Experiments with truth: 7/13/11

Experiments with truth: 7/13/11

Bryan Farrell

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 7/13/11</h1> <p><a href="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bilde.jpg"></a></p> <ul> <li>More than 100 environmental activists from across the country descended on Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer&#8217;s office Tuesday to <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110712/NEWS01/110712009/Environmental-activists-protest-big-oil-governor-s-office?odyssey=nav%7Chead">demand that he rescind his support for the Keystone XL oil pipeline</a> and the ExxonMobil megaload transportation project. Six of the activists are <a href="http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/industry/archive/2011/07/12/more-politics-of-the-keystone-xl-expansion.aspx">occupying the lobby of the governor&#8217;s office</a> indefinitely.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of Egyptians marched on the cabinet headquarters in central Cairo on Tuesday to <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/07/13-1">demand the removal of the ruling military council</a>. Meanwhile, in Alexandria, hundreds of demonstrators <a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/1/64/16184/Egypt/Politics-/Protesters-isolate-Alexandria-stock-exchange-.aspx">cordoned off the stock exchange building</a>, posting a sign that reads, “Closed until all revolution demands are met!”</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds gathered outside the White House on Monday to <a href="http://fsrn.org/audio/hundreds-gather-outside-white-house-protest-colombia-free-trade-agreement/8791">protest the Colombia free trade agreement</a>, which they say will kill jobs here, and threaten communities in Colombia.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of Greek Cypriots have marched on the presidential palace in Nicosia to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14132130">protest the deaths of 12 people</a> in a blast at a navy base.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Several dozen union workers gathered at a downtown state office building yesterday to <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-state-worker-unions-protest-blocked-raises-20110712,0,4612329.story">protest Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn&#8217;s decision to block raises</a> for 33,000 employees.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Opponents of Senate Bill 1070, Arizona&#8217;s immigration law, marched to Chase Field Tuesday afternoon to <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/07/12/20110712arizona-all-star-game-immigration-protest.html#ixzz1S03roJK6">picket outside Major League Baseball&#8217;s All-Star Game</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Workers at state-owned Corporacion del Cobre de Chile, the world&#8217;s biggest copper producer, went on strike Monday to <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/07/11/workers-at-chilean-copper-giant-go-on-strike/#ixzz1S05fvjPt">protest a modernization plan they see as a step toward privatization</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>South Korean female activist Kim Jin-Suk began the 188th day of a sit-in on Tuesday atop a giant crane to <a href="http://www.mysinchew.com/node/60405">protest major layoffs</a> at a South Korean shipyard.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets Monday to <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghans-Protest-Cross-Border-Shelling-from-Pakistan-125359923.html">protest cross-border shelling from Pakistan</a> that has killed dozens of people in recent weeks.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than a hundred people gathered in Morris Cove&#8212;New Haven, Connecticut&#8217;s easternmost area&#8212;last weekend to <a href="http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/protesters-gather-at-morris-cove">protest the Army Corps of Engineers&#8217; plan to dump 250,000 cubic yards of toxic dredging waste</a> in New Haven Harbor. They were <a href="http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/protesters-gather-at-morris-cove">joined by a flotilla of 43 kayaks and power boats</a>, which processed around the dumping site.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+7%2F13%2F11&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+7%2F13%2F11" style="border:0" alt="" />