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Origin of text

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Just noting that this page, as first released, is a near direct translation of the Germany equivalent at de:Hungern bis ihr ehrlich seid. With best wishes. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 08:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some sources not currently used

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For future reference perhaps. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 16:49, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • collapse by Tin [1]
  • Sona (female) joins strike on 11 June [2]


References

  1. ^ Anon (15 May 2024). "Mann bricht nach Hungerstreik zusammen — als er aus Klinik kommt, hungert er weiter" [Man collapses after hunger strike — when he comes out of hospital, he is still striking]. FOCUS online (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  2. ^ Haarbach, Madlen (11 June 2024). "Klimaprotest im Berliner Invalidenpark: Zweifache Mutter schließt sich Hungerstreik an" [Climate protest in Berlin's Invalidenpark: mother of two joins hunger strike]. Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Berlin, Germany. ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

List of hunger strikers

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List of hunger strikers and durations. The entire strike was called off on the afternoon of 13 June 2024 (see separate topic on this matter here #Strike ends on 13 June 2024). Dates shown are exclusive — meaning they could underestimate by one day. Time of day information is otherwise needed for more accurate duration calculations.

Hunger strikers
No Person Age Start Days Events Wikimedia
1 Wolfgang Metzeler‑Kick (Wolli) 49 7 March 2024 91 07 March: commenced strike
13 May: flu‑like ailment
27 May: medical team withdraws support
28 May: Radio Eins reported medical peril
04 June: temporary hospitalization
06 June: ended strike
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2 Richard Cluse (Richi) 56 or 57 25 March 2024 76 25 March: commenced strike
09 June: ended strike
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3 Micheal Winter (Michi) 61 16 April 2024 32 16 April: commenced strike
13 May: reported in poor state
15 May: medical team withdraws support
15 May: hospitalized in Munich
18 May: ended strike
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4 Tin 35 30 April 2024 22 30 April: commenced strike
15 May: collapsed and resumed strike
22 May: ended strike
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5 Adrian Lack 34 7 May 2024 37 07 May: commenced strike
13 June: ended strike
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6 Titus Feldmann 41 16 May 2024 24 16 May: commenced strike
09 June: ended strike
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7 Soňa 46 11 June 2024 2 11 June: commenced strike
13 June: ended strike
8 Markus Müller 59 30 May 2024 14 30 May: commenced strike
12 June: public announcement
13 June: ended strike

Notes

  1. the dates in the Events column may be a day or so wrong as it is hard to gain consistent and accurate timestamps
  2. hunger striker entries ordered by date of pubic announcement
  3. day counts given in bold orange are final — meaning the striker has finished their protest

RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 07:14, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pressenza Berlin summed up the protest this way (translated):[1]
"Eight people have been on hunger strike since the beginning of March: Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick (92 days), Richard Cluse (77 days), Michael Winter (31 days), Adrian Lack (38 days), Tin (23 days), Titus Feldmann (25 days), Markus Müller (13 days) and Soña (3 days)."
Some of their day counts vary a little from mine. I will see if I can obtain better information. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My recent update based on two revised dates for Feldmann and Müller and more careful calculations aligns with the values quoted by Pressenza Berlin except that their calculations are inclusive and mine are exclusive. I prefer this more cautious approach in the absence of time of day information. But not sure how to handle this on the main article. Any thoughts? RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:38, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Pressenza Berlin (13 June 2024). "Die Kampagne "Hungern bis ihr ehrlich seid" beendet nach 100 Tagen den Hungerstreik und ruft zur Selbstermächtigung und Widerstand auf" [The "Starving for honesty" campaign ends hunger strike after 100 days and calls for self-empowerment and resistance]. Pressenza (in German). Quito, Ecuador. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

Press release for press conference on 23 May 2024

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Press release:

  • press release dated 20 May 2024 for press conference on 23 May 2024 10:00 +0200 (CEST)

Update: it appears that little has changed following the press conference:

RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 09:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Groll (2024) quite possibly covers the legal aspects.[1] The part that I can access translates thus:

Climate activists in Berlin have been protesting with a hunger strike since March. Now one of them could even die. Doctors have abdicated responsibility. Are they allowed to do that?

