What happened
AISA leadership is described as initiating a hunger strike after other avenues for resolution were exhausted. AISA leadership framed the hunger strike as a last option and presented it as a pressure tactic meant to secure resolution of an issue affecting the student/protest constituency.
Background and earlier position
The decision-making described in the account shows a step-by-step escalation by AISA leadership: AISA leadership attempted routes other than hunger strike, and only then moved to a hunger strike. In AISA leadership’s framing, earlier avenues did not produce the expected resolution, so hunger strike was treated as the remaining route for forcing attention and engagement.
What changed now
AISA leadership shifted from conventional protest escalation to a hunger strike. The hunger strike is portrayed as an extreme escalation step, used to increase pressure for resolution of the issue affecting the student/protest constituency.
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