Experiments with truth: 2/2/09

The Editors February 2, 2010

On Saturday, some 6,000 people gathered at a rally in Tokyo calling for the withdrawal of U.S. Marine base stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained more than 100 demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.

More than 150 inmates at a prison in Spuz, outside Podgorica, Montenegro launched a hunger strike last Wednesday, claiming guards are abusing them. This is the second such protest in ten days.

In India, 10,000 teachers from 35 central universities began a two-day strike last Thursday, demanding changes in the regulation on service conditions which seeks to link their promotion to output.

Dozens of students at Little Miami High School in Cincinnati walked out of class Monday morning on the eve of a critical levy vote. The walkout was followed by a sit-in at the school.

A large number of staff at Copenhagen’s Kastrup airport, including security personnel, walked off the job yesterday and attended union meetings in protest against plans to outsource two employee canteens. Other employees who have downed tools include baggage handlers, the fire department, cleaning crews, technicians and drivers.

Immigrants held in a South Texas detention center have begun an indefinite hunger strike. Its the second mass hunger strike in a year. Some of the detainees say they’ll refuse to eat until they are released.

The Sheikh Yassin coalition organized a protest outside the Egyptian embassy in Paris on Saturday, demanding that Egypt stop building an underground steel barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians took part in a protest in Gaza City yesterday, calling for the release of their loved ones imprisoned in Israeli jails.

Tags: Experiments with Truth, Incarceration, Labor, Protests, Russia, Sit-ins, Strikes, United States

Recent Stories

View All →

Analysis

The fight after the vote

November 3, 2026

Starting November 4, we’ll need to be ready to defend the count, certification and the seating of the new House. Here’s how.

Analysis

Will historic protests against ICE shape the midterms?

Erica Chenoweth, Soha Hammam, Jeremy Pressman, Christopher Wiley Shay, and Madison Lindsey

November 2, 2026

Protests can impact U.S. election outcomes, and data shows a massive number of pro-immigrant protests in Trump’s second term.

Feature

A North Carolina movement asks voters to reject corporate tax breaks

October 29, 2026

As the cost of living rises and wages stagnate, a growing movement for people over profits is rallying against a set of exploitative ballot amendments.

Feature

Tens of thousands get ready to defend the vote

October 28, 2026

Analysis

How Serbian students toppled an authoritarian

Breza Race Maksimovic and Jelena Trajčevski

October 27, 2026

Feature

Inside the resistance to Spain’s crackdown on migrants in Ceuta

Mehk Chakraborty

October 22, 2026

WNV Top Reads

View All →

How Lula turned the tables on the right in Brazil and the US with his comeback presidential victory

The Conversation

Election defenders organize for the best, prepare for the worst

Convergence

“She was a fighter”: Dolores Huerta, legendary farmworker organizer and activist, dies at 96

Democracy Now!

Dockworkers worldwide are about to strike for Palestine

Jacobin

Yes, protest still works. Serbia just proved it.

Journal of Democracy