Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a … - Frances Moore Lappé

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Frances Moore Lappé

Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a 1984 chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, caused by a company they now own, Union Carbide. In the past, Diane's hunger strikes had been lonely affairs, but this time friends and co-conspirators from around the country took turns joining her on her flatbed truck under the hot Texas sun, greeting Dow workers as they entered the plant.

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