Dianne Mathiowetz

No cop city! Battle for the Atlanta forest not over

Let me tell you the story about how a small group of wealthy and powerful corporate leaders, known as the…

September 21, 2021

Alabama coal miners rally: “No contract, No coal!”

Brookwood, Ala. Aug. 4 — While travelling on the winding, two-lane road leading into Brookwood, one gets a sense of…

August 6, 2021

Solidarity rally for striking Alabama miners

Preparations are under way in Brookwood, Ala., for an Aug. 4 solidarity rally for striking United Mine Workers (UMWA) members…

August 3, 2021

Homeless union forms in Atlanta

Atlanta On the evening of July 4, the federal holiday known as Independence Day, an encampment of 15 or more…

July 14, 2021

“Sleep-in” challenges Georgia benefit cuts 

Atlanta Unemployed workers pitched tents in front of the Georgia Department of Labor June 24 in downtown Atlanta in preparation…

July 2, 2021

Atlanta: ‘No Pride in Detention’

Members of several trans and Latinx organizations assembled at the Atlanta ICE headquarters June 15 to declare “No Pride in…

June 22, 2021

Atlanta: Palestinian Youth Movement rallies

Atlanta June 12 — The Atlanta chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, along with other members of the Demilitarize Atlanta…

June 14, 2021

Victory in closure of Georgia detention center

Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and…

May 25, 2021

Free Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Atlanta Supporters of Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as H. Rap Brown) took the campaign to gain freedom for the…

May 12, 2021

Georgia: Black Lives Matter

Atlanta Police agents killed all four of these young Black men in Georgia, and the struggle to prosecute and convict…

May 11, 2021