The man is completely emaciated. ...

Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 17:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Groll, Tina (1 June 2024). "Hungerstreik: Zwangsernährung wäre eine Straftat" [Force-feeding would be a criminal offence]. Die Zeit. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-06-01.

Note on physicist Eicke Weber

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Eicke Weber is a solid state physicist and key player in the scientific development of photovoltaics in Germany. Weber was director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) for ten years. He spoke in support at a hunger strike press conference on 23 May 2024 (video archived on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2sPlywjXLA). Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 17:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recently removed material

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@Drmies: Please discuss your recently removed material here. For instance, the quiet visit of economics minister Robert Habeck is certainly significant. And I believe that passage should be retained. Your remark about "keeping it real. we are not the strike's website" is not especially focused or helpful in this context. TIA, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 15:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I believe it is. How many pictures did I remove? A dozen? Two dozen? Images should support the text; articles should not be photo galleries. The article is way too much a collection of news items. Drmies (talk) 15:53, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am going to argue that photo galleries are reasonable in this context and that none of the images were duplicates or irrelevant to the article. One of the problems with Wikipedia markup (as I understand it) is that individual images are difficult to reference from within the text. Now if you believe that some images were unnecessary, why not discuss what would be a reasonable short list here? That would be good process?
    Now turning to the Robert Habeck material that was removed. The German federal economics minister visited the strikers when the German chancellor had declined to engage in any substantive way. I believe that material is entirely relevant and significant and should be reinstated? Or alternatively, your reasoning for its removal should be argued in detail.
    I will concede the article should be compressed but these are current events (but not breaking news) and the benefit of hindsight is not yet present to provide a better account. I intend to do exactly that as things unfold.
    Why then, I ask, do you not contribute to that process of distillation, rather than just roll back recent edits in what seems a random and arbitrary fashion. Did you look at the source material for that Habeck paragraph? Did you evaluate it for substance and accuracy. The one minute residency on the commit log suggests not. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 17:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Information regarding the reaction of Robert Habeck is certainly relevant as he is the Vice Chancellor of Germany. Thus, he is the deputy of the person addressed by the campaign (Olaf Scholz). Jesse Maierhof (talk) 16:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I would agree that 19 photos is far too many for this article. The photos fill the entire right side of the article and certainly look like a gallery. The purpose of images is to help the reader to understand the content of the article. This many images is unnecessary for that purpose and far out of line with typical articles of this type. CodeTalker (talk) 20:09, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If editors think it's reasonable/helps the article, a gallery section like at History of Diving Museum can be used. General guidance at WP:GALLERY. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title of this article

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Should probably be just "Starving for honesty". Any objection? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not have any objections, while noting that I provided the original naming. The German version just uses the straight name too with no additional information. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 16:14, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DW [1] calls it "Starve until you are honest". What is the WP:COMMONNAME in English? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:16, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now just two demands as of 3 June 2024

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Please note that the hunger strikers revised their demands at press conference 09 on 3 June 2024. Demand 1 remains, demand 2 as below (with unofficial translation), and demands 3 and 4 have be struck. So from four to two demands now.

  • "Es gibt kein CO2-Restbudget mehr, dann es sind bereits jetzt hunderte Gigatonnen zu viel CO2 in der Luft." ["There is no longer a remaining CO2 budget because there are already hundreds of gigatonnes too much CO2 in the air."]

