Experiments with truth: 4/19/10

Experiments with truth: 4/19/10

Meg Pedersen

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 4/19/10</h1> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/quebecprotest.jpg"></a></span></p> <ul> <li>Teachers, hospital workers, and other public sector employees in Quebec <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Public+employees+protest+Hyacinthe/2916842/story.html">demonstrated outside a community meeting</a> on Friday in support of their new contract demands.</li> </ul> <ul></ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of <a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/04/19/power-crisis-state-jayalalithaa-leads-demonstration-neyveli">workers and community members participated in a rally</a> Sunday in Chennai, India led by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa against power cuts and electricity mismanagement in the region.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>500 <a href="http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/5641">women marched</a> in Harare, Zimbabwe on Thursday protesting poor electricity supply and high costs.  Many were arrested, and four remained in custody on Sunday night.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://newmanipur.blogspot.com/2010/04/police-break-up-hiv-activists-sit-in.html">AIDS activists staged sit-ins in Manipur, India</a> on Saturday after the murder of an HIV-positive youth.  Police broke up the actions; the activists said the denial of their protest applications was discrimination.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>First Nations members in Canada <a href="http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2539172">successfully blocked a railway</a> for two hours on Friday in order to raise awareness about community concerns, including land claims and higher taxes.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Families and friends of Jordanians imprisoned in Israeli jails <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093322855">gathered and staged a one-day hunger strike</a> on Saturday in solidarity with prisoners. The protest took place the day after Raed Abu Hammad died in an Israeli jail, apparently after being denied medications.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Refugees in a Sahrawi camp in Algeria <a href="http://news.endz.co.cc/2010/04/sahrawis-on-24-h-hunger-strike-out-of.html">staged a one-day hunger strike</a> on Saturday in solidarity with political prisoners in Morocco who have been hunger-striking since March.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>500 people <a href="http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/article/March_Against_Human_Trafficking_At_OSU_Draws_500/35298/">marched through the Ohio State University campus</a> against human trafficking yesterday.  The march was sparked by proposed Ohio laws which will toughen trafficking charges.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+4%2F19%2F10&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />