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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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Get Organized for October 22nd!
O22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality Since 2020, over 7,000 people across the United States have been killed by police, and every year is more deadly than the last. The mass rebellion in response to the public execution of George Floyd, which shook the system to its core, was strangled, pulled, and […]
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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 and real liberation from the American nightmare. It’s a month-long observance for reflection, study, and self-discipline, in honor and memory of those who came before […]
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Pride is Dead. Long Live Stonewall!
On June 18th, the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold an anti-trans law in Tennessee that bans the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. Trans kids face dire threats from Republicans seeking to legislate them out of existenceA widespread culture of transphobia denies them basic respect and dignity. Democrats have […]
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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 have requested the letter be published in full to further expose conditions inside the jail and the problems people inside are facing. We salute them […]
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DCFS: Department of Child Abuse and Family Separation
Children abandoned in dingy juvenile cells amidst a mental health crisis, left to rot in fluorescent-lit cubicle offices overnight with strangers, dumped in emergency rooms and deprieved of access to adequate medical care, and cuffed in full-body shackles as they are displaced from one facility to another with little explanation—all while awaiting placement in foster […]
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Cracks 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 with inmates and their loved ones about the horrors behind its walls. The conditions people are forced to endure are deplorable. Food and water that […]
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“This is WAR.”
New York Inmates Who Exposed Messiah Nantwi’s Murder Wrote to Dare to Struggle – ChicagoDrawings sent to us by M Cleaver On March 15th, Dare to Struggle – Chicago wrote letters to inmates at the Midstate Correctional Facility in New York who spokeout to expose the brutal murder of 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi at the hands […]
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OPPRESSION 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 Liberation Initiative “Now I don’t know where I’m gonna go … There’s just a lot here that’s not helping me.” She was lied to and […]
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The Frontlines Issue #1 Jan 2025
Issue #1, Jan 2025 Letter from the Editor If you live in public housing, you’re all too familiar with inhumane conditions and ineffective repairs. NYCHA regularly ignores tickets and whenever they do “repairs,” the work is so poorly done that the problem soon returns. This neglect is deliberate—NYCHA lets repairs go unaddressed so they can […]
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