SOLIDARITY FROM ABERDEEN TO ATLANTA:
We here in Aberdeen are all too familiar with the violence that the State inflicts upon those it deems threatening, surplus, or distasteful. Police are the enforcement mechanism of the City, and they cost people their lives in a multitude of ways every day. In the same vein of State sponsored violence we experience here everyday, on January 18th in Atlanta law enforcement shot and killed Manny Teran, aka “Tortuguita or little turtle”, during an early morning raid of the forest encampment to defend the Welaunee aka Atlanta Forest and to stop CopCity. In response to this killing of Tortuguita, the movement called for a week of action March 4 – 11 in solidarity with forest defenders. Read their statement and learn more about their struggle at defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity.
In light of the recent sweep of the unhoused encampment, a move that included placing large boulders in and around the small area that remains in order to prevent future expansion of the camp, we at Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network want to bring together a coalition of voices in the community who oppose this move, and the various hostile moves the City has made against it’s unhoused and vulnerable residents. We also want to call for actions to be taken in defiance of the City and it’s intentions to eliminate our friends and family. To this end we have crafted the following statement that all are free to sign onto and pass along.
We are asking community leaders and organizations to endorse the following statement by emailing crmutualaidnet@riseup.net. Multiple autonomous and community organizations have already endorsed. For personal endorsements, please list your name and any relevant roles, titles, or affiliations (if needed, we’ll make clear you are endorsing in personal capacity only). We hope to announce an initial list of endorsers by the end of February.
Signatories:
Chehalis River Mutual Aid Network
Food Not Bombs – Chehalis River
Sabot Media
Well said! Thank you.
Everyone deserves to be treated like a human being, not like a nuisance.