Experiments with truth: 12/11/09

Experiments with truth: 12/11/09

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 12/11/09</h1> <p style="text-align: center;"> <ul> <li>Over 20,000 members of the South Africa Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers&#8217; Union (Saccawu) are planning on taking part in <a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article228464.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">strike action against listed retailer Pick n Pay</a> today, to protest alleged racial discrimination at the company.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Norway, <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/11/headlines#3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thousands of people took to the streets of Oslo</a> Thursday as President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jve5NXOm1MvCFMLs9xNhT78T3FtQD9CGGSG00" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Police arrested 33 people who were protesting budget cuts and fee hikes</a> at San Francisco State University to end a sit-in at a campus building.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Several thousand people in Indonesia, many of whom were students, <a href="http://emerva.net/thousands-of-indonesians-protest-corruption.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">marched through the capital of Jakarta</a> on Wednesday against government corruption.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 400 Queensland Rail <a href="http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/story/2009/12/10/walk-out-protests-rail-sale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">workers walked off the job in Rockhampton</a> on Wednesday to protest against the State Government’s decision to publicly list the company.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Tuesday, “Hungry for Justice at Vassar College,” began <a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20091209/BUSINESS/91209030/Students-sing--start-hunger-strike--for-laid-off-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a hunger strike aimed at getting the school to reverse planned job cuts</a> that have or will hit 13 support workers. Also, the Campus Solidarity Working Group held a sing-in at the main building for the same cause, that was followed by a vigil.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><span id="articleText">World No. 1 copper producer Codelco said an <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0922353420091209?type=marketsNews" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">indefinite union worker blockade</a> that began on Wednesday has halted mining activities at its massive Chuquicamata mine complex.</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li>A Canadian citizen, who had staged <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g5-sLJheaBjiqNLBWc05CgVdufcA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a hunger strike to protest his planned deportation</a> from Australia, has won a reprieve.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+12%2F11%2F09&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />