Food is sustenance and comfort. Food reaches into a persons commitment to themselves to take care of themselves. It is why obesity is such an issue for the First Lady. She sincerely wants the youngest of Americans to know there are better ways of taking care of themselves so they live long, happy and productive lives. Children are vulnerable to influence and to that end she sees an important role in stemming the epidemic among our youngest members.
Frequently, hunger strikes are the last form of protest of oppression. It is placing one's live on the line for another. When one is profoundly conflicted over their spiritual core there is nothing that matters more than expressing it.
We have seen many celebrities in recent years take up the cause of a hunger strike to make an impression on their own spiritual conflicts over the suffering of others. It is important for those capable of carrying a message to power to do so. It is important to realize when innocent people believe deeply enough to deprive their well being of food that someone step forward to recognize their commitment to a cause.
Today is profoundly a day whereby most Americans are seeking to celebrate a holiday begun at the nation's beginnings with bountiful harvests. It is especially understood that a hunger strike at this time of year carries a dire message.
U.S. Families of Camp Liberty Residents (click here) to Join the Worldwide Hunger Strikes Demanding Release of Seven Iranian Dissidents Taken Hostage by Iraq, Says USCCAR
Frequently, hunger strikes are the last form of protest of oppression. It is placing one's live on the line for another. When one is profoundly conflicted over their spiritual core there is nothing that matters more than expressing it.
We have seen many celebrities in recent years take up the cause of a hunger strike to make an impression on their own spiritual conflicts over the suffering of others. It is important for those capable of carrying a message to power to do so. It is important to realize when innocent people believe deeply enough to deprive their well being of food that someone step forward to recognize their commitment to a cause.
Today is profoundly a day whereby most Americans are seeking to celebrate a holiday begun at the nation's beginnings with bountiful harvests. It is especially understood that a hunger strike at this time of year carries a dire message.
U.S. Families of Camp Liberty Residents (click here) to Join the Worldwide Hunger Strikes Demanding Release of Seven Iranian Dissidents Taken Hostage by Iraq, Says USCCAR
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2013
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2013
PRNewswire-USNewswire -- The U.S. families of thousands of Iranian dissidents, members of Iran's principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), who reside in Camp Liberty, Iraq, have volunteered to join an indefinite hunger strike outside the White House beginning today.
The DC hunger strikers will be joining hundreds of others at Camp Liberty, in London, Berlin, Rome, Geneva, Stockholm, Ottawa and Melbourne, who have been on a hunger strike since September 2, 2013, demanding action to secure the release of seven residents of Camp Ashraf, including six women, taken hostage by the Iraqi security forces during theSeptember 1 massacre at the Camp.
The deadly assault left 52 of the 101 residents murdered, execution-style, by security forces under the command of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki....
