Atlanta

Angela Davis backs struggle to ‘Stop Cop City’Angela Davis backs struggle to ‘Stop Cop City’

Angela Davis backs struggle to ‘Stop Cop City’

Atlanta April 9 — The multiyear struggle against Cop City, the huge militarized police training facility projected to be built…

April 13, 2023
Georgia struggle grows to stop Cop City!Georgia struggle grows to stop Cop City!

Georgia struggle grows to stop Cop City!

Atlanta Feb. 12, 2023 — For weeks following the killing of Forest Defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán on Jan.…

February 17, 2023
The killing of Forest Defender Tortuguita in AtlantaThe killing of Forest Defender Tortuguita in Atlanta

The killing of Forest Defender Tortuguita in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia Public outrage, resistance and sadness at the senseless killing of a Forest Defender — 26-year-old Manuel Teran, known…

January 24, 2023
<span class="streamer">Anniversary of first union win:</span><br />Protests target Starbucks<span class="streamer">Anniversary of first union win:</span><br />Protests target Starbucks

<span class="streamer">Anniversary of first union win:</span><br />Protests target Starbucks

December 9 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic victory at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, when the…

December 13, 2022
Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’

Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’

Atlanta The defense committees for Mutulu Shakur, Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) and Kamau Sidiki, three Black liberation…

June 17, 2022
Atlanta Apple store workers move to unionizeAtlanta Apple store workers move to unionize

Atlanta Apple store workers move to unionize

Atlanta April 27 — Shock waves were no doubt felt at tech giant Apple headquarters when workers at the Cumberland…

April 27, 2022
Atlanta Activists demonstrate to legalize rent controlAtlanta Activists demonstrate to legalize rent control

Atlanta Activists demonstrate to legalize rent control

Atlanta About 200 people marched here April 2 to support legalization of rent control and to protest rapidly rising rental…

April 7, 2022
Homeless union forms in AtlantaHomeless union forms in Atlanta

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
Atlanta residents fight evictionAtlanta residents fight eviction

Atlanta residents fight eviction

About 100 people, mostly from the Peoplestown neighborhood in South Atlanta rallied at City Hall on Dec. 16, protesting the…

December 19, 2019
Atlanta grand jury fails to indict killer cop, againAtlanta grand jury fails to indict killer cop, again

Atlanta grand jury fails to indict killer cop, again

For the second time, a Fulton County grand jury failed to indict a Union City cop in the shooting of…

August 16, 2015