Tag: Hunger Strike

BOOT THE BELL CAMPAIGN GAINS POWERFUL NEW MOMENTUM FROM NATIONAL STUDENT HUNGER STRIKE!

Taco Bell contracts are under heavy pressure on two major campuses this week, as students at UCLA and Notre Dame are pushing hard for their administrations to "Boot the Bell" until Taco Bell takes serious steps to clean up human rights violations in their tomato suppliers' operations. Meanwhile, six students at Eckerd College celebrated the end of their five-day fast >> Read More

’04 Eckerd College Hunger Strike

From Eckerd College newspaper, "The Triton": Hunger strike for justice By Emily Morganstein Design Manager On April 19-23, at least 82 students pledged not to eat for at least one day in honor of a five-day hunger strike by a small group of students who were supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Members of the Alliance for Concerned Individuals, an >> Read More