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Oppression in the Streets: How NBPD Treats the Homeless
Issue #1 Nov 2024 Stories from people who are and have been homeless in New Britain and around Connecticut. Edited and published by Dare to Struggle CT. Distributed by Homeless Liberation Initiative One Homeless Man in New Britain Faced: $99 Tickets for “Sleeping on Public Bench” Almost all of the homeless people we’ve talked to […]
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At Least A Dozen Prisoners Set Themselves On Fire In A Virginia Supermax Prison In September 2024
In a two week span, at least a dozen Black men set themselves on fire at Virginia’s Supermax Red Onion State Prison. Two of these individuals, Ekong Eshiet and his cellmate Trayvon Brown, self-inflicted third-degree burns on September 15, 2024 in a desperate attempt to be transferred away from the prison due to the racism […]
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SPEAK OUT! Against the criminalization of homelessness across CT
SPEAK OUT! Friday August 30th at 6 pm in front of the FastTrack Station on Beehive Bridge, New Britain, CT. The homeless in this country have officially been sentenced to death by displacement with the recent supreme court ruling. Gavin Newsom, governor of California, has already used this to issue an executive order to remove […]
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ANNOUNCING: Dare To Struggle 2024 National Conference
June 21–23 in New York City Register for the conference here Check out the conference program here The two-party system and dead-end leftist organizations are leading peoples’ struggles nowhere. This summer, we’re holding a 3-day conference to bring people together who are serious about fighting the daily injustices of the American nightmare. We will share […]
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GENTRIFICATION: The war against the homeless, poor, and long time residents
In June of 2023, recently re-elected mayor of New Britain, CT Erin Stewart said that the city is working to provide resources for homeless people and “have been more than accommodating for the past seven years but the needs of the community are shifting, along with their ability to provide additional services.” (1) Accommodating who […]
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND INTO THE STRUGGLE: Unite the homeless in the fight for shelter and against the system
On the streets and in the encampments, the conditions that homeless people are subjected to grow more desperate every day. The brutality of police raids, evictions, and roundups keep the homeless “out of sight and out of mind” instead of addressing any of the real problems people are facing. Vigilantes stalk the streets. Shelters provide […]
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