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Experiments with truth: 5/26/09
Original article at https://wagingnonviolence.org/2009/05/experiments-with-truth-52609/
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- Supporters of same-sex marriage blocked the streets near City Hall in San Francisco hours after California’s Supreme Court upheld the Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban
- Environmental protesters in the UK have set up camp outside a Rolls Royce factory where the company is set to refurbish a nuclear submarine
- Staten Islanders protested a toll increase at the Verrazano Bridge by paying the $10 fee in pennies
- 2,000 Chinese gathered for Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Shanghai to urge the House Speaker to address human rights abuses by the Chinese government
- Hundreds are protesting the planned construction of a tuna farm in Costa Rica, which environmentalists say will damage the eco-system
- Sit-in saves 184-year-old tree in Trinidad
- Ecuador’s president pledged his support for the World Without Wars Initiative and will accept large groups of peace marchers arriving from Colombia later this year
- Auckland, New Zealand was brought to a virtual standstill after protesters converged on a major bridge to demand that walking and cycling facilities be added
