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Fascist Ukraine Vs Anti-Fascist Ukraine

August 2, 2026 Workers World. , , ,
On Aug. 5, some 92 anti-fascist political prisoners incarcerated in Ukraine will go on a hunger strike to denounce the brutal conditions of their imprisonment and the torture they are suffering. While the alternative press has published articles on the fascist nature of the Ukrainian regime established through a coup d’état in 2014 — the Euromaidan — which elevated Nazi organizations to the leadership of the state, particularly to control the repressive forces, much less is known about the persecution unleashed against those who have the courage to oppose them.

ICE Breaks Up Newark Hunger Strike By Shipping Strikers Out

June 17, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
The people locked inside Delaney Hall stopped eating, and they stopped working. ICE answered with tear gas, beatings and night transfers — a fleet of vans moving in the dark so no one outside could see. It did not work. As the strike entered its fourth week, nearly 40 women held in Unit 1 of the Newark immigration jail announced on June 11 that they were joining — issuing their own demands and reopening a fight the government had spent the previous week trying to disperse across the country. The strike began May 22, when more than 300 people detained at Delaney Hall signed an open letter and launched a combined hunger and labor strike.

Women Join Hunger And Labor Strike At Delaney Hall ICE Jail

June 16, 2026 Shireen Akram-Boshar, Truthout. , , , , ,
Nearly 40 women have joined the hunger strike at Delaney Hall immigrant jail in Newark, New Jersey, releasing a new set of gender-specific demands as the strike enters its fourth week. On June 11, dozens of women detained in unit 1 of the jail announced that they were joining the hunger strike. Their demands include improving conditions in the facility; the release of female detainees, beginning with those who are under 21 years old, mothers, and women with medical conditions; and the firing of a guard who they say has sexually assaulted at least 10 women detained in the facility.

Global Sumud Activists Continue Hunger Strike

June 11, 2026 Aseel Saleh, Breakthrough News. , , ,
Three weeks after being kidnapped by the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), 10 of 11 volunteers of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud land convoy remain unlawfully detained in an immigration facility in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi. The Global Sumud Flotilla coalition announced that Mehdi Bouzguenda (from Tunisia), was the only volunteer to be released and return to his country on Sunday, June 7. The fate of the remaining 10 activists is still uncertain. Refusing both food and water, their ”dry” hunger strike has continued for around 10 days, while they remain barred from communicating with the outside world. At this stage, the “dry” hunger strike is reportedly life threatening.

Activists From 13 Countries Launch Global Solidarity Hunger Strike

June 7, 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla. , , , ,
Benghazi, Libya – An international crisis is rapidly escalating as 11 humanitarian volunteers enter their third week of unlawful captivity in Libya. In a desperate bid for freedom, 10 of the kidnapped convoy volunteers detained in Benghazi have been on a strict dry hunger strike since June 1, putting them at imminent risk of organ failure and death.  In an act of solidarity and to bring attention to their urgent situation, a Global Solidarity Hunger Strike has quickly been organized across five continents. Dozens of activists from 13 countries, including: Canada, Spain, Italy, the United States, and South Africa—are now on hunger strike.

Philly Activists’ Hunger Strike Pushes Community Demands For Budget Surplus

June 6, 2026 Andrew Lee, Unicorn Riot. , , ,
Philadelphia, PA – On May 21, Erica Brown and Giavanna Troilo with the environmental justice organization Sunrise Movement Philly began a hunger strike under the banner of Make Philly Affordable, demanding that Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker use a record budget surplus to fund food access, affordable housing, education, recreation centers, libraries, public transportation, and renewable energy.  Giavanna Troilo participated in the hunger strike for five days before withdrawing due to acute health concerns. On day eight of the hunger strike, Brown was joined by Seth Anderson-Oberman of progressive advocacy organization Reclaim Philadelphia and Brit Christopher of Swarthmore College’s Good Energy Collaborative.

‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants On Strike In New Jersey Prison

May 31, 2026 Luis Feliz Leon, In These Times. , , ,
On a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bullhorn. Detained workers could be heard on the soccer field behind the prison walls, shouting in Spanish: “¡Libertad!” (Freedom!) Since May 22, 300 of them are on a work stoppage and hunger strike. Over video chat, one worker told the crowd outside that they had stopped eating and working for as little as $1 an hour (or no pay at all) to demand an improvement in their living conditions. 

Loved Ones, Supporters Of Striking Immigrants Rally Around The Clock

May 30, 2026 Talia Jane, Struggle - La Lucha. , , , ,
More than 300 people detained inside Newark, New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center are on a work and hunger strike, demanding that Gov. Mikie Sherrill visit the facility and meet with them. For months, immigrants detained inside the facility have drawn attention to Delaney’s inhumane conditions. They officially launched their strike on May 22, 2026, calling for freedom for everyone detained in the facility and especially the immediate release of vulnerable people, including children, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions.

