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The "Taking Stock" Edition

The Promised Podcast

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The Hunger Strike and the Prisoner's Death

Meharel ahras is using hunger to demand that his life must mean something charged without cause. The prisoner resist measures means to keep him alive, in order to force his oppressor to choose either grant my freedom or bear the responsibility of my death. He's risking his life for for a very clear one. M with subordination coming at us from every angle, a hunger strike offers a rare opportunity to take back control. It is a paradoxical move, asserting the essence of of your freedom by denying your oppressor control over your body. And i think it's different, in a sense, of what hunger strike and what prisoners represent or symbolize for us as pelestinians

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