AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Fasters survive wet and wild Day 3 of Freedom Fast…

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

9:46 AM

Fasters survive wet and wild Day 3 of Freedom Fast…

The fast site turned into a sea of umbrellas as Day 3 of the Freedom Fast dawned under skies heavy with a cold, wet mix of rain and snow. While the weather put a damper on some of the day’s planned activities, the fasters’ spirits remained strong, and new support rolled in from high places. New photographers showed up on Day 3 as well, including Terry Allen of Vermont (a close ally of Vermont’s Migrant Justice), who took this photo, and whose gallery from the day you can find here.

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of the Archdiocese of Miami sends fasters warm letter of support;

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo visits the United Nations, just blocks from the fast site, as part of the UN’s annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women…

It was a tough day at the fast site outside the Park Avenue hedge fund offices of Wendy’s board chairman Nelson Peltz, as the fasters awoke to a brutally cold snow mixed with rain that fell well into the afternoon and soaked them without pity.

But the crew from Immokalee — no strangers to punishing circumstances — and their allies found ways to cope with the weather, buoyed in no small part by strong new support for their cause, sparked by the power of their sacrifice and coming from several important directions. And when the sun finally came out again at the end of the day, the CIW children came out to join their parents at the site and brighten everyone’s evening with their seemingly boundless energy.