The People's Hunger Strike

The People’s Hunger Strike in Boston.

Go here to see the press conference with Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

Open this for coverage from local news.

Go here for a video made by hunger striker Kammel N. He compiled interviews, footage of that days standout, banners, people. It really captures one of the powerful standouts- and why people participated.

Go here to read “Why I am Doing the People’s Hunger Strike for Gaza.

Protest in Maine

During the Pumpkin Festival, a major public event and tourist attraction in Damariscotta, Maine, Palestinian solidarity activists staged a blockade of the bridge into town. The main organizer was arrested within minutes but other activists lined the bridge, holding up banners and signs for Palestine. Their leaflet read, in part,

“This Indigenous Peoples’s Day we stand in solidarity with all indigenous people whose lands were violently stolen… Don’t let history repeat itself.  Stand up for Palestine. …”

…. and listed several demands.. with only the first one checked off:

    Ceasefire

    Lift the Siege

    End the Occupation

    Dismantle Israeli Apartheid

    Recognize Palestinian Statehood

    Hold Perpetrators Accountable…