The Spark – Issue #1
Introduction On February 28th, 2026, the US military attacked the Minab all-girls school in Iran with two Tomahawk missiles, killing 168 people most of whom were children. This initiated another war of aggression and continued the long history of US imperialist interventions in the Middle East. The Minab massacre is just one example of a…
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Venezuelan immigrant Ignacio Linares-Rodriguez risks deportation after being denied due process
On July 21st, 40-year-old father of 3, Ignacio Linares-Rodriguez’s request for a public defender and recusal of his private attorney, Raul Villalobos, was denied by Cook County Judge Timothy Joyce. The frustrating news comes after months of delays, no-shows, and confusion caused by Villalobos, all of which have detrimentally affected Ignacio’s case. With Judge Joyce’s…
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“Fuck that food…The only reason y’all feeding us is cause y’all don’t want us to tear this motherfucker up!”
On July 25th, a group of Dare to Struggle members went up to Madison, Wisconsin, to understand the mood on the ground following the execution of 38-year-old Corey Ruiz by veteran police officer Kiel Peterson. We first stopped at the site of Corey’s murder which is now reminiscent of 2020’s George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.…
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ICE MACES ACTIVISTS AND DPS SLAMS IMMIGRANT TO THE GROUND KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS
Yesterday on July 19th at around 7:45 AM, Dare to Struggle intervened in the ICE detention of Ever Daniel Velazquez on North Lamar and Longspur blvd., during which his partner who is 6 months pregnant, his 6-year-old daughter, and three DTS members were brutalized by federal agents. It is well known to us that across…
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The State of Red Hook: Privatization, Gentrification, and the Fight Going Forward
The privatization of Red Hook West Houses (RHWH) through PACT is moving full steam ahead while residents continue to speak out against it. Since September last year, NYCHA and their private partners, including BFJ Planning, have put on PACT meetings, supposedly to gather “resident input.” Since March, Dare to Struggle has been linking with Red…
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Introducing The Spark: A National Prison Newsletter & Roadmap to August 21st: George Jackson Day
On February 28th, 2026, the US military attacked the Minab all-girls school in Iran with two Tomahawk missiles, killing 168 people, most of whom were children. This initiated another war of aggression and continued the long history of US imperialist interventions in the Middle East. The Minab massacre is just one example of a long…
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JUSTICE FOR FELIX ALCORTA-RODRIGUEZ! ¡JUSTICIA PARA FELIX ALCORTA-RODRIGUEZ!
63-year-old Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez died in ICE custody on June 19th, just 3 days after being detained by ICE and taken to the Webb County Detention Center in Laredo, Texas. This is at least the fifth death in Texas detention centers, which make up 25% of the national amount since the beginning of last year. ICE…
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CoreCivic & ICE abuse immigrant detainees while holding Torrance Co residents hostage
“Esta experiencia que tengo aqui no le deseo a nadie” -Edgar Lalvay Gallego in Torrance County Detention Facility P, an older Latina woman who serves lunch at the Estancia Senior Center just three miles down the road from Torrance County Detention Center (TCDF), thinks about quitting her job almost weekly. The measly $13/hr she makes…
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Geo Group’s attempt to repress the Hunger Strikers
On June 15th, ICE cruelly retaliated against detainees participating in ongoing hunger and labor-strikes across the country by rolling out new operating standards for detention centers. These standards serve only to intensify the inhumanity inside ICE concentration camps, and squash the brave acts of resistance led by the immigrants being held there. Hundreds of detainees…
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