Experiments with truth: 6/22/09

Experiments with truth: 6/22/09

Bryan Farrell

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: Experiments with truth: 6/22/09650 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.