Chicago activists end hunger strike against recycling plant but vow to continue fight
by Taylor Moore from on (#5F1N5)
Organizers and residents oppose metal shredder operating in Latino neighborhood already suffering from pollution
On the 30th and last day of their hunger strike, activists from Chicago's Southeast Side held a vigil.
Mourning the health of the hunger strikers who have gone without food for a month, demonstrators clad in funeral attire carried a fake casket on Thursday through Logan Square, the North Side neighborhood where Mayor Lori Lightfoot lives. Southeast Side organizers and residents are demanding the city stop a metal shredder from operating in a Latino neighborhood already overburdened by pollution.
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