Experiments with truth: 11/3/09

Experiments with truth: 11/3/09

Written By: Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 11/3/09</h1><p style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="340" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wnm0pPGANOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wnm0pPGANOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <ul> <li>In San Diego, <a href="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-11-02/politics-city-county-government/single-payer-health-care-advocates-arrested-in-protest" target="_blank">three single-payer health care supporters were arrested Monday</a> after protesting outside the Mission Valley office of Blue Shield of California. <a href="http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=188760&amp;catid=3&amp;GID=LqwA%20ve%20%20cBRF%20dhug8r8u77qP1m06S/jvls50agN3A=" target="_blank">Three others were arrested at a sit-in yesterday in St. Louis</a> outside of Anthem Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield as part of the same campaign, organized by Mobilization for Health Care for All.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Five peace activists were <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/3/headlines#16" target="_blank">arrested Monday for entering a naval base in Bangor, Washington</a> as part of a Plowshares action. The activists cut a hole in a fence to access the base. As they walked onto the grounds of the base, they left a trail of blood and hammered on the roadway and fences, and scattered sunflower seeds throughout the base. The base is used to service Trident nuclear missiles carried by US submarines.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Following a landmark referendum,<a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=236328" target="_blank"> students at the UK&#8217;s Sussex University in Brighton this week voted to boycott Israeli goods</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In the UK, <a href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2009/11/02/52820/unite-members-vote-to-strike-at-fujitsu.html" target="_blank">1,500 Unite union members at Fujitsu have voted in favour of striking</a> in protest at planned cuts to jobs, pay and pensions.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A union of <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/greek-port-workers-call-strike-over-concession-to-chinas-cosco-pacific-68628292.html" target="_blank">workers at Greece&#8217;s largest commercial port has called a strike</a> today and tomorrow to protest a concession to the Chinese company Cosco Pacific, saying the deal will lead to job losses.</li> </ul>