mid-week good news!
it's not a monday, but we could still use good news. this newsletter is dedicated to evidence that the dismantling of the current system is happening now, today despite the wailing and heel digging of the ruling class. we are, as always, at a turning point in the spiral that is time. collectively, we are making the turn possible.
i'm grateful to be in it with you.
cop city will never be built.
in the face of RICO charges and every other abuse of power the keepers of the status quo have employed, organizers and community members have built an incredible base of power in Atlanta.
Wow. All told, the referendum campaign collected 116 THOUSAND signatures. That’s 116k conversations about Cop City, a legion of volunteers doing it, a summer of political education. More votes than cast in any recent municipal election. That’s huge. https://t.co/oTFBg35AwJ
— #StopCopCity (@micahinATL) September 11, 2023
what we also won't be doing
policing doesn't increase safety. surveillance doesn't solve problems.
The unanimous vote by the interim Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability caps an effort that began in 2017 to stop the Chicago Police Department from using databases to track Chicagoans they believe to be in a gang. It also fulfills a campaign promise made by Mayor Brandon Johnson, who vowed to “erase the racist gang database and remove this source of racial profiling that leads to frequent, unproductive police interactions and harms residents’ ability to find housing and jobs.
and furthermore
the first seven words of this article are seductive to me.
In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Becky Bohrer, Associated Press
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with hope,
katie wills evans