Inside the movement against ‘Cop City’

Inside the movement against ‘Cop City’

Years of organizing in Atlanta led community organizers Kamau Franklin, Micah Herskind, and Mariah Parker to the fight against “Cop City,” the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center that opened earlier this month on over 85 acres of Weelaunee Forest. The police training facility cost taxpayers $67 million. Though the training center is now open, activists remain committed to fighting against the facility and the use of public funds for increased …

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Community Movement Builders (CMB) was formed in 2015 as a mass-based Black organization, advancing radical politics with a build-and-fight strategy. By “build,” we mean we must examine history to determine what is needed for our survival and create models based on our politics that begin to meet some of our needs, such as mutual-aid/liberation programs, […]