Experiments with truth: 7/10/09
A day after protesters stopped logging trucks from entering a timber sale on the Elliott State Forest in Oregon, police dismantled the blockade and arrested upwards of 27 protesters. Organizers are vowing to continue the fight today with a march.
- Thousands took to the streets in Tehran yesterday, in defiance of the violent crackdown. The protests coincided with the anniversary of the student uprising of 1999, which was also suppressed, with hundreds of dissidents jailed, injured or killed.
- Police arrested 26 demonstrators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday during a protest of federal HIV/AIDS policy.
- Greenpeace activists unfurled a protest banner at an Italian coal-fired power station yesterday to underscore the need for G8 action on climate change.
- Tens of thousands of Chilean government employees are on strike to protest unfair labor policies.
- A group of women protesting the poor living conditions they’ve endured since an earthquake hit their region of Italy were ignored by the visiting group of first ladies from the G8 summit.
- Students from across the Philippines are set to walk out of their classrooms today to protest the moves by the Arroyo regime to amend the Constitution.
- Residents Salsburgh, Scotland staged a sit-in protest on the main road through their village to voice their concerns over the safety of a planned bridge.
