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19 November 2007updated 27 Sep 2015 5:20am

Why American students are hunger striking

How a growing student movement in the US is resorting to radical tactics to make their voices heard

By Claire Provost

Students at New York’s Columbia University stopped eating on Thursday 8 November 2007, and within 24 hours the news had reached my warehouse flat in North London.

I called Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, wrote statements of support and solidarity, and signed online petitions.

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