Autonomous News: Atlanta

Autonomous News based out of Atlanta, on occupied Muscogee Land. Content warning across the board.

[Camila Lourdes Galarza Zavala @sovietwithsazon]

TODAY— Photos were smuggled out of Ecuador’s prisons and published by the brave Karol Noroña. Under the current U.S.-backed military dictatorship, inmates are starved and 1 dies every 7 hours— an alarming rate for the 2nd smallest nation in South America. NOBOA IS A MURDERER.

[The Hill @thehill]

DC National Guard surge didn’t reduce violent crime: Research
https://t.co/nSStd1PMqV

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without evidence that the boats were engaged in narcotrafficking. Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) of @amnestyusa says these are extrajudicial killings that constitute murder. “U.S. taxpayers should be outraged, absolutely outraged, that their money is going to murder as a policy,” says Klasing.

[WABE News @wabenews]

President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence — elevating a real estate scion without any clear national security credentials to a key post as the U.S. remains at war with Iran.
https://t.co/flZPERIPLD

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

The Trump administration is orchestrating a renewed US resource offensive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the expense of local populations and democratic accountability. Available in EN, ES and PT-BR. https://t.co/iCcceeiuXT

[GPB News @gpbnews]

A data center could be coming to Maysville, Georgia and residents are not happy. They say they were not properly notified about the proposal, which was passed at a meeting in January 2025.

Keep up with daily news from around the state with the Georgia Today podcast.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Hundreds have rallied in Albania against plans by a Jared Kushner-linked investment firm to develop Sazan Island and parts of a protected national park into a luxury resort.

Anger was fuelled by comments by Ivanka Trump, describing Sazan as a ‘private island’ they ‘discovered’.

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

October Krausch, @priscillagrim and @micahinATL report that the possibility of Georgia's Fulton County not needing more beds never entered the planning for a mega-jail.
https://t.co/1Bwhz8LWno

[Meghan Bodette @_____mjb]

Yesterday, Kurds held demonstrations against the exclusion of the YPJ from the Syrian army.

Many women I've spoken to fear that this signals the start of a broader effort to remove women from the public sphere altogether.

[ADayToRemember @ADayIn1920]

dope communique up on this nyc counter info site from April

https://t.co/MQlPTdTvUg

[TennesseeRiverkeeper @TNRiverkeeper]

Proposed data center next to Nashville Zoo draws pushback https://t.co/9cLQd8ClVd

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

“The creators of The Last of Us have openly named Israel's colonial occupation of Palestine as inspiration for the show's quarantine zones and militarized control. That's not subtext – it's a blueprint.”— Aimee Castenell

https://t.co/oGoSNTuh63

[The Liberation Project @TheLibProj]

“Prisoner Hunger Strike in Newark Sparks Clash With ICE Thugs”

Solidarity riot at Delaney Hall teaches us many lessons necessary for these increasingly revolutionary times.
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https://t.co/Jd1GvNJibt

[WSB-TV @wsbtv]

Former Georgia chief deputy accused of stealing guns, GBI says https://t.co/fQtXRlWglN

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Quick and repeated transfers have become more common in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Immigration lawyers say the many transfers not only cause undue suffering for people being detained and their families but have also significantly undermined due process protections. https://t.co/Fq1dlV4eDD

[Pirate Wire Services @pirate_wire]

Bolivia's uprising goes far beyond Evo

The country's ruling party is trying to pin blame on Morales and "narcos." Neither claim is true

LATEST for by @GeopolWonk
https://t.co/zJI2AihTmM

[Everything Georgia @GAFollowers]

Homelessness in Atlanta increased 6% in 2026, reaching more than 3,000 people, largely due to housing costs and economic pressures outpacing incomes.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Nearly 3 million Cubans are experiencing water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a U.S. energy blockade. https://t.co/KEjpcxHPXa

[Oakland Abolition & Solidarity @OaklandAboSol]

Around 500 People Are Now On A Hunger Strike at Five ICE Detention Centers Across the U.S.

https://t.co/hnbypS5zBq

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

If you're worried about AI data centers, Congress is taking notice — not by passing any laws, but by spying on critics through its new intelligence bureau:
https://t.co/51QrEvlCSb