On Thursday, May 22, the Maine Coalition for Palestine joined Veterans for Peace and other groups across the country in starting a 40-day hunger strike with two demands:
That food aid for starving Palestinians under the Israeli blockade be restored, and
That U.S. military supplies to Israel be suspended given the starvation tactics used by Israel that are illegal under international law, specifically a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
On Sunday, June 1 from 3 PM to 5 PM, gather at Maine Street and Potter Street in Brunswick (the neighborhood where Senator Angus King lives, when he’s not living in Washington DC) for an “empty pot” protest — bringing a pot and a wooden spoon to bang. Wear black or dark colors. The demand is simple: an end to U.S. support of starvation tactics in Palestine.
For more information, follow the Maine Coalition for Palestine on Instagram.