by Matt Daloisio

With news breaking of a possible executive order coming from President Obama on January 21st to close Guantanamo, 30 fasters met @ 7am this morning for reflection, which began with a poem written from the Guantanamo Prison. While some have insisted that the work is now done, Guantanamo will be closed in one years, we are trying to ask ourselves how it must feel to be one of the 250 men still in prison, learning of at least another year behind bars. While we are heartened by potential early steps towards Guantanamo's closure, our work is far from done.

Our vigil today was a procession in jumpsuits and hoods from DuPont Circle to the Obama transition Headquarters and we heard from a reporter later in the day that the motorcade we saw (and that saw us) was in fact, Obama’s.

Also, go to Common Dreams to see an article by Lindsay Hagerman, one of the "Fasters for Justice."

As over 100 of us join in this fast together, we are keenly aware of the
over 70 men in Guantanamo on hunger strike.