Experiments with truth: 9/16/09

Experiments with truth: 9/16/09

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 9/16/09</h1> <p><span id="more-168580"> </span></p> <ul> <li>A strike by a citizens’ “pressure group” Monday <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/strike-over-dhaka-awarding-oil-exploration-contracts-to-foreign-firms-168580/" target="_blank">partially paralyzed work in cities across Bangladesh</a> and issued an ‘ultimatum’ to the government to roll back its decision to award contracts to foreign firms for oil and gas exploration in the Bay of Bengal.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Staff at the University of Melbourne will hold a rally today during a &#8220;<a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26080693-29277,00.html" target="_blank">24 hour strike</a>&#8221; action planned by the <a title="Search for more about National Tertiary Education Union across the News Network" href="http://search.news.com.au/search//0/?us=ndmnews&amp;sid=29277&amp;as=news&amp;ac=ninews2&amp;q=National%20Tertiary%20Education%20Union">National Tertiary Education Union </a> (NTEU) to protest continued job cuts. Union members at 16 universities across Australia will launch similar actions at their schools.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Royal Dutch Shell has suspended production at its Canadian oil sands mine after <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/15-10" target="_blank">25 Greenpeace activists blockaded a massive dump truck and mining shovel</a> on Tuesday to protest the impact of oil sands development.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of supporters of </span><span>ousted President Marc Ravalomanana</span><span> who had gathered <a href="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-11-madagascar-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters" target="_blank">for a rally in the capital</a> of the Indian Ocean island. </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Following a recent militant attack on government officials in Manipur, a state in India, local <a href="http://www.dailyindia.com/show/334138.php" target="_blank">residents staged a sit-in protest</a> at Kongba Bazaar in Imphal appealing for an immediate end to violence.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Protesters armed with banners saying, &#8220;Our Blades, Our People&#8221;, got in to Empress Dock in the UK, and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8257315.stm" target="_blank"><strong> </strong>attached themselves to cranes</a> to stop wind turbine blades being loaded on to a ship. They were calling for the reinstatement of sacked Vestas workers and government intervention to protect wind-power jobs. Four were arrested.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Around 7,000 Coptic Christians gathered at the Father Kyrillos church on the outskirts of Cairo to <a href="http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/09/15/7000-coptic-christians-gathered-father-kyrillos-church-outskirts-cairo-pray-discriminaton-celebration-egyptian-coptic-year-weekend/" target="_blank">pray for an end to “discriminaton”</a> during the celebration of the Egyptian Coptic New Year this weekend.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Missouri, <a href="http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/9/15/40-days-life-activists-protest-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank">abortion opponents held a rally Monday</a> to launch a 40-day campaign that will include prayer and fasting, a peaceful vigil and community outreach.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F16%2F09&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F16%2F09" style="border:0" alt="" />