Amy Coney Barrett gets another residential protest

Eight months after the leak of the Dobbs decision, protesters are still showing up at the homes of antiabortion/Christian nationalist Supreme Court “Justices.” One of these protests took place on Jan 29, 2023. In addition to abortion rights chants, protesters also invoked the name of Tyre Nichols, beaten and tortured to death by murderous Memphis cops.

Right-wing groups are still screaming about the protests, and protesters keep coming back. Christian Nationalism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia on the Supreme Court are simply NOT acceptable.

Photo by Our Rights DC
Photo by Our Rights DC

PSL Marches for Tyre Nichols against police station in St Petersburg,FL

On the 29th of January, the Party for Socialism and Liberation held a march in St Petersburg, FL from City Hall to the nearest police station. The march demanded that killer cops be sent to prison, and that all other cops resign. This event was held in memory of Tyre Nichols and in solidarity with activists in Memphis.

Cops hurredly barricaded the station as marchers approached, apparently the destination of the march caught them by surprise

Attack on UPS in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders in Portland, Oregon

On 1/20/23, anarchists in Portland, Oregon went after the UPS shipping center in Portland in retaliation after a comrade was recently murdered by the Atlanta Police.Anarchists broke somewhere between 10-15 large windows and started multiple small fires within the building. UPS is one of the biggest companies currently donating to the Cop City Project in Atlanta.On 1/18/23, Atlanta police attempted a raid in the forest that was being protected by forest defenders and once they showed up, they opened fire and killed a forest defender.

We want to express our love toward Tortuguita, who waalso known as Cami, as well as to all their comrades and loved ones.Atlanta police stole a comrade and friend to many people from us on 1/18/23. A few broken windows will never undo what the Atlanta police did, but hopefully continued actions can bring the change that Cami wished for and hoped to see one day.We call for more actions directly toward the companies that are donating to and funding the Cop City project in Atlanta. Forest defenders have a right to stay in the forest, and groups will continue to retaliate until the Cop City Project is cancelled.Love from PDX to ATL

SOURCE:

https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2023/01/portland-oregon-solidarity-action-with-atlanta-and-the-atlanta-forest-defenders/

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/29/attack-on-ups-in-solidarity-with-atlanta-forest-defenders-in-portland-oregon/

“Every City Is Cop City” chanted at DC march for Atlanta

On Jan 28, an Atlanta Forest Defense solidarity march assembled in Logan Circle and took to the streets in DC. As bike cops swarmed around the march, marchers chanted “Every City is Cop City! Stop Cop City!” The bike cops were dressed in black and yellow above all else, same colors as the Proud Boys.This chant may soon be heard nationwide, let’s all thank Chuck Modi for getting this committed to video in an intense and dangerous situation! The bike cops and car cops behind were essentially surrounding the march in a “rolling kettle” formation which could be stopped at any time on orders from headquarters.Same video originally posted to Twitter at twitter.com/chuckmodi1/status/1619487245903474689

Vigil held in DC’s Malcolm X Park for forest defender shot and killed by Atlanta cops

video clip by Shut Down DC

On the 18th of January, police assaulting the Atlanta Forest Defense/Stop Cop City treesits shot and killed forest defender “Tortuguita” or “Tort.” He was murdered after a cop was shot by another cop in a blue-on-blue “friendly fire” incident. Since then vigils have been held across Turtle Island. One of them drew an estimated 50-75 people to Malcolm X Park here in DC on Jan 24.

At least 15 cops stood around watching Malcolm X Park as the vigil got underway.

photo by Our rights DC
Photo by Shut Down DC

All-out direct action continues against Cop City

Photo: Atlas office in NYC smashed up

In spite of an incredible amount of police repression including one person murdered by police, four held without bond after the Sat night march in Atlanta, and two more held on $335K bonds, people all over Turtle Island are still hammering Cop City contractors and investors with everything they’ve got:

In New York City, Atlas Engineering (a Cop City contractor) had their windows smashed up and had to close for the weekend:

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/22/reporting-from-nyc/

In Portland (long known for doing things hot and spicy) an expen$$$ive excavator was destroyed by fire:

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/23/fire-to-the-earth-destroyers/

“Fire to the Earth Destroyers”

Note that the authors of this post appear to not have known that the wounded cop was hit by friendly fire(blue on blue).

That information was and is being systematically covered up by the corporate press, which has consistantly repeated lying police claims that Tort (a pacifist) somehow fired on them first. The gun they planted on the scene is the exact same make and model the cops there use: a Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm. This is not exactly a Glock in terms of the odds a random person would have one

A militant march took to the streets in Oakland, CA. This was a GO bloc, not a show bloc it seems. Bank of America got clobbered

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/21/vengeance-from-oakland-viva-tortuguita/

“…Bank of America is an enemy of the people and life itself. They currently fund the construction of cop city in Atlanta, the same project that threatens the forest that Tortuguita died defending. They deserve no place in our landscape. We destroyed quickly but tirelessly…”

Vengeance in Oakland
Vengeance in Oakland

DC Women’s March takes to the streets, faces scrum with Christian nationalists at SCOTUS

swarms of forced-birthers descended on marchers at the Supreme Court and things got pushy
Another view of the mess at SCOTUS