Experiments with truth: 4/6/11

The Editors April 6, 2011

Eight young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday for sitting in the middle of a busy street in front of the Georgia Capitol, protesting their lack of access to higher education in a scene reminiscent of civil rights demonstrations decades ago.

In the wake of the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the havoc it caused to coastal nuclear reactors, people in Tokyo are protesting at the headquarters of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, calling for “No More Nukes, No More Lives.”

Residents of the southern town of Daraa, one of the focal points of the protests in Syria, held a general strike on Tuesday as part of “Martyrs Week”—a series of demonstrations to honor those killed in security crackdowns on anti-regime demonstrations.

Dozens of Omani protesters staged a sit-in on Saturday at the capital in Muscat to demand probes into alleged state abuses after clashes with security forces left at least one person dead on Friday.

The village of Hempstead on Long Island is pulling its money from JPMorgan Chase and severing its ties with the bank to protest lending and foreclosure policies.

Students from across Pennsylvania headed to Harrisburg on Tuesday to protest proposed higher education cuts. After the rally, Penn State University students and alumni paid personal visits to more than 90 lawmakers, offering them some of their famous Creamery ice cream.

Activists in 10 US states converged on 30 Rite Aid stores last Friday to protest the company’s unfair labor practices and management’s efforts to impose unaffordable healthcare costs on employees.

Thousands of people across India have joined hunger strikes and candlelit vigils to demand that government enact a tough anti-corruption law that would lead to prosecution of officials and lawmakers.

Thousands of teachers took to the streets in the German capital on Tuesday to protest working seven hours more per week than teachers in other German states.

Students at Ewha Womans University in South Korea are taking part in a five-day-long sit-in protest this week calling for a reduction in tuition for freshmen.

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

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