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Experiments with truth: 1/19/11
Original article at https://wagingnonviolence.org/2011/01/experiments-with-truth-11911/
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- Thousands of Israelis marched in Tel Aviv at the weekend in the biggest demonstration for years to protest a series of attacks on civil and human rights organizations and a rise in anti-Arab sentiment.
- 30 people gathered in front of Combined Systems International in Jamestown, Pennsylvania on Monday to protest the manufacturing of teargas used by the Israeli Defense Forces to maintain an illegal occupation and suppress popular nonviolent dissent.
- Dozens of students of the University of Puerto Rico and other activists were arrested today while participating in acts of civil disobedience at the main campus in Río Piedras against the imposition of a special tuition fee.
- A University of Colorado student paid his college tuition with 14,309 dollar bills and some change to protest rising tuition costs.
- Members of the World Starbucks Workers Union gathered at Union Square in New York City on Monday, where they sang, danced, chanted and held banners (Demand Union Made Lattes) outside stores before delivering letters to managers demanding input into schedules, better pay, better treatment and a monthly meeting with managers to air grievances.
