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Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Democrats Plan To Hold Town Hall Mee...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Democrats Plan To Hold Town Hall Mee... : ***Venue Moved Because Of Size Of Registration*** Oconee County Democrats are going forward with plans to hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tues...

Bearing Witness

#44 March 6, 2025BEARING WITNESS... “Instead of asking whether anyone should be locked up or go free, why don’t we think about why we solve problems by repeating the kind of behavior that brought us this problem in the first place?” —Ruth Wilson Gilmore“If it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly takes a movement to undo an occupation.” —Ruth Wilson Gilmore“Racism enshrines the inequalities that capitalism requires.” —Jodi MelamedGood Thursday evening everyone, Ruth Wilson Gilmore is the director of Center for Race, Culture and Politics at CUNY. She is also a co-founder, along with Angela Y. Davis, of Critical Resistance, which almost 30 years ago called for the abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex. Jodi Melamed is professor of English and Africana Studies at Marquette University. Professor Melamed’s book, Represent and Destroy: Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism” shows how racial liberalism, liberal multiculturalism, and neoliberal multiculturalism ...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Elections Board Rejects Petitions Fo...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Elections Board Rejects Petitions Fo... : ***Applications Did Not Meet Requirements Of Law*** The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration on Tuesday turned down the Appli...

Oconee County Observations: Legal Challenge To Oconee County Elections Board C...

Oconee County Observations: Legal Challenge To Oconee County Elections Board C... : ***Motion For Recusal Filed*** Oconee County resident Suzannah Heimel has filed a motion asking Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sarah Hawkin...

Oconee County Observations: Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Asks Oc...

Oconee County Observations: Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Asks Oc... : ***Yalamanchili Says Staffing Problems Worse Than Expected*** Kalki Yalamanchili, who took over as Western Judicial Circuit District Attor...

Oconee County Observations: Georgia Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Of Oconee S...

Oconee County Observations: Georgia Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Of Oconee S... : ***Application For Appeal Not Filed*** The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously dismissed Suzannah Heimel’s appeal of the Oconee C...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Schools Has Drafted Memorandum Of Un...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Schools Has Drafted Memorandum Of Un... : ***Memorandum Spells Out Responsibilities, Compensation*** Oconee County Schools administrators have drafted and sent to Sheriff James Hal...