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What We’re Reading – Saturday, November 14, 2015

November 14, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

To access links, pls click on full post. Fulton’s Darnell Spends Freely on Flowers Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/fultons-darnell-spends-freely-on-flowers/nnSCj/ DeKalb County Scraps Deal for Soccer Complex Decaturish http://www.decaturish.com/2015/11/dekalb-county-scraps-deal-for-soccer-complex/ PSC Cracks Down on Critics of Vogtle Nuclear Project Georgia Report (subscription only) http://gareport.com/story/2015/11/03/psc-cracks-down-on-critics-of-vogtle-nuclear-project/ NAACP Sues Ga. County For Purging African-American Voters WABE radio http://news.wabe.org/post/naacp-sues-ga-county-purging-african-american-voters Ethics group gives Georgia […]

Activists Walk Across Georgia in Critique of Drones

May 18, 2014 COURTNEY HANSON Leave a comment

(APN) FORT BENNING, Georgia — On May 03, 2014, activists concluded the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition’s (GPJC) Right to Peace Walk, to bring attention to militarism and drone development in Georgia. The 120-mile walk had begun eight days earlier at the gates of Ft. Benning. Drones researched and developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) […]

Georgia Tech’s Ties to Drones Focus of Workshop, upcoming Activism

December 3, 2013 KEVIN MORAN Leave a comment

By Kevin Moran, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, Georgia — Medea Benjamin, founder of CODEPINK, was the keynote speaker at the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition (GPJC) Drone Task Force Workshop, at this year’s protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC, formerly known as the School of the Americas). The […]