Experiments with truth: 7/20/09

Experiments with truth: 7/20/09

Bryan Farrell

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 7/20/09</h1> <p style="text-align: center;"> <ul> <li>More than 5,000 ethnic Uighurs rallied in Kazakhstan&#8217;s largest city yesterday to <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iuR4sKFCpI3VY11QZeLseQ-eo9vwD99HHFT80">protest China&#8217;s use of deadly force to quash Uighur protests</a> this month.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Members of Green Course and Greenpeace delivered over 1,000 letters to Israel&#8217;s national infrastructures planning committee and staged a demonstration outside the building yesterday to <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443851190&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">protest the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant</a>. </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands gathered in Karwar, India to <a href="http://www.sahilonline.org/english/news.php?catID=coastalnews&amp;nid=5926&amp;viewed=0">protest plans for a new thermal power plant</a>, which they fear will hurt local fisherman, as well as the region&#8217;s ecology.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Protesters were arrested for <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608726.php">blocking Governor Schwarzenegger’s home in L.A.</a> as they demanded the California budget continue to provide a social safety net for people with disabilities.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The International Transport Workers&#8217; Federation called on its 4.5 million members to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56G60U20090718">boycott ships flying the Honduran flag to protest the military coup</a> that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Residents of a small town in England are <a href="http://www.epsomguardian.co.uk/news/4469456.Residents_say__No__to_asbestos_collection_plans/">protesting plans for a nearby asbestos transfer station</a>, which they fear will harm the air quality.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thirty-six Iranian army officers were arrested for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/iran-army-officers-arrested">planning to attend a protest rally in their military uniforms as an act of political defiance</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Dozens gathered to <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3748980,00.html">protest the court mandated eviction of an Arab family&#8217;s home in East Jeruslam</a>. The group&#8212;comprised of local politicans and activists&#8212;fear this is part of <span><span>a larger effort by the Israeli government to promote the Judaization of the eastern city.</span></span></li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+7%2F20%2F09&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+7%2F20%2F09" style="border:0" alt="" />