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Day 2, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

Well, as I have said before about hunger striking. Watch your energy! And where did it go? I was at the Day 1 Press Conference and was totally blown away with the participation from the Vietnamese American community that showed up in vans and the folks like, Sharon Lavine, who are...Read more

Day 4, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

Well, this post may be a little woowoo to some folks, but to others it’s gonna be, ‘Yeah!”. So here goes. On most mornings I sit on my porch where a huge oak tree has Spanish moss hanging from every branch. She’s an old tree. 150 years at least. I spend most of my life outdoors, so I...Read more

Day 3, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

I’m sitting in my red chevy truck, and I’ve got a bevy of draglines serenading me. They are ripping out earth, piles and piles, and burying 25-inch pipes and square things. Have no idea what in tarnation they are creating.Certainly noise....Read more

Day 7, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

So how is the strike? I’ve had a few people ask me that and almost always they say that they are concerned about the strike because I’m 75 years old—I AM OLD— and they hope I do not compromise my heath. They sincerely hope I know when to quit. This thinking always puts me straight up against my...Read more

Day 5, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

Well, I nearly said Day 4 and apparently today is Saturday. I didn’t know it.Thought it was Wednesday. I guess time flies when you’re having fun. Today is hot. I took as much as I could sitting out...Read more

Day 6, Hunger Strike against Formosa Plastics

A former PVC shift supervisor from formosa came by this morning and pointed out the reactor in the foreground of this photo. He remembered when the reactor had a problem and the entire product inside the reactor was solid plastic. It took days to hack that plastic from the reactor. And where did...Read more

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