Newsletters
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ATTICA CALLING – issue #1
ATTICA CALLING – issue #1 Spread the spirit of 71′! JUSTICE FOR ROBERT BROOKS! On December 9, 2024, 43 year old Robert Brooks was lynched by 18 state employees, including correctional officers and medical staff. 6 of these brutal pigs tortured Brooks to death until he was lifeless, the remaining pigs stood around giggling, smiling,…
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Cracks at Hotel California Issue #7 – Black August
Commemorate Black August 2025 at Cook County Jail! Black August (BA) is a commemorative month which recognizes the sacrifices and struggles of Black people in the ongoing fight for freedom and real liberation from the American nightmare. It’s a month-long observance for reflection, study, and self-discipline, in honor and memory of those who came before…
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A Letter to the Outside
Inmates write about conditions at CCJ The following is a letter sent to Dare to Struggle – Chicago from a group of inmates inside Cook County Jail’s Division 11. Inmates have requested the letter be published in full to further expose conditions inside the jail and the problems people inside are facing. We salute them…
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Cracks at Hotel California: What happened to Attica?
A call to action from Dare to Struggle – Chicago For more than 6 months now, Dare to Struggle – Chicago has been going out to Cook County Jail, talking with inmates and their loved ones about the horrors behind its walls. The conditions people are forced to endure are deplorable. Food and water that…
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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 practices, Air b&bs popping up and million dollar second homes being…
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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 complaints. Finally after numerous complaints and a group of people allegedly…
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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 lot here that’s not helping me.” She was lied to and…
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WORD ON THE STREET #3: “They’re killing people, and they are fully aware of it.”
Spoken by the people on Skid Row. Edited and published by Dare to Struggle. Distributed by Skid Row Stands Up. Issue #3. February 2025. By Anonymous. This tent belonged to a man who died after sweepers took away his heart medication, according to Anonymous, a formerly homeless street cleaner. So I was unhoused from March…
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OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: “What they did to us destroyed our life. They almost broke us.”
Issue #4 Dec 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 Walter and his wife came to New Britain in July of 2024 with their 4 kids in order to get away from what…
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OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: “They Either Want Me in a Mental Facility or Jail”
Issue #3 Dec 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 Repeatedly Brutalized and Stalked by the Pigs Marcin, a disabled homeless man in his 50s, has plenty of lived experienceto justify his distrust…
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