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Atlanta Day of Action in Solidarity with Global Resistance of State Violence
Submitted by liam rattray on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 1:58pm.Think Globally, Act Locally!
Woodruff Park and Five Points MARTA Station
3pm-5pm Ongoing Outreach for Justice Against Police State Violence
Peachtree Side of the Five Points MARTA Station
5pm-7pm From Oakland to Palestine, It's Resistance Time!
People's Speakout Against State Violence with music, speakers (that's you!) and general agitation
Woodruff Park, corner of Peachtree and Edgewood, closest to Five Points MARTA Station
News Years Day 2009 started with the execution-style murder of 22 year old Oscar Grant III. Brother Oscar became a victim of police terrorism at Oakland's Fruitvale BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station. Brother Oscar was shot, while laying face down, by Bart Officer Johannes Mehserle. While the victim and his friends were cornered in and terrorized by the BART Police. Oscar Grant could be heard saying "…don't kill me, I have a 4 year old". Oscar and his friends were utilizing the BART stations all night service, an annual process on News Years Eve.
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Atlanta Solidarity Against Police Execution: From Oakland to Palestine
Submitted by liam rattray on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 4:48pm.Emergency Action Planning Meeting at Task Force for the Homeless Monday, January 12th, 2009
Atlanta Food Not Bombs - Guerilla Caroling
Submitted by tylert on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 3:33pm.An Issuance by Food Not Bombs Atlanta in solidarity with the Taskforce for the Homeless during a time of great struggle:
Debi Starnes, the owner of Sugar Magnolia Bed and Breakfast, benefits from private corporate sponsorships[1] in her role as the privately funded homeless advisor to the mayor. Her actions have done more to criminalize Atlanta's homeless than it has to help them by lobbying for the passage of “quality of life” legislation and by the creation of a new system that does not account for the 700-800 residents of the Task Force for the Homeless. She has compared human beings to stray cats and pigeons, instituted a program wherein police officers pose as tourists and arrest people who ask for change, and set up 'homeless meters' to encourage people not to share their spare change.
Photo: Rally outside CNN. Saturday, January 3, 2009
Submitted by gkuhl3 on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 9:17pm.
Douglasville muni judge sends Muslimah to jail for wearing her scarf
Submitted by Umar on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 9:19am.http://organizethesouth.blogspot.com/2008/12/douglasville-judge-denies.h...
For those wishing to contact Judge B. Keith Rollins to protest his abuse of the Muslimah in his courtroom, here is publicly registered contact information gleaned from the web.
Municipal Court of Douglasville Chief Judge B. Keith Rollins P.O. Box 219 Douglasville, GA 30133 Work Phone: 675-715-6032 http://georgiacourts.org/councils/municipal/directory_name.asp
Address registered with Bar Association P. O. Box 1113 Douglasville, GA 30133 770-942-6465 http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/30133-ga-b-rollins-501543.html
B. Keith Rollins Updated 2/11/2008 6782 W Broad St Douglasville, GA 30134-1712 Phone: (770) 949-3400 Fax: (770) 949-2561
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/lawyer_dir/search/jsp/profile_viewFirm.jsp?off\ iceUid=5377507
or to organize,
CONTACT:
CAIR-Georgia Executive Director Yusuf Burke 404-542-1209 yburke@cair.com
CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726 ihooper@cair.com
CAIR Communications Coordinator Amina Rubin 202-488-8787 arubin@cair.com
Considering that "Keith Rollins" a.k.a. "B. Keith Rollins" and his family have been profiting by operating a company using the Muslim name Jaber for many years, he could at least show the proper courtesy towards a Muslimah.
Augusta, Georgia: Riots Erupt After Cops Kill 23 year old
Submitted by coyote on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 7:05am.Richmond County Sheriffs shot and killed 23 year old Justin Elmore on Monday in the Cherry Tree Crossing Housing Projects. The Cops, claiming that Justin had stolen the SUV, surrounded him and opened fire. Bullets flew everywhere. Local apartments had windows shot out and a little boy was almost shot in the Head.
On Tuesday, the community held a vigil in response to the shooting. After an occupying force of 90 police descended on the neighborhood the people fought back. Locals threw rocks and bottles at both the Police and the Corporate Media. People also set fires to dumpsters and at least one car. Corporate media reports at least 30 shots had been fired during the riot.
Militant resistance to police violence is not confined to the arbitrary borders that make up Greece. Oppressed people's in the US fight the police on a daily basis. Lets keep Augusta, and all of the other cases of atrocities committed by police in the US in mind when we act in Solidarity on Saturday the 20th. Fighting for Greece means fighting for all of us!
You can find corporate coverage at
http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/36277654.html
Atlanta solidarity with Chicago factory occupation
Submitted by isaac on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:25pm.A lunch hour picket went up Monday at in the shadow of the massive Bank of America Plaza in Midtown Atlanta demanding a bailout for workers, not banks. The demonstration coincided with Jobs with Justice's call for a week of action for a "People's Bailout" as well as expressing solidarity with 200 laid-off workers at Chicago's Republic Window & Glass who have occupied their factory since Friday.
These workers, members of United Electrical Workers local 1110, faced sudden unemployment when the company announced it planned to close with just three days notice. Nearly <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/12/08/daily13.html">2 million</a> other workers in the United States have been laid off this year as global capitalism's entered its worst crisis since the Great Depression.
The company claimed that it was forced to close up shop due to a downturn in the construction industry and because Bank of America refused a loan to continue operations. Yet, the government recently handed over $25 billion to Bank of America, and Republic workers reported management removing machinery from the past few weeks in anticipation of a closure - not the abrupt notice they gave workers.
Rather than walk out, the workers voted to stage a sit in until their demands are met. Over the weekend, community supporters rallied outside the factory and word of the occupation spread like wildfire over the internet.
The picket this afternoon was organized as an emergency show of support for this heroic struggle; further action will be taken if Republic and Bank of America continue to value their profits over people.
Thousands to Oppose U.S. Terror Training at SOA/WHINSEC
Submitted by bikeymcgreenbeans on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:19am.Nov. 21-23, 2008: Converge on Fort Benning, GA
The annual November vigil to close the School of the Americas at the gates of Fort Benning will follow the election of President Barack Obama by two weeks. It will be an opportunity for the progressive movement to push for the closure of the SOA/WHINSEC and to set an agenda against oppressive U.S. foreign policy.
