Experiments with truth: 8/25/10

    • After a year of Earth First! campaigning to end the proposed timber sale in the Globe Forest, part of the Pisgah National Forest, the Forest Service has announced that they plan to remove the 40 acre old-growth section of the Globe Forest Timber sale, forcing them to change the project to a stewardship sale.
    • In Kazakhstan, a threatened hunger strike by 48 workers building the Almaty subway has succeeded in getting them three months’ back pay. The workers, all from one shift, went on a general strike for three days last week, refusing to work until they got their salaries.
    • Women bared their breasts to fight for the same right to go topless as men, during protests in Venice Beach, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Denver, Miami Beach and Seattle on Sunday.

    Recent Stories

    • Feature

    US communities are organizing to end complicity with genocide in their backyards

    September 3, 2026

    As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring their local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

    • Review

    What the 1960s can teach us about cross-racial solidarity

    September 1, 2026

    Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across real differences.

    • Analysis

    Why solidarity is vital to freeing imprisoned human rights defenders

    and Susan Marx
    August 28, 2026

    A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far from finished.