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People’s Hunger Strike
Healthcare workers, healthcare organizations and community groups based in Boston are launching a Hunger Strike in Boston beginning on Thursday, September 4th. Palestinians are being starved to death and are calling for an international hunger strike in solidarity. We must act NOW and escalate the political pressure to put an end to the genocide that is taking place before our very eyes.
We Demand
- Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey to introduce a Senate version of the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) to block the Trump administration from delivering major US weapons to Israel – bombs, tank rounds, and artillery shells – which it has used in its mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
- Representative Katherine Clark, Democratic Party Whip, to co-sponsor the Block the Bombs Act
Successive cohorts of strikers will engage in 7-day fasts, to create a continuous collective hunger strike. The strikers will be offered practical support and medical monitoring. There will be press conferences, art activities, and poetry readings, all in order to highlight our action and the atrocities that are happening every day in Gaza.
Join us for our launch outside the JFK Federal Building starting September 4th at 11am. Following the launch on the 4th, there will be daily standouts Monday through Friday from 3-5pm.
Click below to find more information on how to join and support the strike.
Refer to this website for up to date information on the strike, and click here to see schedule details as well as weekend events.
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