Experiments with truth: 3/8/11

Experiments with truth: 3/8/11

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 3/8/11</h1> <p></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20110308-yemen-policeman-hurt-clashes-with-protesters" target="_blank">Thousands of Yemenis protest in Ibb</a>, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of the capital Sanaa, calling for an end to the regime of long term President Ali Abdullah Saleh today. Around <a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8975056/yemen-protests-hit-saleh-fiefdom-military-in-sanaa/" target="_blank">10,000 protesters marched in the city of Dhamar</a> and thousands of primary and secondary students marched in the southern provinces of Shabwa, Aden and Lahaj as well.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/06/morocco-casablanca-protest-draws-thousands/" target="_blank">Protests for government reform and against corruption</a> in Casablanca&#8217;s Mohammed V square drew thousands of Moroccans on Sunday.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Algeria&#8217;s main opposition party held <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704076804576180624038836798.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">its first rally in seven years</a> on Friday, as thousands of members shouted anti-government slogans and demanded deeper political reforms.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Protesters demanding a clampdown on corruption in Oman <a href="http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110307-protest-movements-continue-throughout-arab-world" target="_blank">maintained sit-ins Monday</a>, despite the resignation of two ministers and pledges by the government to create jobs.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds of Palestinian truck drivers held <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/07/us-hongkong-budget-arrest-idUSTRE7260LG20110307" target="_blank">a sit-in on Monday</a> to protest against Israel&#8217;s plans to close one of the main entry points for imports into the Gaza Strip.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Jordan, about <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/8/headlines" target="_blank">200 journalists held a rare protest Monday</a> calling for press freedom and an end to government censorship.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Israel, over 10,000 social workers launched <a href="http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=210977" target="_blank">a nation-wide strike over low pay</a> on Sunday and they rejected an offer for differential increases in salaries.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Sunday, Hong Kong police <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/07/us-hongkong-budget-arrest-idUSTRE7260LG20110307" target="_blank">arrested 113 protesters as thousands demonstrated</a> against the government for not doing enough to help the poor.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Approximately 200 high school and college students staged <a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8377586-arizona-student-walkout-protests-proposed-antiimmigrant-laws" target="_blank">a walk-out to chant, march and rally </a>outside the Arizona State Senate building today to protest denounced proposed Arizona anti-immigrant legislation SB 1611, a bill that puts citizenship hurdles in place between students and public education.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Sunday, an estimated 500 to 1,000 people who turned out in Times Square <a href="http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/we_are_muslims/0018416" target="_blank">to protest upcoming Congressional hearings on radicalization within the Muslim community</a>, arguing that the hearings threaten to single out one religious group unfairly.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/hundreds-rally-on-strip-against-proposed-cuts-to-higher-education-117496698.html" target="_blank">Hundreds of people marched in Las Vegas</a> on Sunday to protest proposed state funding cuts to education would eliminate jobs, wipe out entire college programs and ensure that crowded public school classrooms stay that way.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Washington, D.C., 600 activists with National People’s Action <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/8/headlines#10" target="_blank">shut down a branch of Bank of America</a> Monday to protest the bank’s record of dodging taxes.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+3%2F8%2F11&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+3%2F8%2F11" style="border:0" alt="" />