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Oconee County Observations: Large Crowd Turns Out For Hands Off Rally Co-Organ...

Oconee County Observations: Large Crowd Turns Out For Hands Off Rally Co-Organ... : ***Crowd Overflows Into Street In Front Of Athens City Hall*** More than 750 people turned out Saturday afternoon for a Hands Off Rally on...

Oconee County Observations: Bill Sent To Governor Gives Oconee County School B...

Oconee County Observations: Bill Sent To Governor Gives Oconee County School B... : ***Decision Due By April 30*** Georgia House Bill 92, on the desk of Gov. Brian Kemp, would give the Oconee County Board of Education unti...

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...