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An exclusive interview with Cornell Lewis, long time Hartford activist, about the Self Defense Brigade – a new grassroots, activist action squad designed to empower communities from the ground up. We also discuss Lewis’s controversial recent editorial.

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As usually happens every time there’s an election, I start to confuse myself with wandering thoughts, worries and other paranoia that cause me to actually go vote, though I know in the grand scheme of things the candidates I have to select from (at least the electable ones) are not that different and will probably be equally ineffective.  In Connecticut, the race that worries me most is the US Senate race featuring a public servant with a surprisingly good record of effectiveness (which will not serve him well if he makes it to Washington, DC), Richard Blumenthal, and a multi-millionaire wrestling mogul with tens of millions of dollars to burn on negative ads, Linda McMahon.   As scary as it is to think that Linda McMahon could be our next senator, I’ve compiled a bunch of things to remind readers that ultimately it may not even matter.  Here goes: Read the full story

Ben Jones, Executive Director of CNADP, discusses current efforts to end the death penalty here in Connecticut. Hear his reaction to the conviction of Stephen Haynes in the Cheshire home invasion case, and what you can do to get more involved.

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When the name Sylvia Lee Rivera is mentioned, without a doubt ones first thought, comment or reflection is that “Sylvia is widely credited with throwing the first shoe (or depending upon the remembrance first or second bottle, Molotov cocktail, etc) at Stonewall.” From that point on, the remembrance and analysis of Sylvia is strongly influenced by this pivotal moment in queer history. Very little of what is remembered, spoken or written about Sylvia deviates much from that of her involvement in Stonewall and the succeeding predominately white, middle class led LGBT movement. And sadly even within the Trans community to which Sylvia dedicated her life to, she is primarily whitewashed along with her radical politics being marginalized or even totally omitted! Read the full story

Cindy Martinez of Hartbeat Ensemble discusses the fifth annual Plays in the Parks series, coming to Hartford in July.  The plays take on a number of critical issues such as homelessness, mental illness, the mortgage crisis, and health care.

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