Protesters Confront ICE In Support Of Hunger And Labor Strike

May 27, 2026 Samuel Karlin and Emma Lee, Left Voice. , , , , , ,
More than 300 people locked inside of Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, have been on hunger and labor strike since Friday demanding their freedom. The strike follows the release of an open letter drawing attention to the inhumane conditions inside the 1,000-bed facility operated by the private prison company GEO Group. Delaney Hall was reopened under Trump’s second term as part of his administration’s war on immigrants, despite the protests of the local community. The inhumane conditions at the facility, which caused the death of Haitian immigrant Jean Wilson Brutus late last year, include poor nutrition and medical treatment — particularly for children and people with disabilities — and lack of translation services.

Immigrants Held At ‘Inhumane’ ICE Facility Start Hunger Strike

May 21, 2026 Clara-Sophia Daly, Mission Local. , , , ,
Conditions at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the high desert of Southern California are so bad that at least 20 people detained there have declared a hunger strike.  “There are many people suffering here. This is the only way we have to raise our voice, this is a call to stop the suffering and respect our dignity as human beings,” read a statement written by the strikers that was read during an press conference held online Wednesday morning. It was put on by a coalition of advocacy groups.  The immigrants at the Adelanto ICE detention complex have not eaten since Tuesday, organizers said.

Gaza Flotilla Activists Kidnapped By Israeli Forces Begin Hunger Strike

May 20, 2026 Roger McKenzie, Morning Star. , , , ,
At least 87 Gaza aid flotilla activists kidnapped by Israeli forces have begun a hunger strike, according to organisers. Israel’s navy illegally intercepted and boarded flotilla vessels in international waters on Monday and Tuesday. The activists are striking “in protest of their illegal abduction and in solidarity with the over 9,500 Palestinian hostages held in Israeli dungeons,” the Global Sumud Flotilla wrote on social media today. On Tuesday night, Israeli forces “kidnapped” six activists on board the Lina al-Nabulsi, organisers reported.

Hundreds On Hunger Strike At Michigan Detention Center

May 8, 2026 Jack Kelly and Eli Folts, People's World. , , ,
Baldwin, Michigan — Hundreds of detained immigrants have launched a rolling hunger and work strike at the North Lake Detention Center, the largest detention center in the Midwest, operated by the private prison corporation GEO Group in Baldwin, Michigan. They are protesting what they describe as inhumane conditions, medical neglect, and a systematic denial of due process. The strike, which began on April 19 and escalated into a coordinated action across all facility blocks on Saturday, April 25, involves a majority of the prison population. Organizers with No Detention Centers Michigan report that detainees are refusing to eat and refusing to work to demand immediate improvements to their treatment and living conditions.

Diane Wilson On Hunger Strike, Demands Zero Discharge Of Plastics

April 25, 2026 Rav Mosley, Crossroads Today. , , , , ,
Seadrift, Texas — Environmental activist Diane Wilson has been on a hunger strike for nearly a month, protesting Dow Chemical over plastic pellets she says are turning up in San Antonio Bay near Seadrift. Wilson, a longtime critic of industrial pollution along the Texas coast, says the small pellets, a raw material used to make plastic products — pose risks to the bay and surrounding communities. “You are destroying your health, your bay system, your whole communities, and it’s very destructive,” Wilson said. “This bay does not belong to Dow … we’re trying to get them to zero discharge the plastic.”

Immigrant Detainees Held By ICE Launch Hunger Strike

April 23, 2026 Erick Diaz Veliz, Michigan Advance. , , ,
At the North Lake ICE Processing Center in Baldwin, the biggest in the Midwest with 1,800 beds, several hundred detained immigrants started a hunger strike on Monday, refusing to eat or work, according to immigrant rights advocates and relatives of the detainees in Michigan. In a press release shared by the activist group No Detention Centers in Michigan, the hunger strike was held by male detainees “citing dangerous conditions, a lack of adequate food and medical care, and cruel legal obstacles that have kept many in captivity with no end in sight.”

Direct Action Quickly Becoming The Only Effective Form Of Protest

January 12, 2026 Barold, The Canary. , , , ,
Direct action, and the people who undertake it, fascinate me. I sometimes catch myself pretending I could take that step. Then I crash back to reality. Yet the intrigue remains – there’s a wild romanticism to the idea of fucking up your own life in the quest to make someone else’s better. But it’s not just romantic these days – it’s a tangible reality. We are literally watching human beings kill themselves, slowly, painfully, tragically. The only way they have left to take action against the state that holds them without trial. Are we entering a point in time where peaceful actions have lost all meaning in society?
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