For reference, see the archived live‑stream of that press conference on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QY0DKY3X-A

Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 07:54, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: their website now lists these three demands:
1. The continued existence of human civilization is extremely endangered by the climate catastrophe.
2. There is no longer any remaining CO2 budget because there are already hundreds of gigatons [viz] too much CO2 in the air.
3. We have to radically change course now, even if it is years late
RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 12:48, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Without being aware of this talk page section, I have made an edit on the revised demands already.--CRau080 (talk) 21:48, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does the IPCC say climate change is an existential threat to civilization?

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Chidgk1 added a query to the main text with the commit message "Where does the IPCC say that climate change is an existential threat to human civilisation?". Commit diff.

I will go looking in the next day or so. In the interim, two comments. IPCC contributors certainly raise that prospect, see Carrington (2024). While noting that individual contributors do not constitute the IPCC. And I know Hans Joachim Schellnhuber agrees with that sentiment too. But again, Schellnhuber is not the IPCC. We need to search the AR6 WGII report and the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) publication. At a last resort, I can ask Scientist Rebellion who are supporting this action. We need a reliable secondary source, of course. Others are welcome to explore this question too.

Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 20:20, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How about this from the one page Forward from the main report of WGII (page vii) (emphasis added) (the "we" refers to the two authors who wrote the forward):[1]

Climate change is a long-term challenge, but the need for urgent action now is clear. The conclusion of the report's Summary for Policymakers summarizes this succinctly. 'The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health. Any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.' We couldn't agree more.

Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Chidgk1: does that suffice as a source? RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whilst interesting I don't think that quote is talking about Societal collapse Chidgk1 (talk) 14:40, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I searched some more and think the IPCC probably does not explicitly cover existential threat. Wikipedia offers an article on Climate change and civilizational collapse. And other authors examine the topic.[2] I would be happy to see the remark about IPCC support removed. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 15:25, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I asked a mathematician today who attends the German IPCC national meetings and they were unable to recall an IPCC reference to "existential threat". RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 13:37, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
removed Chidgk1 (talk) 16:12, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Pörtner, Hans-Otto; Roberts, Debra C; Tignor, Melinda MB; Poloczanska, Elvira; Mintenbeck, Katja; Alegría, Andrés; Craig, Marlies; Langsdorf, Stefanie; Löschke, Sina; Möller, Vincent; Okem, Andrew; Rama, Bardhyl, eds. (2022). Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Working Group II Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PDF). Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, USA: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009325844. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ Karis, Demetrios (1 January 2024). "Human civilization will collapse (high confidence): A compendium of relevant biophysical, political, economic, military, health, and psychological information on climate change — Preprint". EarthArXiv eprints: –5G404. doi:10.31223/x5g404. Retrieved 2024-06-12. Landing page

Strike ends on 13 June 2024

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The strike has indeed ended. See Instagram posting 13 June 2024. Translation below (emphasis added).

The latest government statement following the flood of the century in Bavaria has made it clear that we cannot rely on Chancellor Scholz. Instead of speaking the truth about the climate crisis, Scholz prefers to talk about combating symptoms while knowingly threatening the continued existence of human civilisation. There is no CO2 residual budget!

Despite a week of reflection, Scholz has neither initiated a turnaround in climate protection nor sought dialogue. We have therefore decided to end the "Starving for honesty" campaign.

The hunger strike by Soňa, Titus Feldmann, Adrian Lack, and Marcus Müller has ended with immediate effect. Richard Cluse, Tin, Michael Winter, and Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick have been on refeeding [viz] for a short time. Adrian also ended his silent hunger strike after 37 days and spoke again during the press conference.

It became clear that the press is more interested in hospital visits than in content and the support of hundreds of scientists. Adrian Lack: "The media didn't report enough and mostly misrepresented the demands. With our de-escalation, media interest has greatly diminished. Even during Q&A sessions, there was never any interest in the facts."

RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 08:54, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is quite a lot of copy‑editing to be done as a result of this announcement. I prefer not to do this because a bit more diversity in editing would be useful. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:32, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The protest website says the camp itself will continue until 26 June 2024 (so about ten days from now). RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:34, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]