The Georgia Secretary of State launched a new website that allows for online cancellation of Georgia voter registration.

@GASenateDems said in a tweet, “This tool empowers conspiracy theorists and other bad actors to deny Georgians the right to vote.”

cancelmyregistration.sos.ga.gov/s/ “This is a convenient tool for any voter who wants to secure their voter registration by [canceling] their old one when they move out of state,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger via a press release.

The Atlanta Solidarity Fund announced Friday that it will no longer operate as a bail fund in light of Georgia enacting SB 63. The solidarity fund said it will continue to offer legal and other support to arrestees.

atlsolidarity.org/our-response-t… In addition, the solidarity fund said that “an independent fund has been established to which we have granted almost all of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund’s previously contributed donations (over $1M).”

The new fund will pay bail bondsmen to bail out protesters.

BREAKING—Activists have locked themselves to the entrance of a gated community in Fountain Hills, Arizona. An executive of Nationwide Insurance, which is the underwriter for the Cop City project, allegedly lives in the development. Multiple neighbors have called 911 but police have not yet arrived.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A protester self immolated outside the International Drive entrance to the Israeli Embassy, in D.C. Sunday afternoon.

The protester self identified as an active duty member of the United States Air Force and said “I will be no longer complicit in genocide.” In a live stream video, the protester stated, “I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it is not extreme at all.”

BREAKING: A group of Stop Cop City activists have broken onto the training center site to attempt to halt construction work.

They are calling this “The People’s Injunction” An activist account is live streaming the protest from outside the construction site. Meanwhile a group have chained themselves to construction equipment inside.

instagram.com/saveweelaunee/…

This morning the Attorney General’s office filed RICO indictments for 60 people alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement. The 42 individuals previously charged with domestic terrorism comprise most of the defendant list in the 60 person RICO indictment.

Week of action kickoff — about 20 APD walked through brownwood park to tell organizers that they have to exit the park by 11 p.m. APD walked in spread out like a riot line. They called this “a friendly” interaction.

This morning, APD raided The Teardown House and arrested three organizers with @ATLSolFund.

The Solidarity Fund provides legal defense and bail support for first amendment protected activities in Atlanta and the surrounding area. ASF provides jail support to ensure those in police custody have their rights protected and intact during the legal process. The group also provides cash bail assistance to those who are unable to pay the unconscionable bonds set by the courts.

March 5 arrestee bond hearings live tweets: John Fowler for the state is laying out a set of claims on behalf of the state. He is tying the forest defenders to groups existing all the way back to 2019. Fowler says that Forest Defenders are a well-funded group with millions of dollars hiding behind 501c3 non-profit organizations. He says that the Autonomous Zone at the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was murdered is part of the same organization.

City Council More MARTA city council press conference March 21 press conference Council President Shipman says that this is the seventh year of a 40 year program, and we need to know what we are building and what we are spending on building. He acknowledges that pricing will change over the course of the program, but it's important to assess currently.

Full Atlanta City Council Meeting 3/20/23 Live Tweets Today's Agenda: atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detai…

Live Stream:

We’re live at a defend the forest press conference at the site of the children’s march and rally Live video here

https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1634591083521818633

The Weelaunee Coalition's Youth Rally to Stop Cop City is beginning in Brownwood Park. A child from the Highlander school reads a poem about the forest.

"Don't, don't, don't cut down the trees!"

Inspired by @SobSax let’s take a minute to draw a through line from the 1988 Democratic National Convention to the 2024 convention. Along the way we’ll stop by the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, the Olympics, the Defend the Forest Movement, and GA Domestic Terrorism Law.

https://twitter.com/sobsax/status/1633692035252207619

In 1988 Atlanta hosted the Democratic Convention.

Led by a group called “Operation Rescue” Anti-abortion activists flocked to the ATL for the convention and remained for months after protesting at clinics around the city.

Over 1,100 people were arrested during the campaign.

A large crowd is gathering outside the King Center in Atlanta for the march against police terror. Follow this 🧵 for live updates. NDN Collective members hold signs stating "No Cop City on Stolen Land" and "Atlanta vs. Cop City" while music plays over a loudspeaker. The atmosphere feels vibrant and positive despite scattered rain.

SONG and NDN Collective Host Art Space and Skill Share in Support of the Movement To Stop Cop City

A thread ⬇️ atlpresscollective.com/2023/03/09/son… From March 9th-11th, Southerners on New Ground (southernersonnewground.org) (SONG), NDN Collective (ndncollective.org), and other allied groups are hosting an art space at 561 W. Whitehall St.

On Monday, APD Chief Darin Schierbaum told city council that APD was here to protect the first amendment rights of people who peacefully protest. The actions of APD over the last two days tell a different story. Yesterday activists marched through downtown stopping at the Georgia Pacific Building, AT&T, and GSU to call each out for its role in policing. All along the way the march was pinned against the sidewalk by rifle carrying police officers.

We’re following along today’s non-violent direct action. It’s a smaller crowd than yesterday, sounds like they are planning on splitting into smaller groups to canvas the area passing out leaflets, engage in mutual aid, and potentially hold a vigil. The group we’re following is passing out flyers at all the exits of Peachtree Center MARTA station. MARTA PD is standing at the the entrances ensuring activists do not enter the property.

Today, Mayor Andre Dickens is hosting a closed door forum with students at AUC, a consortium of Atlanta's HBCUs. Meanwhile, students and community members are gathered outside the building in protest. 🧵 In response to booing and students' denouncement of the Cop City project, Mayor Andre Dickens (@andreforatlanta) has lost his temper toward students repeatedly. At one point he even began shouting "I am not a sell-out!" and referring students to his resume...

ICYMI:

Yesterday @JohnRuchAtlanta reported that CSAC member Amy Taylor filed an appeal against the issuance of Cop City's Land Disturbance Permit on the grounds that the site would see illegal amount of runoff, and APF overstated the green space set aside

https://twitter.com/JohnRuchAtlanta/status/1622761997078040580?s=20&t=5Xldf2mGJJj0rn6ArtREXw

Taylor's appeal comes just weeks after the death of Tortuguita, which prompted now former CSAC member Nicole Morado to sever ties with the committee. Morado told Ruch, "it doesn’t feel fair in my conscious to be with a group with a group that has that kind of activity going on.”

Atlanta City Council Meeting 2/6/23 Live tweets: With everything else going on, we'll only be covering highlights instead of our usual in depth tweeting.