Mar 19, 2013
Albrecht Muth’s Failing Health Delays Trial
The trial of Albrect Muth has been delayed because a D.C. judge has declared that Muth is not healthy enough to appear in court.
Albrecht Muth has been on a hunger strike since last December, but still thinks he can represent himself when he goes to trial in March. A judge disagrees.
Eighteen students at the University of Virginia have been on a hunger strike to protest what they see as unacceptably low wages paid to hourly employees. Among the protesters is Cavaliers safety Joseph Williams.
Two members of Occupy D.C. are in the fourth day of a “sleep strike” in protest of the National Park Service’s enforcement on the ban on camping in McPherson Square. They’ve been awake since Monday. A doctor who specializes in sleep disorders says it’s a very bad idea.
After 25 days, performance artist and activist Adrian Parsons broke his hunger strike for D.C. voting rights with a gulp of coconut water outside Mayor Vince Gray’s house.
The protesters on a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights have an idea for a new District office that would lobby for and protect legislative and budgetary autonomy. And Adrian Parsons looks as unwell as ever.
Dec 20, 2011
D.C. Voting Rights Hunger Strikers Down to One
Via WJLA, the AP reports that of the four protesters that were engaged in a hunger strike for D.C. voting rights, only one remains.
Dec 16, 2011
Four Arrested in Brief Voting Rights Protest
Four D.C. voting rights protestors, including the organizer of a week-old hunger strike, were arrested on Capitol Hill during a rally against anti-abortion language in a federal budget resolution.
Dec 13, 2011
Hunger Strikers Hang Around Boehner’s Office
A group of four protestors associated with the Occupy D.C. movement took their prolonged hunger strike to Capitol Hill today in hopes of getting a rider preventing the use of local funds from paying for abortions removed from a federal budget bill.
It’s yet another eviction for the Occupy Wall Street movement, as police in Baltimore removed 40 people that had been camped out near the Inner Harbor for the last 10 weeks. According to the Baltimore Sun, the eviction went smoothly and no arrests were reported.