Hello fellow Kossacks, my name is Colin Kalmbacher and I am a twenty-times daily reader of dailykos. I have only diaried a few times as I am a student at the University of Texas at Austin. On top of that I am involved in many issues related to social justice including work with Amnesty International, the Palestine Solidarity Committee, the Association for India's Development and others. I just recently finished running for Student Government on the only progressive ticket (I lost) and I have just started my quest for Austin City Council. (Another diary in the future? I think so.)
I am writing this diary however, not as a candidate for any position, but as a human being who is concerned for other human beings. Specifically related to an issue that has come to my attention via my involvement with the Palestine Solidarity Committee, which I co-Chair.
Gaza is starving. It is as simple as that. There is a food shortage and the US government refuses to apply the necessary pressure to Israel so that Gazans can eat. I am asking for your help, fellow Kossacks, to help the people in the Gaza Strip survive.
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