Newsletters

  • ATTICA CALLING – issue #4

    ATTICA CALLING – issue #4

    First CO on trial for murdering Messiah Nantwi found guilty of first-degree manslaughter On March 1, 2025, 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi was brutally beaten  to death by a gang of 15 correctional officers (COs) at Midstate Correctional Facility. The trials of the 5 pigs who…

  • ATTICA CALLING – issue #3

    ATTICA CALLING – issue #3

    ATTICA CALLING – issue #3 WHO ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS? ICE DETENTION AND US PRISONS We are in the midst of an explosion of mass detention of immigrants. In just one year, the number of people being held in detention centers increased by 75%…

  • ATTICA CALLING – issue #2

    ATTICA CALLING – issue #2

    ATTICA CALLING – issue #2 Women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility suffer abuse and inhumane conditions Bedford Hills Correctional Facility is the only maximum security New York State women’s prison. The women there have made numerous reports of mistreatment, including the following complaints, all…

  • ATTICA CALLING – issue #1

    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…

  • Cracks at Hotel California Issue #7 – Black August

    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,…

  • A Letter to the Outside

    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…

  • Cracks at Hotel California:  What happened to Attica?

    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…

  • High Desert LowDown April 2025: Rise Up We’re Worth It!

    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…

  • OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: Bed Bugs at Friendship Service Center!  241 Arch St

    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…

  • OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: Transitional Housing – Lies and Mistreatment

    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…