On the edge of a forest just south of Atlanta, I sat in the shade of a gazebo on a hot day in May of 2022, speaking to two activists. Parkgoers sweated in their short sleeves as they strolled past a concrete wall, on which graffiti said DEFEND THE FOREST over a fist sprouting up More

The post Building Direct Democracy in an Atlanta Forest appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This post was originally published on CounterPunch.org.