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EPISODE · Oct 10, 2022 · 39 MIN

Defending the Atlanta Forest

from The Poor Prole’s Almanac · host The Poor Prole’s Alamanac

We're joined by two activists working to defend the Atlanta Forest during an attempt to tear down the forest in order to build both a mock city for police to develop urban trainings, which would train police nationally. We talk about what different tactics have been successful and what tactics people should be bringing to defense projects where they live.   The intro to this podcast comes from the Defend the Atlanta Forest website Learn more about the movement:  https://defendtheatlantaforest.org   Learn more about the contractors hired to destroy the forest and build Cop City and Hollywood Dystopia:  https://stopreevesyoung.com   Anonymous communiques from forest defenders: https://scenes.noblogs.org   An article exploring the meanings of this movement and the projects its fighting against: https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/horizons/493130/stop-the-metaverse-save-the-real-world/   A recent Rolling Stone article on the movement: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/defend-atlanta-forest-copy-city-climate-change-defund-the-police-1397188/     Support this podcast through Patreon at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're joined by two activists working to defend the Atlanta Forest during an attempt to tear down the forest in order to build both a mock city for police to develop urban trainings, which would train police nationally. We talk about what different tactics have been successful and what tactics people should be bringing to defense projects where they live.   The intro to this podcast comes from the Defend the Atlanta Forest website Learn more about the movement:  https://defendtheatlantaforest.org   Learn more about the contractors hired to destroy the forest and build Cop City and Hollywood Dystopia:  https://stopreevesyoung.com   Anonymous communiques from forest defenders: https://scenes.noblogs.org   An article exploring the meanings of this movement and the projects its fighting against: https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/horizons/493130/stop-the-metaverse-save-the-real-world/   A recent Rolling Stone article on the movement: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/defend-atlanta-forest-copy-city-climate-change-defund-the-police-1397188/     Support this podcast through Patreon at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac

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