Experiments with truth: 10/15/09

Experiments with truth: 10/15/09

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: Experiments with truth: 10/15/09[caption id="attachment_2239" align="aligncenter" width="520" caption="Thousands of people descended on Capitol Hill Tuesday to rally for immigration reform. The protest coincided with the unveiling of a new immigration reform bill from Democratic Congress member and Immigration Task Force Chair Luis Gutierrez. Rallies were also held in at least twenty other cities Tuesday as part of a national day of action. "][/caption] As the congressional debate continues, single-payer advocates are planning a national day of action today. The group Mobilization for Health Care for All says more than 700 people have signed up to risk arrest by holding sit-ins in front of insurance company offices nationwide. So far this month, over thirty people have been arrested at similar actions in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. Labor unions are calling for an island-wide strike and a march near the capital today to protest government layoffs in Puerto Rico, where more than 20,000 public employees have been dismissed as the island struggles to pull out of a three-year recession. In Iran, 1700 employees of Wagon Pars Company have gone on a hunger strike to protest the company’s failure to pay their wages and pension. In India, around 200 farmers from 20 villages around Halvad continued with their indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday to protest the ban on water for irrigation from Narmada dam. In Pakistan, Mastung Girls College students have blocked Quetta-Karachi highway protesting against shortage of lecturers in the college and educational deterioration Wednesday. Several hundred UC Berkeley students took over the anthropology library for 24 hours this weekend to protest UC-wide budget cuts, in particular Saturday closures of small campus libraries that students use for studying and research. Dock workers at the main Greek port of Piraeus, who walked off the job on October 1, on Tuesday extended a strike against the concession of container facilities to Chinese transport operator Cosco which has caused a massive goods holdup.