politics

  • What Will it Take to End the Mass Deportation Machine?

    What Will it Take to End the Mass Deportation Machine?

    On Friday, Dare to Struggle – Chicago went to the ICE detention and processing center in Broadview, IL to support the rebels who’ve been protesting outside the gestapo facility for several months, demanding the release of the people inside who have been ripped from their families and demanding that ICE cease operations altogether. On Friday […]

  • Send Killer Cop Lunsford to Prison!

    Send Killer Cop Lunsford to Prison!

    In August 2022, Las Cruces Police Officer, Brad Lunsford, shot Presley Eze in the back of the head. This public execution of a Black man made Eze one of the 32 people whose lives were stolen by police in NM that year. What is unique in this case is that in February 2025 Lunsford was […]

  • Rinse & Repeat

    Rinse & Repeat

    Why reforms can be unreformed in the talk shop of legislative politics On August 22nd, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article citing the reversals of six high-profile misconduct rulings enacted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). In all but two cases, COPA ruled that the accused officers should be fired from the department, […]

  • OVER 6,000 CHECK-INS AT HOTEL CALIFORNIA

    OVER 6,000 CHECK-INS AT HOTEL CALIFORNIA

    Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s sadist mission to expedite detention at Cook County Jail and swell the mass incarceration machine On August 4th, the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice released a report stating that the number of incarcerated persons at Cook County Jail (CCJ) “rose above 6,000 for the first time since March […]

  • Pride is Dead. Long Live Stonewall!

    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 […]

  • TAKE THE STREETS OR STAY ON THE SIDEWALK?

    TAKE THE STREETS OR STAY ON THE SIDEWALK?

    LESSONS FROM ANTI-ICE PROTESTS IN ORANGE COUNTY Dare to Struggle SoCal has been standing with the masses of mostly young Latinos to protest against the mass deportation machine. Along the way we have gained some lessons on how to intervene in the mass movement. We can’t just ride the wave of mass protest. For over […]

  • “Well we’re hiring”: SA Survivors Demand Justice and the CPD Pigs Offer Recruitment

    “Well we’re hiring”: SA Survivors Demand Justice and the CPD Pigs Offer Recruitment

    Last night, Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) 14th District and Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) hosted a a community beat meeting at a local church in Humboldt Park: a recurring farce performed by CPD once a month at each Chicago Police district to feign rapport between the pigs and the people. Over 160 people attended this […]

  • Resisting ICE Beyond Social Media & “Know Your Rights”

    Resisting ICE Beyond Social Media & “Know Your Rights”

    The ugly and brutal mass deportations have begun. ICE agents under Trump have ramped up attacks on immigrants in homes, workplaces, and even schools. While the criminalization of the border and attacks on immigrants have been a bipartisan project, the current wave is unique in its celebration of cruelty and racist pageantry. In NYC, Department […]

  • The Frontlines Issue #1 Jan 2025

    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 […]

  • “A Compromise from the Start”

    “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 to Struggle hears stories about the routine harassment and abuse that young Black and Latino people in Chicago suffer at the hands of these pigs. […]