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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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5 Borough Protest Against the NYCHA Nightmare
This July, Dare to Struggle and Rogue Residents are holding a protest against the NYCHA nightmare in all five boroughs.
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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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Police Brutality in NYC after the 2020 Rebellions: Poverty, Territory, and Containment
A Pamphlet Published February 2024 by Dare to Struggle Since the uprisings in 2020 against police brutality that shook New York City and cities around the country, police have continued their role uninterrupted as defenders of the system and the white supremacist social order, despite calls from activists to defund and abolish the police. They […]
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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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NYCHA disrepair and privatization, “urban cleansing,” and the battle over the future of New York
Everyone living in NYCHA projects has seen the signs of public housing falling apart over the last decade: buildings with water leaks and no heat in the winter, and apartments with mold, broken pipes, holes in the walls, rat and roach infestations, and broken appliances. This is why we say that NYCHA is the biggest slumlord in New York. Why is NYCHA allowing public housing to deteriorate? Why does NYCHA…
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The struggle in the Jacob Riis housing projects over the contaminated water scandal, Fall 2022
In September 2022, Dare to Struggle responded to a scandal in the Jacob Riis housing projects in the Lower East Side of Manhattan when arsenic was detected in the water at the development after people had reported getting sick and rashes from the water for weeks. We organized two protests, multiple mass meetings, and helped […]
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The People’s Tribunal on the Water Crisis and Neglect of NYCHA Residents
At The People’s Tribunal on the Water Crisis and Neglect of NYCHA Residents on December 7th 2022, NYCHA and City officials were found guilty of gross criminal negligence by residents of public housing. The City hasn’t done anything in all their sham meetings and hearings, so the people have had to take it upon themselves […]
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