Stop Cop City: To Defend A Forest
by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts · 19 episodes
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As the country grappled with the aftermath of the 2020 uprising, a new anti-police struggle emerged in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2022, Garrison Davis traveled to Atlanta to report on protests surrounding the construction of a controversial police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest on the edge of the city. Over three years, Atlanta ironically became a training ground for anarchists, while the state tested strategies for the next generation of counterinsurgency tactics.
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45 min
Crackdown on Stop Cop City
Sabotage attacks continue across the country as state repression intensifies. Meanwhile, organizers experiment with new forms of mass action. https://givebutter.com/tLAvDE https://…
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54 min
Stop Cop City, Dispatch from Weelaunee Summer: Part Three
As construction for Cop City is set to begin imminently, a referendum to let Atlanta voters decide the fate of the facility faces voter suppression.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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48 min
Stop Cop City, Dispatch from Weelaunee Summer: Part Two
As the Week of Action comes to a close, a resurgent wave of direct actions happen across the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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40 min
Stop Cop City, Dispatch from Weelaunee Summer: Part One
After City Council approved Cop City construction funds in early June, people in Atlanta seek new paths of resistance during another Week of Action.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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44 min
Jokes from the Atlanta Forest
Garrison presents a brand new comedy special, compiled out of all the jokes, bits, goofs, and gaffs from the Week of Action this past March.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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1 h 11
Week of Action to Stop Cop City: A Retrospective
A more critical look at the Week of Action and its aftermath. State repression continues as Intrenchment Creek Park is closed just days before clear cutting begins in the Weelaunee…
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1 h 05
Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part Four: The Final Days
Police repression intensifies as people march to the Atlanta Police Foundation. Over the weekend the cops raid a secondary encampment, and a memorial for Tortuguita is held in the…
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51 min
Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part Three: Midweek Actions
The Clergy crash a city council meeting, people return to the forest for a Purim celebration, and activists are met with intense police repression during daily non-violent actions…
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38 min
Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part Two: South River Music Fest Day Two
A few hundred people march to the Cop City construction site and sabotage equipment, then police SWAT raid the nearby music festival and arrest 23 concert goers.See omnystudio.com/…
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47 min
Week of Action to Stop Cop City, Part One: South River Music Fest Day One
A thousand people march to the Weelaunee forest to kick off the Defend the Atlanta Forest Week of Action. Later that night Zack Fox headlines a DIY music festival in the woods.See…
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41 min
Update from the Week of Action to Stop Cop City
Robert talks with Garrison and Clark from the Atlanta Community Press Collective about what’s happened so far during the Week of Action to defend the forest. https://atlsolidarity.…
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60 min
On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part Four: The Fight Continues
A Week of Action is planned for March 4th as the city of Atlanta prepares to receive land disturbance permits. We discuss how the movement might evolve going forward. Music by the…
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57 min
On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part Three: The Riot and State Repression
Police and politicians continue to intensify repression against the movement with domestic terrorism charges and unprecedented high bail costs. Meanwhile, a protest in downtown Atl…
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55 min
On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part Two: Remembering Tortuguita
Friends, loved ones, and comrades of Tortuguita share memories and stories of them. The Friday after the police killing, a vigil for Tort is held at Weelaunee People's Park. https:…
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40 min
On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part One: The Shooting
The Georgia State Patrol kill a forest defender during a police raid on the Weelaunee Forest. Garrison travels to Atlanta to talk with people in the movement; this episode covers t…
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41 min
State Repression and Bail Fund Organizing in Atlanta
We talk with folks from the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and Anti-Repression Committee about the tactics of State repression and bail fund organizing within the struggle to Defend the A…
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39 min
Atlanta Forest Week of Action Update
An update on Defend the Atlanta Forest discussing what’s happened the past month from the Week of Action up to the current situation. https://scenes.noblogs.org/ https://defendthea…
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1 h 51
On the Ground at Defend the Atlanta Forest: Part Two
Learn how the movement evolved after the city council vote. In part 2 we get into tactics and hear more of the conversations with Forest Defenders from Garrison's trip to the Atlan…
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1 h 22
On the Ground at Defend the Atlanta Forest: Part One
Garrison travels to Atlanta Georgia to talk with Forest Defenders who are attempting to prevent the construction of a massive militarized Police training facility. https://defendth…