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hunger march

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noun

  1. a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed

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In response to a pro-democracy hunger march, he scoffed, “The authorities will always eat their fill.”

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

He thinks about his late friend, John Bulla, who was a successful businessman in Texas, and how they endured the hunger march across northern Europe.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2020

On March 7, 1932, in Dearborn, Michigan, 4,000 unemployed workers led a hunger march.

From Salon • May 19, 2013

Next day the U. S. Secret Service paid Leader Benjamin the compliment of taking his "hunger march" seriously and thus helping to publicize it throughout the land.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead, he offered to lead 500 gangster exiles in a 140-mile hunger march from Naples to Rome for a demonstration before the U.S. embassy to seek re-entry into the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive