Experiments with truth: 9/3/09

Experiments with truth: 9/3/09

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 9/3/09</h1> <ul> <li>Twenty activists wearing flippers and goggles sat in kayaks outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change in London to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8233686.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mark the end of the Climate Camp protest &#8220;false solutions&#8221; to climate change</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Six climate change activists entered the headquarters of a construction contractor in Britain that is bidding to build a coal-fired power station. They spoke to staff and handed out leaflets, while <a href="http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4577411.DARTFORD__Climate_change_protesters_descend_on_construction_company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">another group scaled the building and hung a banner reading Don&#8217;t Build Kingsnorth</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Groups of Climate Campers in London marched towards the head offices of BP and Shell on Tuesday to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8232522.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest the mining of tar sands in Canada</a>. They were led by indigenous Canadian activists chanting: “When I say BP, you say criminal&#8221;. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6122948/Climate-Camp-protests-target-RBS-and-Shell-in-Central-London.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">See a photo-set</a> from the various actions.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><span id="fullstory"> Teachers have shut down schools in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca this week, seizing government offices and blocking roads to <a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1046780&amp;lang=eng_news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest the shooting death of a colleague</a>.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span id="fullstory">Hundreds of Asian laborers in Dubai have ended their two-day strike and returned to work </span><span id="fullstory"> after <a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1047366&amp;lang=eng_news" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the company&#8217;s management promised to address their complaints</a> and include overtime pay in their next salary.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Residents of Denton, Texas demonstrated in front of City Hall on Tuesday to <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/sep/02/protests-denton-continue-over-natural-gas-drilling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest nearby natural gas drilling</a>, which they say is endangering the environment and their health.<br /> </span></li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F3%2F09&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />