Last Thursday anarchists in Atlanta and around the country held memorials for Manuel Paez Terán aka Tortuguita on the one year anniversary of his death. It’s Going Down an anarchist website labeled it “Day of the Forest Defender.” Events were scheduled in Seattle, Portland, Boise, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Denver, Austin, Atlanta and about a dozen other cities.
Most of these protests/vigils appear to have been fairly small scale. Here are some photos of a vigil in Berkeley.
Pics from tonight’s vigil for Tortuguita at Haste and Telegraph. #StopCopCity #FreePeoplesPark#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/W7DUd19ejc
— Mama Lisa (@LisTeague) January 19, 2024
As has been the case since he died, his comrades refer to this as a “murder” or an “assassination.”
“ I dreamed we liberated ourselves and got revenge on our oppressors.” –…
