Experiments with truth: 2/25/11

The Editors February 25, 2011

Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of the capital today to demand the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Security forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi began firing on tens of thousands of protesters across Libya focused their attention on the capital on Friday afternoon, following the midday prayer. At least six have been killed.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Bahraini capital Manama today to demand the resignation of the cabinet. On Wednesday, the government said it had released 308 political prisoners, many of whom claimed to have been tortured.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in a number of Iraqi cities today for a “day of rage” to denounce corruption and demand better services.

In Algeria, the judicial system saw the sixth day of a strike on Tuesday by court clerks, forcing the postponement of many trials, while municipal workers, engineering students and even paramedics also downed tools.

Tensions are mounting in the Syrian capital, Damascus, after the third peaceful demonstration in three weeks was violently dispersed on Wednesday. Fourteen people were arrested and several people beaten by uniformed and plainclothes police on Tuesday after about 200 staged a peaceful sit-in outside the Libyan embassy to show support for Libya’s protesters.

Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as about 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament to protest austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis.

In Ohio, thousands of people gathered outside the statehouse Tuesday to protest a bill that would strip most collective-bargaining rights for the state’s 400,000 public employees.

In Indiana, more than a thousand rallied in the capitol building on Tuesday to protest an anti-union ‘right to work’ bill that had been advancing through legislative committees. Workers holding signs reading “Stop the war on workers” also joined a sit-in at the entrance of the state senate chamber.

On Tuesday, victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy staged a sit-in demonstration outside Parliament house in New Delhi, India. They were demanding adequate compensation, medical care and punishment to the guilty.

In the UK, more than 3,000 people went on strike and around 1,000 attended a march and rally on Thursday to protest the Tory-led Nottinghamshire County Council attempt to cut £150 million from the budget that will destroy local services and hurt the most vulnerable people.

Tags: Experiments with Truth, Labor, Marches, Protests, Sit-ins, Strikes, United States

Jack McSherry says:

February 26, 2011 at 6:15 pm

If this thought occurs to me, it must be occurring to the highest
offices of USA leadership (= the people with almost all the power):
How soon will the long-unemployed of the United States start massing
to demand employment or get-out-of-office?

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