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men, Colt
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Digital Hartford: Anti-war rallies, strikes, health care for all and more !
Yes We Can!
Historic election, brought to you
by the people

Strange
Fruit
A local
history
of lynching
Hartford says YES to Immigrants
City stands up against Bush push on
undocumented workers on August 11.
Mayor Perez signs bill on August 19
2008 vote    2006 march   2006 video 
People of Faith

Caterwauled

Queers w/o Borders

Mira Hartford
Knock on a Door,
Help Stop the War
Dozens of volunteers petition Hartford's neighborhoods to stop the war in Iraq, bring all the troops home, and invest in America's future.  And guess what?  The people agree. Video and story

Unions Against the War!
Activities by working people  and their local unions against the Iraq war.
the workers' republic
Unionized workers occupy the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago. It's a lesson for the future, grounded in past struggles from Flint to Hartford. 
Eyewitness report here
Operation First Casualty
The Wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan come home
to Hartford article, photos, video here
School Bus Drivers Fight to "Drive Up Standards"
Bus drivers for the West Hartford Schools face down the six billion-dollar mulitnational company First Student, Inc.
Connecticut Marches on
Wall Street
April 4th!
Protest at St. Peter's Church
in Hartford, February 8
Protect Public Services,
Tax the Rich!
Rally at the State Capitol
March 25
Three Mile Island 30 years later...
New Nukes?  No way!
May Day Art Alert
On May 1, 2009. the cultural workers struck.  Banners were recently positioned at two of Hartford's most prominent (and some would say most controversial) works of artread more
Saving Services, Saving Lives
Healthcare Union Rally at the State Capitol June 17 demands that Governor Rell maintain critical services and fund them with taxes on the state's wealthy residents