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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | January 31, 2000 issue

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The article discusses matters related to social and political issues of the U.S. It states that on January 15, the birthday of social activist Martin Luther King and the ninth anniversary of the Gulf War, ten people began a month-long fast on steps of the Capitol in Washington. They are members of Voices in the Wilderness, the Chicago-based group that has been trying to marshal public opinion against sanctions against Iraq instigated by the U.S. through United Nations. The article also reports on the author's meeting with activist Sender Garlin in his 80s. Garlin was showing students six decades his junior how to put together campaigns against the U.S. intervention in Central America.

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POLITICS, Practical; HUNGER strikes; HUMAN rights; POLITICAL activists; GARLIN, Sender; UNITED Nations; UNITED States
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