kingston woman stages hunger strike for indigenous, palestinian rights
lindsey pilon plans to end her hunger strike and sit-in outside kingston city hall on friday
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lindsey pilon sits in springer market square in kingston thursday during the second day of her hunger strike in support of indigenous landback movement and in solidarity with palestinians.
elliot ferguson
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the whig-standard
kingston — an oneida woman is two days into a hunger strike and sit-in to support indigenous rights and in sympathy with palestinians.
lindsey pilon began refusing food and water while sitting in springer market square on tuesday night.
“i’m in solidarity, as an oneida woman, with palestinian constituents who cannot be so bold as me because of how precarious their situation is,” pilon said thursday morning.
pilon said her action is meant to pressure kingston and the islands mp mark gerretsen to meet with local pro-palestinian supporters to ask him to support government actions to end the war in gaza.
“the pro-palestinian movement is robust. it is dynamic, there is no one leader because that’s a colonial way of of thinking,” she said. “we recognize this. i am here mostly as an individual because i am ferocious and i’m fed up.”
elferguson@postmedia.com
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