No Cop City, No Cop World : Lessons from the Movement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herskind, Micah.

Contributor:

Parker, Mariah.

Franklin, Kamau.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Police brutality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2025.

Summary:

This book is a collaborative collection of essays and reflections that documents the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, Georgia. It explores the intersection of abolitionist, antiracist, Black liberation, Indigenous, and climate justice struggles. Written by activists, scholars, and community organizers, the text provides historical context, critiques of systemic oppression, and strategies for resistance against the development of a controversial police training facility. The authors aim to inspire solidarity, offer lessons in movement-building, and propose a vision of a world beyond policing and state violence. It is intended for activists, academics, and those interested in social justice and abolitionist frameworks. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: How Did We Get Here?

1. Why Cop City? Why Here? Why Now?: Micah Herskind

2. Boss Terror: How the Capital of the South Funded Cop City: Mariah Parker

3. A Brief History of the Atlanta Prison Farm: Atlanta Community Press Collective

4. Becoming External Enemies: From Occupy Atlanta to Stop Cop City: Kayla Edgett

5. How the Black Misleadership Class Provides Cover to Cop City: Eva Dickerson

Timeline of the Movement

Part 2: No Cop City

6. Mvskoke Migrations: Mekko Chebon Kernell

7. Eviction Notice from the Mvskoke People to Mayor Dickens and Cop City

8. The Saboteurs: Paul Torino

9. Base Building to Stop Cop City: Successes, Failures, Reflections, and Lessons for Future Organizers: Ashley Dixon

10. Is This Enough Black Folks for You, Andre Dickens?: Curtis Duncan and Kamau Franklin

11. Protecting the South River Forest: Jacqueline Echols, interviewed by Matt Scott and Mariah Parker

12. A New World in the Forest: Anonymous

13. Students vs. Cop City: Narek Boyajian, Dr. Andrew Douglas, Oren Panovka, Daxton Pettus, and Jaanaki Radhakrishnan, interviewed by Kamau Franklin and Mariah Parker

14. There Is No Cop City in the Beloved Community: An Open Letter from Members of the Morehouse College Faculty

15. The Roots of Resistance: Building Narrative Power: Hannah Riley

16. Let the People Decide: Mary Hooks and Kate Shapiro

17. Children Have Always Been at the Center: Rukia Rogers, interviewed by Nolan Huber-Rhoades

18. Dear Andre Dickens, Save Weelaunee

Part 3: Viva, Viva Tortuguita!

19. Little Turtle’s War: David Peisner

20. Statements by Tortuguita’s Parents

21. In Their Own Words

Part 4: Repression Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

979-88-88904-18-3

OCLC:

1519121095