Hunger Strike 2008
In February through March 2008, he conducted a hunger strike in San Jose, California, protesting efforts by city councilwoman Madison Nguyen to name a district of the city "Vietnam Business District" instead of "Little Saigon".
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Famous quotes containing the words hunger and/or strike:
“... it is only after years and years that you can speak of penury in the midst of opulence, of hunger in the midst of almost sinful plenty. You must never speak of the immediate experience unless and until you have learned its consequent value. Otherwise you grow old in bitterness which is barren and futile....”
—E. M. Almedingen (b. 1898–?)
“Now you strike like the blind man; ‘twas the boy that stole your meat, and you’ll beat the post.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)