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hunger strike

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Friday June 20, 2003 16:01

by ipsiphi

climbers hanging on to Swiss consulate are on hunger strike

as of lastnight.

pressure to be increased like on all fronts.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63626&group=webcast
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=46672&group=webcast
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=72607&group=webcast

Comments (5 of 5)

if u r interested how i think

by -

Sat Jun 21, 2003 14:14

go to the comments on a global spam left this morning either here or in BCN IMC
entitled "on the border of life and death".

Martin needs money.
some need sense.

last photos of the consulate.

by .

Sat Jun 21, 2003 14:16

on june 24 i will do a vigil.for ploughshare.
nothing dramatic.
a vigil with a poster.
I shall not go to this building irish consul HQ and hang on a rope or go starving.
do I get a effing t-shirt?

i wont even go setting fire to myself either....

by -

Sat Jun 21, 2003 15:01

thinking

by jon

Sat Jun 21, 2003 22:24

you must be brave to do those things.
must you?

Yes.

by iosaf

Sun Jun 22, 2003 16:33

I think so. And such bravery needs to be supported. Two people _did_ it. Their protest wasn't easy, one week at 35metres is not easy, and if everyone else has done something too then it really is cool. But their physical condition is now deteriorated and it makes you wonder.