1-Month Hunger Strike: Chicago Activists Fight Metal Scrapper Relocation Into Black and Latinx Neighborhood

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By Climate NexusMar 3, 2021, 2:17 pm1.3k ptsInteresting
Hunger strikers in Chicago are fighting the relocation of a metal shredding facility from a white North Side neighborhood to a predominantly Black and Latinx community on the Southeast Side already plagued by numerous polluting industries. On Thursday the three original hunger strikers – Oscar Sanchez,…

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