The True Harm Podcast
Podcast Description
A true crime podcast from an abolitionist lens.
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The podcast focuses on topics such as political organizing, community resistance against police violence, and the impact of environmental justice movements, with episodes featuring discussions on efforts like the Stop Cop City movement and personal stories from activists reflecting on the tragic death of Tortuguita, an environmental abolitionist.

A true crime podcast from an abolitionist lens.
In the inaugural episode of The True Harm Podcast, Erin pulls together five influential participants of the Stop Cop City movement to discuss political organizing to stop Cop City's construction and to reflect on Tortuguita's death—an environmental abolitionist murdered by Georgia State Patrol.
The True Harm Podcast is an ongoing podcast/research project to document the organizing work in movements against carceral violence and to amplify victims of carceral violence.
Host email: [email protected]
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Atlanta-based Press
Atlanta Community Press Collective: https://atlpresscollective.com/
Mainline ATL: https://www.mainlineatl.com/
Atlanta-based Organizing
Defend the Atlanta Forest: https://www.instagram.com/defendatlantaforest/?hl=en
Stop Cop City: https://www.instagram.com/stopcopcity/?hl=en
Tortuguita Healing Center: https://www.instagram.com/tortuguitahealingcenter/?hl=en
Atlanta Solidarity Fund: https://atlsolidarity.org/
The People's Campaign: https://www.instagram.com/atlpeoplescampaign/?hl=en
Save Weelaunee: https://www.instagram.com/saveweelaunee/?hl=en
Cop City Vote: https://copcityvote.org/
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Sources Consulted
https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-mayor-bottoms-says-forested-land-only-option-for-public-safety-training-center/LMYFNLZQRRE4ZGDFQDTHIIPDYA/
https://jacobin.com/2022/07/atlana-cop-city-south-river-forest
https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/episode-four-the-movement-to-stop-cop-city/
https://www.them.us/story/tortuguita-shot-killed-atlanta-police-cop-city
https://atlpresscollective.com/2023/10/06/no-charges-to-be-filed-in-the-police-killing-of-manuel-paez-teran/
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BdxYyWlelXxX
https://twitter.com/CopCityVote
https://twitter.com/defendATLforest
https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/solidarity/
https://www.facebook.com/TND/videos/the-family-of-slain-activist-manuel-esteban-paez-ter%C3%A1n-holds-a-press-conference-/557186402883748/
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https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/20/atlanta_cop_city_protester_killed
https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022/the-forest-for-the-trees-atlanta-prison-farm
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2QaEZ3O4Kw/?img_index=1
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2L5Z-AOybt/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrWk-OGO6be/?img_index=1
https://youtu.be/QF92r7zyTIk
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Music and Sound Effects
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