Students Launch Hunger Strike Against Gaza Genocide - Here's What's Happening
✊ Students Launch Hunger Strike Against Gaza Genocide—And They’re Not Alone
25 California State University students just stopped eating—and they’re not the only ones taking action.
In a sweeping wave of campus-led resistance, students from CSU campuses have joined the frontline of the global solidarity movement with Gaza. They're fasting to protest Israel’s siege and the universities bankrolling it.
This hunger strike isn’t a stunt. It’s a refusal to be complicit. And from UCLA to Columbia, students are standing up—despite repression.
Here’s what’s happening 👇
🍽️ What Are They Fighting For?
The CSU hunger strike started May 5, with students from Long Beach, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Francisco State Universities refusing food to demand:
❌ Full divestment from weapons manufacturers like Boeing and Palantir
📚 A freeze on all academic partnerships with Israeli universities
📊 Transparency on investment portfolios—and a human rights screen system-wide
They’re putting their bodies on the line while their universities invest in companies feeding a military campaign that's starving children.
🛑 Gaza: Famine by Design
The timing is no accident. Gaza’s under siege. Aid is blocked. Starvation is weaponized.
Students say their hunger mirrors the mass famine facing over two million Palestinians trapped by Israel’s blockade.
Some wear shirts reading “Hunger Strike Day X” as they gather under canopies on campus lawns—teaching workshops, taking vitals, and demanding justice.
🧯 Repression Spreads—But So Does Resistance
While CSU refuses to divest, other campuses are cracking down harder.
📚 Columbia University just suspended 65 students and banned 33 others from campus after a peaceful library protest. Seniors won’t even be allowed to graduate.
🚨 University of Washington suspended 21 students over ties to Boeing protests.
💥 Yale and UCLA students launched hunger strikes of their own, joining the growing tide of youth resistance.
From threats to scholarships, to outright bans, U.S. universities are folding under government pressure—and students are refusing to back down.
🔎 Why This Moment Matters
This isn’t just about Gaza—it’s about power, profit, and who gets to speak.
With tuition money tied to genocide and dissent met with police, students are exposing the violent roots of institutional complicity.
The hunger strike is demanding that universities choose: justice or business as usual.
And the movement’s not slowing down.
🐾 Join the Movement: Download the Boycat App
The fight isn’t just in California or Columbia—it’s everywhere.
📲 Boycat helps you:
- Track companies complicit in occupation and apartheid
- Support ethical alternatives
- Stay updated on protests, divestment wins, and BDS news
Students are showing us what solidarity looks like. Let’s meet them there.
This isn’t just CSU’s moment. It’s ours.