From Atlanta to Palestine, our struggles are inextricably intertwined, and the latest round of police violence against protesters proves this.
We are students from universities across Atlanta who are organizing against Cop City and the genocide of Palestinians. We demand total institutional divestment from Israeli apartheid and Cop City at all Atlanta colleges and universities.
On Christmas Eve, congregants gathered at the New Birth Missionary Baptist church for a service unlike any other: the church choir wore keffiyehs, Palestinians shared stories of the Nakba, and the pastor’s call was clear: a ceasefire in Gaza.
The liberation of Palestine transcends geographical boundaries and has become synonymous with the liberation of the U.S. South, where activists are fighting a shared struggle for freedom and justice in the face of overwhelming odds.
Atlanta activists and students from universities across Atlanta rallied to end the Georgia State University’s GILEE program which trains U.S. law enforcement in Israel, and called for an end to the suppression of student activism on Palestine.
We hear about the 12th annual Students for Justice in Palestine conference, and the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta and its connection to the Palestine solidarity movement.
Atlanta activists are reigniting their fight against the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE), a program where law enforcement officials receive training from human rights violators such as Israel.