Dare to Struggle Chicago x Cook County Jail
A summation of the struggle at CCJ – Nov 2024 to Dec 2025 Why Cook County Jail? Cook County Jail (CCJ) is the largest single site jail in the country (96 acres spanning eight city blocks). Holding anywhere between 5,000-6,000 inmates on any given day (71.8% Black, 20.1% Latino, and 5.5% female1 inmates). In November…
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Albuquerque Police Tries To Frame Protesters and Dare to Struggle
Responding to attempts by APD and their media mouthpieces to frame protesters
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Democrats Run New Britain for the First Time in 12 Years, But What Will Actually Change?
Some people see Bobby Sanchez’s win as a sign of change to come and are cautiously hopeful. Many forget that nothing fundamentally changed the last time a “blue wave” swept across America in 2020. We can’t say for certain what will happen over the next 2 years from this local election, but we highly doubt…
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Social War on Poor People Continues
Between December 1st and March 31st 36,000 people in Connecticut will lose SNAP benefits! Unrealistic work requirements are being imposed on new groups who often cannot work. This includes homeless people and veterans, parents with children older than 14 years old (before it was children older than 18 years old), and those younger than 64…
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“The First Amendment Would’ve Swallowed This”
Why does Brandon Johnson continue to prosecute protesters? For the last year and a half, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling have taken every opportunity to brag in the media about CPD’s “enhanced” training techniques when it comes to protests, what they call “constitutional policing.” They state that CPD is sufficiently…
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Burke and Snelling celebrate gun felony program, while people are forced to arm themselves for their own protection
On November 21st, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke gleefully announced the city-wide expansion of the Felony Review bypass program. Originally a pilot program launched in the predominantly Black Englewood and Calumet districts, the program allows CPD to directly file felony gun possession charges without the approval of the State’s Attorney’s office. In a statement…
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Why Does Dare to Struggle Take Aim at the US Left?
In the United States, millions of people face grinding oppression from the capitalist system, and we’re not doing enough to try to stop it.
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Notes on O22 from Inside CCJ
A letter from participants of the October 22nd National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality inside Cook County Jail When we dare to struggle, we dare to win, and we either STAND for something of FALL for anything. To all the men and women apart of this revolutionay struggle, remain resilient and dedicated to the…
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