of one of the coolers and make a big issue about how the store leaves unrefrigerated piles of raw meat out on tables to sell to the customers. I called them up and told them and told them what I saw on the screen was salt meat. Good old fatback, streak-o-lean, sowbelly. All that stuff. As the wife and mother of meat cutters, I have spent a good many hours packaging up that salt meat. It is preserved with salt and does not have to be refrigerated.

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  • AJC
    4/27/2013 - Anonymous
    The fight against the AJC is long over due. It should be escalated. It could cover a wide range of important
    issues. One of these is the issue of cross ownership of media outlets. The parent company Cox Enterprises has been
    allowed access denied to most media corporations. Besides owning the Atlanta Journal and Constitution,
    previously two separate newspapers, they own a radio station, a television station and have an Internet
    presence with their on line version of the AJC. Because some holding were "grandfathered", they have been
    determined legal. However these holding violate basic cross ownership laws in "principle". And principle seems to be a problem with this company. That is, they have none.
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  • "Still Seeking Justice! Have You Seen It?" Writings from a Georgia Prison Hunger Striker
    4/26/2013 - earthworm

    This is a piece written by Kelvin J. Stevenson, one of the Hunger Strikers in Jackson State Prison.  He sent it in a letter to me and I typed it up exactly as he wrote it.  Previous pieces by him and others are here and here.  You can write to Kelvin at the address he provides below. 

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    "Still Seeking Justice!  Have You Seen It?"

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  • Atlanta's Burning 6 + Letter from the Editors
    4/26/2013 - Anonymous

    From https://blackdoordistro.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/atlantas-burning-number-6/,

    April 26, 2013

    Atlanta’s Burning Number 6

     

    After nearly 3months, the 6th issue of Atlanta’s Burning is finally out! Please feel free to print and distribute however you please. We are posting this online as a pdf that is able to be printed on 8.5×11 paper, although we print ours on 11×17. To print, simply print on both sides of the page in the order they appear to you on the file.

    Here is the file.

    Enjoy!

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  • Thoughts on Changing the World *EDIT*
    4/25/2013 - Anonymous

    **Edit 4/25/13**

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  • Heat Index///"Against Exaggeration"
    4/24/2013 - wobbly plumber

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    Hey folks, please check out this new article by two of our collective members. It's titled "Against Exaggeration", and is a response to the SWARM blog post "Breaking with Delusion: Musings for Life Beyond the Left". Thanks for reading!

    http://www.heatindexatl.info/archives/447

    the SWARM article: http://swarmatlanta.org/breaking-with-delusion-musings-for-life-beyond-t...

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  • Coalition for the Abolition of Marijuana Prohibition files for injunction in Federal Court against the City of Atlanta
    4/23/2013 - Anonymous

    For Immediate Release

    The GREAT ATLANTA POT FESTIVALSaturday May 4th, Freedom Park Atlanta

    NEWS RELEASE                                                                                              April 23, 2013

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  • Heat Index/// "the State of Georgia vs Jason Moreland"
    4/23/2013 - wobbly plumber

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    Hey folks, please check out this new addition to the "an Atlanta anarchist history" section of our blog. In light of the recent Boston bombing, it's a timely examination of the dangerous overreaction of the State.

    http://www.heatindexatl.info/an-atlanta-anarchist-history/the-state-of-georgia-vs-jason-moreland

     

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  • It's Time to Pro-Cott Sevananda
    4/23/2013 - Anonymous

    TIME TO PRO-COTT SEVANANDA

    For those of us working to build a horizontalist non-capitalist society, Sevananda, the natural foods grocery in Little Five Points is an important institution.  Sev is a local co-op owned by its 3000+ members. Anyone can join and become a “member-owner”

    But Sevananda is in trouble now and may not survive.  According to a bulletin from an anonymous group of  “Sevananda Concerned Employees”  “the store is suffering several years of financial loss due to [the recession] and the inability to keep up with new ways of doing business.”  

    The trouble is due to mismanagement by a small group of board members.   

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  • 21-year-old anti-fascist protester assaulted by police and arrested on Saturday, April 20, 2013
    4/21/2013 - Anonymous

    A 21-year-old woman was assaulted by the police and arrested yesterday while legally and non-violently protesting the Klan / Neo-Nazi / anti-immigrant demonstration that was going on at the Georgia Capitol in downtown Atlanta. She also faced extensive misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ sexual harassment during booking.

    Partial coverage is at [ http://eastatlanta.patch.com/blog_posts/nazis-and-kkk-protest-atlanta-fr... ].

