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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hunger_strikeHunger strike - Wikipedia

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   A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. [1] [2] Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food.

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     Hunger strikes. 1923 Irish hunger strikes - thousands of...

   • Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes

     Captives who did not comply with force-feeding had their...

   • Hunger Strike (song)

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2021_Arizona_and2021 Arizona and Washington, D.C., hunger strike - Wikipedia

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   2021 Arizona and Washington, D.C., hunger strike. The Arizona Student Hunger Strike is an ongoing youth activist demonstration caused by the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass the For the People Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act into law. The strikes originally began on December 6, 2021, after Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) showed ...

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   What is a hunger strike?

   • Advocates are taking action across the country as they hope to pressure members of Congress to pass voting rights legislatio n by Martin Luther King Jr. Day. One of the actions being taken right now is a hunger strike by individuals in different parts of the U.S. as a form of protest to get the legislation passed.

   Advocates launch hunger strikes, hold events throughout US to push for

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   Who wrote 'hunger strike'?

   • Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, it was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). It was the band's most successful song, peaking at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Hunger Strike" was written by vocalist Chris Cornell.

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   Is hunger strike a rock song?

   • " Hunger Strike " is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, it was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). It was the band's most successful song, peaking at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

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   Where did hunger strikes come from?

   • As a historian of American social movements, I have studied the origins of this tactic. Although there were earlier examples of hunger strikes in early modern Europe and Russia, Marion Dunlop, a British suffragist, carried out the first modern-day hunger strike in 1909 in London’s Holloway Prison.

   Suffragists used hunger strikes as a powerful tool of resistance – a

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2023/05/02 › worldHunger Strikes Have Long Served as a Tool of Nonviolent Protest

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   May 2, 2023 · Force-feeding hunger strikers, usually done by inserting a tube through the nose or mouth and down to the stomach, has been called “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” by the United Nations...

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   Aug 19, 2020 · Published: August 19, 2020 8:18am EDT. Asylum seekers held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California have launched a series of hunger strikes to demand personal...

6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › stories-56937259Bobby Sands: The hunger strike that changed the course of N ...

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   Apr 30, 2021 · 30 April 2021. PA Media. Forty years ago, on 5 May 1981, 27-year-old Bobby Sands, the IRA's leader in the Maze prison outside Belfast, starved himself to death. Peter Taylor, who covered the story...

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   Jan 15, 2022 · Rev. Stephen A. Green, chair of Faith for Black Lives, organized a hunger strike that included him and 24 other faith leaders from across the country prompted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck ...