Monthly Archives: April 2013

(IPS) US Activists Outraged Over So-Called Monsanto Protection Act

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/u-s-activists-outraged-over-so-called-monsanto-protection-act/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 28 2013 (IPS) – Food safety advocates are outraged over revelations that U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama approved an act that includes a provision purporting to strip federal courts of the ability to prevent the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  The provision in the Consolidated […]

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Georgia Power Buys Wind Energy from Oklahoma

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Georgia Power boldly goes where everyone else has already been, this week announcing its first purchase of wind energy to be included as part of the energy mix that serves Georgia consumers: 250 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from EDP Renewables North America’s wind farms in southwest Oklahoma. Over 50,000 Georgia homes and businesses can now […]

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Woman Arrested at Nazi, KKK Counter-protest for Profanity on Protest Sign

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(APN) ATLANTA — As Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan rallied at the Georgia State Capitol, and as Anonymous and anti-fascist counter-protesters clashed with them from across the street, one young female counter-protester was arrested for having the word “F*CK” on her protest sign. The National Socialist Movement (NSM), a White supremacist party, was in Atlanta to hold their annual […]

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Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney Releases Autobiography

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has written an autobiography, Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom, that is now available from Clarity Press, including in e-book format on Amazon.com. Atlanta Progressive News obtained a copy of the book from Clarity Press, which was hot off the e-presses, and has reviewed it in its entirety. Yesterday, McKinney started her […]

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EDITORIAL: Our Civil Liberties Are in Grave Danger

(APN) ATLANTA — One of the most salient questions of contemporary political science has been how Germany–a democracy with so much promise–devolved so quickly into a fascist totalitarian dictatorship in the years before World War Two. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings this week, and the series of events that culminated in Boston being under martial law, I […]

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AJC Online Content to Go Paid Subscription-Only

  (APN) ATLANTA — Freedom of the press does not mean that the press can operate for free, and, with that in mind, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper has announced that it will begin charging online viewers a subscription cost in order to view original AJC content on the website in the near future.   An annual digital premium subscription–for digital […]

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(IPS) Occupy Affiliate Aims at Abolishing Consumer Debt

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/u-s-occupy-affiliate-aims-at-abolishing-consumer-debt/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 14 2013 (IPS) – Strike Debt, an affiliate of the Occupy movement, has devised a legal and what some consider ingenious way to abolish millions of dollars in consumer debt.  The project is called Rolling Jubilee, and by raising money from other citizen activists to purchase debt on […]

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Occupy Activists Kicked Out of Fulton Government Building

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County staff and a police officer escorted two activists with Occupy Our Homes Atlanta, an affiliate of the Occupy Movement, from the Fulton County Government Services Building on Industrial Boulevard, after the activists simply tried to attend a meeting involving a foreclosure case they have been working on. On Thursday, April 11, 2013, various Fulton County […]

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First Quarter Disclosures Filed in 2013 Atlanta Municipal Races (UPDATE 1)

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Candidates for Mayor and City Council of Atlanta have filed their first quarter disclosure reports.   MAYOR Incumbent Kasim Reed raised $324,361.50 this quarter, spent $75,211.93, and ended the quarter with $1,481,903.32. Al Bartell filed an intent to run, but has yet to file a disclosure. Announced candidate Paul Luna has neither filed a disclosure nor […]

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Councilman Watson Resigns from Pension Board as SEC Investigates

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Aaron Watson (Post 2-at-large) has resigned from the Board of Trustees of the City of Atlanta General Employees Pension Fund, as the US Securities and Exchange Commission investigates a complaint filed by Board Member Angela Green regarding a controversial investment that Watson approved and later defended.   “As discussed with you, I must […]

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Judge Lee Recuses Self, Appears to Contradict Disclosure Records

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Amanda Lee, who was elected in a 2010 election covered closely by Atlanta Progressive News, has recused herself from a case involving her former campaign manager and a law firm whose address appears as the campaign address on Lee’s campaign disclosure reports. On March 06, 2013, Judge Lee recused herself […]

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Councilwoman Moore Prepares for Possible Challenger in District 9

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(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) is holding a fundraising and birthday event next Saturday, April 13, 2013, in preparation for a possible challenger for the District 9 seat in this year’s Municipal Elections. “During my terms in office, I have consistently been a stewart [sic] of our city dollars, advocated for oversight and transparency, demanded […]

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Task Force for the Homeless Wins Two Georgia Court of Appeals Rulings

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(APN) ATLANTA — Within the last two weeks, the Georgia Court of Appeals has issued two separate orders benefitting the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, which is in a dispute with the City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, Manny Fialkow, Emory University, and others regarding what the Task Force asserts is the parties’ illegal scheme of racketeering and […]

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