Experiments with truth: 8/5/11

    • Activists with Rising Tide Australia scaled a 15-metre-high coal conveyor belt this morning at Kooragang and suspended a banner that read: “We’re sorry Somalia. Coal = climate change and starvation.”
    • A one-day general strike called in Indian Kashmir by separatists to protest the death of a shopkeeper in police custody Wednesday closed down shops, schools and offices.

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    Starting November 4, we’ll need to be ready to defend the count, certification and the seating of the new House. Here’s how.

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    A North Carolina movement asks voters to reject corporate tax breaks

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    As the cost of living rises and wages stagnate, a growing movement for people over profits is rallying against a set of exploitative ballot amendments.