    Any eyewitnesses and anyone with video or photos of the assault and arrest need to contact 2013.04.20.atlanta@gmail.com as soon as possible. Please spread the word!

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  • Reportback on Anti-fascist Actions in Atlanta (April 19th and 20th)
    4/20/2013 - Anonymous

    On April 20th, about 200 people gathered to protest an anti-immigration rally being held by the neo-nazi group, National Socialist Movement and the Klu Klux Klan.

    There were only about 40 fascists present at the rally - in contrast to the 200 people prepared to counter it. Counter-protesters held two banners, one reading  "Remember Tinley Park?" and "(A) - fight fascists". The surrounding streets were also adorned with some antifascist propaganda.

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  • No Nazis Allowed in ATL
    4/20/2013 - Anonymous

    This poster is made to be printed on 11x17 paper and posted throughout Atlanta.

    Text from the poster:

    FUCK NAZIS

    Saturday, Saturday April 20

    At 2:30pm, the National Socialist Movement is holding an anti-immigration rally at the Georgia state capitol. The Atlanta government and the neo-nazis are on the same side of this conflict. Their efforts to displace the problems that riddle this world onto "outsiders" is nothing more than a convenient distraction from the problems themselves. This is not a neutral issue of "free speech"; a capitalist, sexist and white supremacist logic of domination governs this world. These systems of power trap us, creating divisions that keep us from finding each other and dismantling it together.

     

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  • ATL antifa smash car at NSM conference at Wellesley Inn hotel
    4/19/2013 - Anonymous

    On April 19th, Atlanta antifascists descended upon the Wellesley Inn Hotel, where the  neo nazi group known as the National Socialist Movement was holding their annual conference. We smashed every window and a tire of their member Richard Wight's car. We did this to disrupt their conference, avert their attention off of the conference, to hit them monetarily, and show them that their will always be consequences for fascist organizing.
     

    -Fuck off nazi scum

    ATL ANTIFA    antif

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  • CALL TO ACTION AGAINST NEO-NAZI NSM RALLY AT GA STATE CAPITOL
    4/16/2013 - Anonymous


    According to the Georgia State Capitol Events webpage, The neo-nazi organization National Socialist Movement (NSM) along with other racist white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan will be holding their 2013 National meeting & anti-immigration rally in Atlanta and it's no coincidence that they are doing it on Hitler's birthday. Although the meeting is being held in an undisclosed location, here is the info for the rally:

    WHEN:     SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2013 at 2:30 PM
    WHERE: THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL -- 206 Washington Street SW Atlanta, GA 30334 (close to GSU MARTA Station)

    This call to action is really short notice, but these racist pieces of shit aren't fucking welcome here or anywhere so get together with your ppl and come out to make sure they know this!!!!!!!! Bring banners, drums, pots, pans, whatever.

     

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  • Anarchist Reading Group: Compilation of Desired Readings
    4/15/2013 - Anonymous

    At the first iteration of this round of "An Atlanta Anarchist Reading" a list was compiled of all the things the people present wanted to read. It seemed to be the case that this list could be referenced and that subsequent texts would be chosen from it. (It also seemed to be the case that a new list could be sent around so that new, more relevant texts could be added as things occured.)

    Here is the list so everyone can read it. (In no particular order)

    - Autonomous Self Organization and Anarchist Intervention: A Tension in Practice - Wolfi Landstriecher

    - Call - Anonymous

    - The Anarchist Tension - Alfredo M. Bonanno

    - Who is Oakland?: Anti-Oppression Activism, the Politics of Safety, and State Co-optation

    - Fire Extinguishers and Fire Starters: Anarchist Interventions in the Spanish Revolution

    - "This thing not yet written about gender and the insurrectionary subject"

    - Something from LIES: A 2012 journal of materialist feminism

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  • Poster: It's Hot Out in Edgewood: Fuck the Heat
    4/11/2013 - Anonymous

    This poster is made to be printed on 11x17 paper and posted everywhere. Many have been posted in the Edgewood Court apartments alongside the poster "War in the Neighborhood." Some residents have responded favorably to the posters and they recieved mention in the press conference head-pig Chief Turner did on the riot that took place on April 9th.


    Text from the poster:

    "For the second night in a row, people confronted the police in Edgewood Court in response to endless repression, raids, and harrassment. The march at 5pm took on a different character than the previous standoffs with the police in Edgewood. This time, instead of waiting for the police to attack, people went out on their own terms.

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