Python thread execution blocking other threads

Python thread execution blocking other threads

Both threads work if accessed but when they are executed together
halt_listener will monopolize the resources not allowing import_1 to
execute. The end goal is to have halt_listener listen for a kill message
and then set a run variable to false. This has worked when I was sending a
pipe to the halt_listener but I prefer a queue.
Here is my code:
import multiprocessing
import time
from threading import Thread
class test_imports:#Test classes remove
alive = {'import_1': True, 'import_2': True};
def halt_listener(self, control_Queue, thread_Name, kill_command):
while True:
print ("Checking queue for kill")
isAlive = control_queue.get()
print ("isAlive", isAlive)
if isAlive == kill_command:
print ("kill listener triggered")
self.alive[thread_Name] = False;
return
def import_1(self, control_Queue, thread_Number):
print ("Import_1 number %d started") % thread_Number
halt = test_imports()
t = Thread(target=halt.halt_listener, args=(control_Queue,
'import_1', 't1kill'))
count = 0
t.run()
global alive
run = test_imports.alive['import_1'];
while run:
print ("Thread type 1 number %d run count %d") %
(thread_Number, count)
count = count + 1
print ("Test Import_1 ", run)
run = self.alive['import_1'];
print ("Killing thread type 1 number %d") % thread_Number
Am I missing something?