A fisherwoman’s story - Diane Wilson - Day 24
A video-update from Diane Wilson, describing her history of activism, her history of hunger-strikes, and why she believes in the Climate Justice Fast.
Slurping steak through a straw
This is day 15 of a hunger strike and I don't know why coffee isn't allowed. Well, actually coffee is allowed on some hunger strikes. Dick Gregory, a very famous American hunger striker, once told me that on a liquid hunger fast (not a water only fast) you can drink anything you can poke in a blinder.
Why I am Fasting
When I talk about my reasons for going on a long hunger fast, people often look at me like I’m crazy and I’m reluctant to correct them because fasts are difficult to explain. But I will explain, again. Before the hungerstrikes, my life belonged to the bay. My dad and his Dad and his Dad were commercial fishermen so I was the daughter of a son of a son of a son of a fisherman. Then, too, growing up on a Texas bay and having a Cherokee grandfather who liked talking with the dolphins and spotting moon signs in the sky before night turned to day made me into something of a mystic.
