Atlanta Metro Events 2018 (tags)
The city of Atlanta raised minimum wage for city led workforce to 15$ an hour. DeKalb co. raised wages for county workforce on the eastern 1/5 to 15 an hour
Atlanta Has Lost 5 Spanish Language Newspapers in Past 5 Years (tags)
These newspaper served at least 5 of the original counties.The city of Atlanta was founded on a railroad junction and is the middle of these parts of the jigsaw puzzle.
Atlanta Metro Suffers Under Pillage, Shame lso Political Poison Gases (tags)
The metro atlanta zip codes have lost 4 well run affordable housing shelters for recovery, wommin and church, county funded places over the last 4 calendar years.
12 to 1 vote by anto homeless citizens by Atlanta City Council (tags)
several years ago the majority black-democratic Atlanta city Council voted 12-1 to outlaw supportive housing in residentail areas and require a permit in commercial or industrial zones
Southern US News and Strategy October 2015 (tags)
% Over 5 taxpayer funded state mental hospitals have been closed in AL and GA. The state mental hospital in Georgia is currently under federal control due to a number of suicides in recent years.
Regional roundup SE USA Sept. 2015 local national sources (tags)
1 35 sleeping space shelter remains closed near i-75 Georgia Florida border in Morven.2 shelters closed in west Atlanta in 2014 1 for women with children 1 for substance abuse....not one shelter has complaints, fines or infractions
to the anarchists coming to atlanta (tags)
Remember the history of where you are going.
Olympic human rights in U.S. and U.K. (tags)
Who are they to preach to the world about human rights?
Former Braves player arrested on battery charge (tags)
Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records.
Georgia, America and the world loses Martina Correia (tags)
On December 1st, a giant of a woman lost her battle with breast cancer. Martina Correia, sister of death row inmate Troy Davis, has died at the age of 44. This film is a collection of some of her speeches in Atlanta during her fight to save her brother's life. It runs 53 minutes.
Religion vs. the Sprinkler Police (tags)
When it comes to my yard, a middle ground is unachievable if it means a dead ground. My religion and moral value system require healthy greenery; which in turn, benefit the animals and insects who depend on my yard for sustenance.
Mexican Drug Cartels Out of Control in the U.S. and Mexico (tags)
In many areas of the United States the cartels have entered into partnerships with local gangs, in others they have directly assumed control of local drug distribution
Labor Support Rally Tuesday, September 25 at CDC Headquarters GA Against Walden Security (tags)
Informational Picketing against Walden Security at several CDC locations in Atlanta Georgia shall commence all week long following our rally!
The Empire Tastes an Unprecedented Moral Defeat (tags)
GERARDO, Ramón, René, Fernando and Antonio are still behind bars in the United States, three of them in maximum security prisons, and all of them subjected to the hateful revenge of those in Washington who have made them the target of reprisals against the Cuban Revolution.
Landfill Pollution Goes Unchecked In Home Of 9-1-1 (tags)
The city landfill in Haleyville, Alabama USA, birthplace of 9-1-1, goes unchecked as it pollutes water, air and soil. Government officials will do nothing, ignoring all outside media investigations.
Atlanta cops kill a 92 year old woman in a drug raid (tags)
Atlanta police gun down Kathryn Johnston "like a dog" in a "No Knock" drug raid. The 92 year-old woman though the police were criminal breaking into her home and shot and hit 3 of them.
CA Green Candidate May Win US House Seat (tags)
He used to help produce hits for Ace of Base and Miami Sound Machine, but now Byron De Lear, 40, has a US Congressional seat in California's San Fernando Valley within his reach. If he wins, he would become the first US House member representing the Green Party.
MINUTEMEN BEHIND ARSON IN ATLANTA (tags)
Three buses used for a pro-immigrant rally have been burned.
This is an article sent to a pro-mm email group. Please note the response of one the groups members. "Those Southerners really know how to treat the enemy, don't they?..." Please join us on Saturday April 22nd in Burbank to put an end to this racist hate.
32 US Reps Want Bush Impeachment Inquiry (tags)
32 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
House Resolution 635: Impeachment (tags)
30 Dems now support 635
Film & Discussion this Saturday Night (9/18) in Santa Ana (tags)
Submedia TV (www.submediatv.com) has produced a 15 minute video inspired by the "L is for Love" chapter of Crimethinc's Days of War, Nights of Love.
2nd Annual Nuclear Free Future Run (tags)
We run and walk to bring focus not only on the horror of nuclear weapons but the damage caused to the Earth by the production not only of these weapons but also by the use of nuclear energy.
Events Being Planned for G8 Summit in Georgia (tags)
Here is an update of events planned leading up to, and surrounding the G8 summit on Sea Island in Georgia in June 2004. More details about these events will be posted on the g8carnival committee website at http://www.g8carnival.org and the Atlanta Indymedia website http://www.atlanta.indymedia.org and Activist Calander.
Bush booed by Atlanta protesters (tags)
Several hundred protesters loudly booed Bush on Thursday as he laid a wreath at the grave of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
Join the Resistance: Fall in Love (tags)
A short film inspired by crimethinc.'s 'Days of War, Nights of Love' Chapter 'L is for Love' - 'Join the Resistance, Fall in Love' The film was made possible by a grant from the from the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
Globalizing labor against Coca-Cola (tags)
I first met Luis Adolfo Cardona in Bogota, Colombia. He was clearly traumatized. He told my Witness for Peace labor delegation that on December 5, 1996, he’d witnessed the murder of Isidro Segundo Gil inside a Coca-Cola plant.
Christian Fundamentalists-Potential Terrorists (tags)
Following the court decision striking the phrase"under God" from the Loyalty Oath("Pledge of Alligence"), Christian fundamentalists have been going ballistic. As in Islam or any religion, any group with an "our way or no way" attitude is a sure breeding ground for terror.
Protest at CNN HQ in Atlanta -- Three Arrested (tags)
Three cheers -- one for each arrestee -- for the demonstrators. We, in LA, should do likewise and organize a demonstration against the pro-war propagandists (aka the mainstream media). Who better to organize such a demo than indymedia!!!
Why are so few Immigrant-Americans without Housing? (tags)
Many Immigrants are living in poverty but few are without a place to live. That's right. Income, benefits and social services must rise. Not the false assumption that construction of apartments is needed.They are needed to some degree. There are only a few hard edge homeless people.We describe this
Senegalese Government One of First to Ban Female Genital Mutilation (tags)
The practice of cutting off young girls private genital areas is not restricted only to Africa. However, it has the most sufferers and deaths there. Please take 5 minutes to read this.
A Brief Letter From Atlanta (tags)
MARTA will not allow Non-Profit Groups to Use Buses and Trains to Place Advertisements for Approximately 510,000 Daily Riders.Emory University Continues Cover-Ups Regarding Public Health and Veterans Health.Opposition to these is Strong at Times then Waning. Sucess comes but is Hard to Gauge.Opposition Hampered by Several Factors:Firings,Money.