Experiments with truth: 11/2/09

The Editors November 2, 2009

Nearly 30 actions took place at EPA regional offices, JP Morgan Chase branches and other pillars of support for mountain top removal on Friday, as part of a national day of action. 14 activists staged a sit-in at EPA headquarters in Washington for nearly four hours, but left without incident.

A group of activists from Rainforest Action Network Toronto took part in a nation-wide campaign against Royal Bank of Canada on Saturday, setting up a coffee shop in front of RBC headquarters with seating so that passersby could stop and talk about the bank’s funding of the tar sands.

About a dozen people gathered outside a University of Arkansas arena where former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was giving a talk in protest his country’s actions against Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

Several dozen activists ran through the city of Belgrade yesterday with gay pride flags in support of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community in Serbia.

A group of climate change activists in Canada managed to breech Parliament security and disrupted a debate session last week, vowing to conduct “climate flash mobs” across the country each Monday to pressure Parliament into action on global warming.

Protesters gathered at Pike Street Market in Seattle on Halloween dressed as zombies to advocate for health care reforms.

Hundreds of activists and reporters gathered in central Moscow on Saturday for an unsanctioned human rights protest, where they chanted “Freedom!” and “Respect the constitution!”. At least 50 people were arrested.

A general strike was observed in Peshawar on Sunday to protest a car bombing that killed innocent citizens and caused material loss to the local businesses.

Tags: Canada, Climate change, Experiments with Truth, LGBTQ rights, Pakistan, Protests, Russia, Sit-ins, Strikes, United States

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