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A scholar examines recent public self-burnings in the U.S. and the response

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Protesters, like the man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial, have been driven by climate change, war, and gay rights in other high-profile self-immolation incidents. Conspiracy theorist Max Azzarello, 37, torched himself in Collect Pond Park across from […]

The death of a 25-year-old U.S. service member exposes the need for an American reckoning

From ancient India to modern US why do some people choose to set themselves on fire to make a statement?

Earlier this week, a 25 year old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force walked up to the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. and lit himself on fire. “I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” Aaron Bushnell said just before the act. “But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. Free Palestine!” He succumbed to his injuries Sunday evening. Nearly five