A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. A notably successful hunger strike was that of Mitch Snyder in 1984 who, as a member of the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), undertook a hunger strike lasting 51 days which resulted in the U.S. government donating a federal building which became a 1,400-bed Washington DC Federal City Shelter. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food. A hunger strike cannot be effective if the fact that it is being undertaken is not publicized so as to be known by the people who are to be impressed, concerned or embarrassed by it. Hunger strikes have sometimes been ended through the use of force-feeding.
I decided to do this, this morning. Then i visited a friend, who told me this was madness. That he had serious concerns for my mental health, and that it was nothing more than an egotistical cry for help.
Starting on election day may 6th. I strike until not only myself, but also my people are guaranteed access by the "uk government" or global powers that be; to food (real food, not the FAKE FOOD they pump out) water (tap not bottled; anyone who can't see the difference http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/ ) and energy FREE.
He's a full time live and on-line poker player. Everything he says to me about my life choices, I'd say right back at him. The only difference is whether our lifestyles are considered anti social, en masse.
One thing we can agree on is that it's a cry for help.
I am a member of The Zeitgeist Movement, formulated in exemplary fashion by peter Joseph, Jacques fresco, Roxanne meadows and about half a million others, all every bit as important and vital to the movement as the next. No hierarchy, no leader, no guru no master, no saviour. I am a standalone complex I'm proud to say, an individual component of a network, and thereby a paradox. Some particle compounded into one article, suuu
Although I am an accumulation of ideology's and gene and meme replication, I can tell you that I made this choice on my own, with no encouragement from anyone to take this path in fact, quite the opposite. My Dad said this is bad timing, and that first I should get settled and sort out my wife and son. As far as I can see, there is no more functional, passive action I can take to assure a decent future for them.
I will be keeping a blog doing some v-logging, and contacting as many local groups, politicians, councillors, and establishments as well as local media as I can, to let them know of our plight. And when I say our, I mean the other billion people on this planet who are needlessly starving. By doing this I hope to replicate their plight locally and make it harder for locals of Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire and the rest of the U.K to look the other way as someone starves. Also by experiencing this feeling I hope I'll be able to empathise with people having this kind of distress inflicted on them, and I truly believe if everyone else said no, I'm not doing the monetary jive any more, that in itself would bring the system to a stop and adapt it therein.
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