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Experiments with truth: 6/22/09
Original article at https://wagingnonviolence.org/2009/06/experiments-with-truth-62209/
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- 650 workers at the UK Lindsey oil refinery were fired after taking part in a strike last week. They are now pledging to burn their dismissal letters in a mass protest on Tuesday.
- Activists gathered in front of the Israeli Pavilion at the annual Paris Airshow this weekend to protest the presence of top Israeli defense companies and call for a boycott.
- Hundreds of Wazir tribesmen in Pakistan took to the streets on Friday to protest a strike by US drones in South Waziristan.
- Employees of the State Bank of Indore are going on strike this week to protest the bank’s proposed merging with the State Bank of India.
- 14 anti-coal activists were arrested at a mine in West Virginia last week for scaling a 150-foot-high excavating machine at a mine owned by Massey Energy and unfurling a huge banner that read “Stop Mountaintop Removal.” The action shut down operation for several hours.
- Up to 8,000 postal workers in London launched a two day strike last week over job cuts.
- Surfers have mounted an aggressive effort to block plans for several natural gas projects scheduled for the coastal waters of New York and New Jersey.
