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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…
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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…
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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…
Read moreCracks 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…
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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…
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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…
Read moreOPPRESSION 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…
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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…
Read moreOPPRESSION 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…
Read moreOPPRESSION 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…
Read moreWORD ON THE STREET: “You think this is you helping?”
Issue #2. December 2024. By Lateecia Spoken by the people on Skid Row. Edited and published by Dare to Struggle. Distributed by Skid Row Stands Up On December 5th, Skid…
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“A Compromise from the Start”
An interview with a Chicago Police district council member Every time we go out to talk to people on the streets about their experiences with the Chicago Police Department, Dare…
Read moreCracks at Hotel California: Incarcerated for Over a Decade without Being Found Guilty
Fredrick, a Cook County Jail inmate for 13 years, discusses the conditions of the jail, the violation of rights of inmates, and how the system is stacked against them. Shortly…
Read moreCracks at Hotel California: An Interview with a Recently Released Inmate
Antwand, a recently released inmate, discusses how collective punishment is weaponized in Cook County Jail If there’s a fight on the deck and they apprehend the two people on the…
Read moreOppression in the Streets: How New Britain’s shelters treat the Homeless
Issue #2 Nov 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…
Read moreOppression in the Streets: How NBPD Treats the Homeless
Issue #1 Nov 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…
Read moreAn Interview with the Mother of a 22-Year Old Inmate of Cook County Jail
Lucy, a mother of a 22-year-old inmate in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, discusses the conditions there, her son’s fight to get out, and the system he is up against My…
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WORD ON THE STREET: “At the end of the race, we’re in the same place”
Spoken by the people on Skid Row. Edited and published by Dare to Struggle. Distributed by Skid Row Stands Up. Issue #1, November 2024 Dare to Struggle showed a man…
Read moreCracks at Hotel California: Exposing the Realities of Cook County Jail
Issue #1 Nov-Dec 2024 A modified interview with Vickki Willis (Alteriq Pleasant Foundation) mother of Alteriq Pleasant, who died in Chicago Police custody at Cook County Jail. The last time…
Read moreSkid Row Stands Up Bulletin #1, July 16 2024
Mayor Karen Bass deployed her Inside Safe initiative at the end of 2022 claiming she wants to fix the long-standing homelessness problem in Los Angeles. She’s got her sights set…
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