The Body as the Final Weapon: Palestine Action and the Spirit of Bobby Sands

When the machinery of the state is totally dedicated to the protection of genocide; when the courts act as private security for arms dealers and weapons manufacturers; and when the political class—from Labour to Tory—competes to see who can bow lower to the Zionist lobby, the only territory left to reclaim is the body itself.

In the United Kingdom, a group of political prisoners from Palestine Action have entered the very dangerous phase of a hunger strike. They are currently locked in British prisons not for violence against people...