Areas of work
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Dare to Struggle Members Arrested at their Homes
On Tuesday August 5th, two members of Dare to Struggle – CT were arrested by New Britain Police (NBPD) at their homes for a ridiculous charge of “Breach of Peace.” NBPD ripped one of the activists out of their home, several towns over, without…
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Assembly Room Owner Routinely Hostile Towards Homeless People!
On July 1st after a Homeless Liberation Initiative meeting Andres Soriano, the co-owner of the Assembly Room, stopped us as we were leaving to say that we can’t bring homeless people into the Assembly Room anymore for meetings. Apparently letting a few homeless people…
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Shelter Directors Chase The Money and Leave the Homeless Behind
Worsening Shelter Conditions Many community members in downtown New Britain are aware of the Friendship Center’s mistreatment of its residents and inadequate services. They allow rotten food to be served, case workers are frequently “too busy” to help, and residents get kicked out or…
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Sat 6/21 @1pm – Public Forum on how we can stop the attacks on the homeless
Dare to Struggle and Homeless Liberation Initiative are hosting a forum on how we can stop the daily attacks homeless people face around Connecticut. We’ll hear from those within and around the fight for the rights of the homeless, talk through what has been…
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High Desert LowDown April 2025: Rise Up We’re Worth It!
An Interview with a Resident from Loma Parda Anyone who lives in Taos knows the housing situation can be brutal: casitas for thousands of dollars a month, sheds with minimal amenities for almost as much, low income housing with poor conditions and authoritarian management…
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TAOS NM: Memorial Day Weekend Protest
Rents and property values continue to soar in Taos forcing people out onto the streets. There is an astonishing lack of services for people once they are homeless. Meanwhile, tourists and second home owners flock to Taos treating it like their playground. We refuse…
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Disrespect, Disposability, Deceit: Forum on NYCHA Neglect in NYC – May 31 @2pm
LGBT Center – Manhattan – 208 W 13th St NYCHA and private partners are hellbent on pushing out residents. We need our own strategies to stop them. Privatized NYCHA developments are ramping up evictions, and residents across the city face inhumane conditions. It isn’t…
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CT General Interest Meeting 4/1 6pm
Join us at our mass meeting on Tuesday, 4/1 at 6:00pm! We’ll be in the New Haven Library Main Branch, in the Philip Marrett room on the first floor. We’ll be discussing our campaign against police brutality and sharing updates about how we’re fighting…
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OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: Bed Bugs at Friendship Service Center! 241 Arch St
Issue #6 March 2025 Due to threats of retaliation against residents by the shelter, we have left out specific details In February we were messaged by numerous residents at 241 Arch Street about bed bugs and that staff weren’t doing anything to address their…
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OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: Transitional Housing – Lies and Mistreatment
Issue #5 Feb 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 “Now I don’t know where I’m gonna go … There’s just a…
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