Experiments with truth: 12/8/10

Experiments with truth: 12/8/10

Bryan Farrell

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 12/8/10</h1> <p><a href="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/viacampesina.jpg"></a></p> <ul> <li>La Via Campesina—the world’s largest federation of peasant and smallholder farmers—held what they called the &#8220;1,000 Cancún Global Day of Action for Climate Justice&#8221; in which several thousand people took to the streets to <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2010/12/8/thousands_march_in_cancn_at_la" target="_blank">march in protest of the UN climate summit</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Indigenous and youth groups demonstrated both inside and outside the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun yesterday to <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/8/indigenous_youth_groups_hold_climate_justice" target="_blank">call for their inclusion in the negotiations</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In a country where walkouts are very rare, Czech public sector workers went on strike <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6B70H620101208" target="_blank">against the government&#8217;s austerity measures</a> on Wednesday.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Public transport in Athens and train services across Greece are shut down today as state workers <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-08/greek-public-transport-workers-go-on-strike-against-salary-cuts.html">protest cuts in wages and bonuses</a> and the reorganization of state-controlled companies.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hair salons across France turned off their sound systems on Tuesday in a nationwide <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/france-hairdressers-music-tax-protest" target="_blank">protest against a tax on background music</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Iranian students have defied a security clampdown to stage <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11941781" target="_blank">anti-government protests</a> throughout the country. Unconfirmed reports say about a dozen people have been arrested, including at Tehran University in the capital.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 10,000 supporters of Macedonia&#8217;s leading opposition party protested in the country&#8217;s capital to <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/12/2010125181234304207.html" target="_blank">call for early elections</a>, accusing the conservative government of mismanaging the economy and criticizing its failure to bring the country closer to the EU and NATO.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+12%2F8%2F10&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+12%2F8%2F10" style="border:0" alt="" />