Experiments with truth: 6/30/10

Experiments with truth: 6/30/10

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 6/30/10</h1> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="564" 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/Pz-_2KLt1W0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="564" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pz-_2KLt1W0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <ul> <li>A group of artists under the name The Good Crude Britannia <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jun/28/tate-britain-party-picketed-protest-bp-sponsorship" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">picketed a party at the Tate Britain on Monday</a>, calling on its bosses to cut their ties with sponsor BP.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 11,000 Egyptians responded to a Facebook call on Friday to <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0624/Egypt-s-denial-of-police-brutality-in-Khalid-Said-death-spurs-fresh-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest the death of Egyptian businessman Khalid Said</a> by police brutality.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Eight people were arrested in San Francisco yesterday for occupying the city’s Human Services Agency <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/28/18652137.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in protest of the closing of a homeless shelter</a> and the mistreatment of the people who had used its services.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A group of US military veterans hung a large banner on an abandoned hotel in Detroit on Saturday to <a href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/53487" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest and reveal the effect of war spending on American cities</a>. The 10 x 15-foot sign read: &#8220;How is the war economy working for you?&#8221;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Greek workers staged walk-offs on Tuesday, as part of the latest in a series of general strikes called to <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/greeks-stage-another-strike-to-protest-reforms-2010-06-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest pension and labor reforms proposed by the government</a> in an effort to reduce the nation&#8217;s soaring deficit.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 1,000 people rallied outside police headquarters in Toronto on Monday to <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/29/headlines/1_000_protest_in_toronto_against_police_crackdown_during_g20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest the police department’s brutal crackdown</a> and arrest of 900 people, including many journalists, during the G20 summit.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Some 200 people were arrested in Bangladesh on Monday for violating a ban on processions in thoroughfares during a march that was part of a 24-hour general strike to <a href="http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=35716&amp;t=Bangladesh%3A+++Some+200+people+arrested+during+protest+march+against+the+government+in+Dhaka" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest the “failures and excesses” of the government.</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>India’s opposition parties have called a nationwide strike on July 5 to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-29/india-opposition-call-nationwide-strike-over-rising-fuel-prices.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protest a rise in fuel prices</a> they say will stoke inflation and hurt poor people.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+6%2F30%2F10&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />