Hunger Strike

Empty stomachs continue to deliver a number of stultifying blows to the institutions of injustice.

Desperate prisoners refusing food at Guantanamo Bay since the beginning of February have vowed to ‘strike to death,’ according to lawyers' notes obtained by Truthout.

A top Pentagon official's letter suggests military won't bow to Gitmo prisoners' demands to end hunger strike, stating prisoners' Korans are searched as a safety precaution.

The hunger strike parallels one that took place in 2006 when protest stemmed from the search of prisoners' Korans for hidden drugs.

The prisoners, many of whom have been cleared for release, refused food when guards started to seize their personal items, such as books, family photos, letters and legal mail.

Autoworkers in both countries face two-tier or multi-tier pay scales and anti-labor legislation like the ‘right to work’ bill.

Five Postal workers completing a hunger strike in protest of a reduced work week broke their strike and declared a

Palestinian prisoners' hunger strikes have faded from the world stage into obscurity.

Last desperate act of Colombia GM workers is hunger strike to the death.

The Kurdish movement is the greatest challenge to the neoliberal, conservative Turkish government, says international development scholar Baris Karaagac.