Justice for Ivy Kelly
For almost 30 years, Ivy Kelly has been trapped inside the mass incarceration machine for a crime he didn’t commit. Pinned for the murder of his friend, Ivy has spent the majority of his adult life captive behind bars, fighting for his innocence. Even after decades inside prison, and eventually having his guilty verdict thrown…
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The Police Do Not Keep Women Safe
Debunking the Myth that Police are the Solution to Domestic Violence On July 20th, the Chicago SWAT team responded to a domestic violence case in Albany Park. That morning, 42-year-old Daniel Aguirre threatened, beat, and held his partner and 14-year-old daughter hostage at gunpoint in their second-floor apartment. When his partner’s 67-year-old mother tried to…
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Drop the Charges on the Rundberg 3!
On the Morning of Monday 8/10, three members of Dare to Struggle, “the Rundberg 3,” were surveilled on their way to court by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Once they got to court, two of them were wrongfully arrested. On 7/27, Travis County issued warrants for the Rundberg 3. The warrants stemmed from…
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Another Democratic Mayor Pushes to Privatize NYCHA
As he’s made splashy headlines for a rent freeze, and as his fans keep fawning over their new favorite politician, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has plowed ahead with long-running plans to privatize and demolish New York’s public housing.
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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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