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.