Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the United States, and is increasing its already massive surveillance operations by spending millions on contracts with Flock surveillance cameras while our communities go underfunded. Why is there always money for militarization but not enough money for food, housing, education, healthcare and other ways for people to build the social conditions to govern their lives? We oppose the militarized domestic state repression and the permanent war agenda of the United States globally.

On Wednesday, Aug 19th, 6:00 PM, at (location forthcoming), FlockOff is calling for a rally against Flock. Join FlockOff and other community organizers for a mass rally to say no to the expansion of militarization in our city.

Please join Community Movement Builders and the Black Alliance for Peace Atlanta City-Wide Alliance in a letter writing and benefit concert for political prisoner Reverend Joy Powell.

We cannot underestimate the war that the U.S. state is waging across multiple terrains in an attempt to maintain the status quo among the masses. To wage this war, the state’s repressive apparatus unleashes violence and intimidation to uphold the power of the carceral system. To commemorate Black August, we gather to honor Reverend Joy Powell - a political prisoner, pastor, and activist against police brutality, violence, and oppression.

If taking public transit, West End is the closest MARTA station.

From August 23rd to September 27th is the Shut Down AFRICOM Political Education Series presented by BAP Africa Team and the U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN). For six consecutive Sunday’s this online course will seek to build the political clarity and strategic organizing capacity to remove U.S. military occupation from Africa. Rather than treating AFRICOM as a single military command, the course will situate it within the broader system of capitalist imperialism, demonstrating that dismantling AFRICOM requires building durable internationalist organizations rooted in African sovereignty, anti-imperialism, and working-class struggle.