homeless

  • 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 complaints. Finally after numerous complaints and a group of people allegedly […]

  • OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: “What they did to us destroyed our life. They almost broke us.”

    OPPRESSION 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 Liberation Initiative Walter and his wife came to New Britain in July of 2024 with their 4 kids in order to get away from what […]

  • OPPRESSION IN THE STREETS: “They Either Want Me in a Mental Facility or Jail”

    OPPRESSION 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 Liberation Initiative Repeatedly Brutalized and Stalked by the Pigs Marcin, a disabled homeless man in his 50s, has plenty of lived experienceto justify his distrust […]

  • Oppression in the Streets: How New Britain’s shelters treat the Homeless

    Oppression 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 Liberation Initiative “Deal with it… do as you’re told…or get the fuck out” Many homeless and formerly homeless people we’ve talked to for the past […]

  • Oppression in the Streets: How NBPD Treats the Homeless

    Oppression 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 Liberation Initiative One Homeless Man in New Britain Faced: $99 Tickets for “Sleeping on Public  Bench” Almost all of the homeless people we’ve talked to […]

  • Skid Row Stands Up Bulletin #2, September 1st 2024

    Sweeper, no sweeping! On June 28 the Supreme Court made it legal for cities to fine and arrest homeless people for camping on the street. Governor Gavin Newsom took the cue, and threatened to strip funding from cities and counties that aren’t rounding up the homeless hard enough. Newsom even personally threw away homeless people’s […]

  • Skid 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 on the Olympics and the World Cup that will bring billions of dollars in investment and tourism to the businesses of the area. This program […]

  • SPEAK OUT in Skid Row September 7th!

    SPEAK OUT in Skid Row September 7th!

    This Saturday, September 7th at 5 pm at the Madison Hotel, 423 E 7th St, Los Angeles, Dare to Struggle and Skid Row Stands Up will SPEAK OUT against the deplorable conditions in the hotels, shelters, and interim ‘housing’ for the homeless, as well as the hell on the streets. Criminal slumlords leave the people […]

  • GENTRIFICATION: The war against the homeless, poor, and long time residents

    GENTRIFICATION: The war against the homeless, poor, and long time residents

    In June of 2023, recently re-elected mayor of New Britain, CT Erin Stewart said that the city is working to provide resources for homeless people and “have been more than accommodating for the past seven years but the needs of the community are shifting, along with their ability to provide additional services.” (1) Accommodating who […]