Experiments with truth: 6/22/09

Experiments with truth: 6/22/09

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 6/22/09</h1> <ul> <li>650 workers at the UK Lindsey oil refinery were fired after taking part in a strike last week. They are now <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8111648.stm">pledging to burn their dismissal letters</a> in a mass protest on Tuesday.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Activists gathered in front of the Israeli Pavilion at the annual Paris Airshow this weekend to <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094311.html">protest the presence of top Israeli defense companies and call for a boycott</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds of Wazir tribesmen in Pakistan took to the streets on Friday to <a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=183963">protest a strike by US drones</a> in South Waziristan.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Employees of the State Bank of Indore are going on strike this week to <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Banking-Finance-/State-Bank-of-Indore-employees-threaten-strike/articleshow/4680736.cms">protest the bank&#8217;s proposed merging</a> with the State Bank of India.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>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.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Up to 8,000 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8107906.stm">postal workers in London launched a two day strike</a> last week over job cuts.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/a-surfers-turf-war-hang-10-and-hold-the-gas/?hp">Surfers have mounted an aggressive effort to block plans for several natural gas projects</a> scheduled for the coastal waters of New York and New Jersey.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+6%2F22%2F09&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />