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Suffragists used hunger strikes as a powerful tool of resistance – a tactic still employed by protesters 100 years on

  • Written by Victoria W. Wolcott, Professor of History, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Suffragists used hunger strikes as a powerful tool of resistance – a tactic still employed by protesters 100 years onSuffragists march from New York to Washington D.C. in 1913.AP Photo

Asylum seekers held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California have launched a series of hunger strikes to demand personal protective equipment, medical care and provisional release as COVID-19 cases surge among incarcerated populations.

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