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...struggle has received substantial attention," Castro wrote in a statement posted on the Stand for Security Web site. "Given my medical condition, the recent victories that we have managed to achieve, and the broad support that we have been able to mobilize, I have decided to end my fast...
After agreeing to end his fast, Castro was released from Harvard's Stillman infirmary, the statement said...
...Students Launch Fast for Guards (May 4, 2007): Around 20 people—including students and other members of the Harvard community—protest in front of Mass. Hall, marking the kickoff of a widely publicized hunger strike aimed at convincing the University to support better working conditions for security guards...
...Students Fast for Guards (April 27, 2007): Around 75 student activists begin a day-long fast in an attempt to sway the contract negotiations. The day was marked with a protest in front of Massachusetts Hall in which students attempted to hand deliver a letter to Interim President Derek...
...SLAM To Fast for Security Guards (April 24, 2007): SLAM announces that its members will begin a fast—which could escalate into a hunger strike of “indefinite lengths and proportions”—in an attempt to influence the negotiations of Harvard’s security guards with their employer AlliedBarton...