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Black Atlanta organizers announce ‘Summer of Resistance’ campaign will begin on Juneteenth

Organizers call on their allies to join them in continued resistance against Cop City, police violence, land displacement, and imperialist genocide around the world Follow Strike Black and Save Weelaunee on Instagram for updates and event announcements throughout the summer.

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Human Rights Organizations Petition for DOJ Investigation of Police Killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center are calling for state accountability   This morning, three human rights organizations filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human

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Atlanta police target bail fund organizers in latest crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

Three organizers were charged with “money laundering” and “charity fraud” in a direct attack on mutual aid and civil rights protests. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on June 2, 2023.

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Police killing of protester brings grief, urgency to Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

Organizers are calling on national support for their continued efforts to halt the construction of a police militarization facility in the Atlanta forest. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on Jan.

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