1 day Solidarity Hunger Strike to Stop General Iron
City-Wide page organized by Judy Pollock, Chicago Audubon Society
Local neighborhood organizing page for hunger strikers in Riverbank Neighbors and the 47th Ward.
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Hunger strikers are posting daily on Twitter.
Twitter #DenyThePermit live stream..
in the news…
Feb 18, 2021 WBEZ Hunger Strike Continues Over General Iron’s Move to Southeast Side. The Southeast Side of Chicago is home to the most industrial parts of the city, bearing the heaviest burden of pollution near homes, schools and parks.
Feb 17, 2021 Block Club Chicago Feds Tell City: Don’t Issue General Iron Permit Until Civil Rights Investigation Is Completed
Feb 14, 2021 The Guardian The Chicago plant that sparked a hunger strike amid environmental racism claims
Feb 11, 2021 Southeast Side activists staging hunger strike in bid to derail metal recycler’s planned facility
Feb 11, 2021 Hunger Strike Against Southeast Side Metal Scrapper Reaches Eighth Day WTTW