Experiments with truth: 9/18/09

The Editors September 18, 2009

At the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress yesterday, British trade unions representing 6.5 million workers agreed to support a boycott of goods from “illegal” Israeli settlements and called for an end to arms sales to Israel in protest at the military strikes on Gaza, in which 1,450 Palestinians were killed.

University of California police arrested 14 raucous protesters who briefly shut down a regents meeting in San Francisco where a proposed tuition hike was being discussed. Faculty from every University of California campus are planning to walk out on Sept. 24 “in solidarity with students and staff to protest the defunding of public education and the UC administration’s mishandling of the budget crisis,” according to ucfacultywalkout.com

Tamil political prisoners languishing in Magazine Prison and Colombo Remand Prison (CPR) for many years without being produced in the courts launched a hunger strike from 6:00 a.m Thursday.

Belarussian police on Wednesday beat opposition protesters and detained 30 of them during a demonstration marking the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of opposition members.

Angry residents arrived at the home of Coun Richard Brett, the head of the Leeds City Council, on Wednesday and left 16 bags of garbage on his doorstep, each bearing a poster stating “Solidarity with striking Leeds refuse workers.”

Some Beijing students burned their uniforms in public and refused to endure the drills for the upcoming Oct. 1 parade celebrating the Chinese Communist Party seizing power.

Dealers negotiating a union contract with the Caesars Palace hotel-casino for almost two years are planning to protest outside the Las Vegas Strip resort to highlight lack of progress on a deal.

Tags: Boycotts, Climate change, Experiments with Truth, Incarceration, Labor, Protests, United States

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