No Ordinary Solidarity—Inside Chicago’s Hunger Strike for Gaza

No ordinary solidarity—inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza

For 18 days, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago led a hunger strike that helped re-center Gaza in the public discourse and pressure elected officials.

No ordinary solidarity — inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza

This article No ordinary solidarity — inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza
 was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. Ash Bohrer sat in a wheelchair outside of the Chicago Federal Plaza, where they had been arrested for refusing to leave Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office hours earlier — and where six Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago organizers had launched a hunger strike for Gaza 18 days prior. Reflecting on the highlights to that point, Boh…