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# Starving for changes
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/starving-for-changes/
- Published: 2006-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:40:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

It’s not Yom Kippur or Ramadan, but peace which will prompt a three-week hunger fast for the “Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Republican” effort to “Take Back Congress.”

Longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin will undertake the fast, beginning today with a light lunch and noontime press conference at his office/residence, 2035 Fourth Street, #103-C. Rubin intends to fast on water, juice and herb-tea for three weeks, until Election Day on Nov. 7, to send a message urging voters to oust Republicans.

“Unless you’re under 18, not a U.S. citizen or some other legally justified reason,” Rubin added,“then please don’t even try to find some flimsy excuse for not voting in this upcoming crucial election. An anti-Republican change is needed now more than ever to strengthen America and help undo the damage to our country’s good standing in the world.” Putting on a touch of English

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 17, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101706.pdf?ref=smdp.com)