Experiments with truth: 9/16/11

Experiments with truth: 9/16/11

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 9/16/11</h1> <p></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/20119168455876912.html" target="_blank">Hundreds of people have gathered in Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square</a> to protest against the recent expansion of the Egypt&#8217;s emergency law, amid palpable anger over the military&#8217;s handling of transition from autocratic rule.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/20119161044459700.html" target="_blank">Eighteen people were killed today in Syria </a>by security forces following Friday prayers, as scores of demonstrators are reported to have gathered in important cities and towns demanding an end to Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s rule and chanting &#8220;Death rather than humiliation.&#8221;</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1663391.php/Thousands-protest-against-government-violence-in-southern-Yemen" target="_blank">Tens of thousands of Yemenis held a protest </a>in the  southern city of Taiz on Friday, a day after security  forces opened fire at demonstrators leaving 10 people dead.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoran’s gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/indonesian-workers-start-monthlong-strike-at-freeports-biggest-gold-mine/2011/09/15/gIQAlQStTK_story.html" target="_blank">kicked off a monthlong strike Thursday</a> to protest low wages, bringing production and shipments to a standstill.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Tuesday, about <a href="http://www.demotix.com/news/830712/down-drones-protest-held-outside-offices-general-atomics" target="_blank">50 activists protested drones outside the new London offices of General Atomics </a>as part of the Day of Action by the &#8216;Stop the Arms Fair Coalition&#8217; against DSEi (Defence &amp; Security Equipment International) on its opening day.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>About 50 transit workers and union leaders barged into an MTA office building in downtown  Brooklyn Monday morning for a brief but boisterous <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/13/2011-09-13_transport_workers_union_local_100_battle_with_mta_with_protests.html#ixzz1Y6Zg025L" target="_blank">protest rally over wages and benefits</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/09/15/strike-halts-work-on-colombia-pipeline-project/#ixzz1Y6g6simx" target="_blank">Oil workers went on strike on Tuesday</a>, halting construction of Colombia&#8217;s Bicentennial  Pipeline, which will be the country&#8217;s longest once completed.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Boulder, Colorado, more than 60 homeless people and activists took part in <a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_18892642?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com" target="_blank">a protest and flash mob on Wednesday</a> to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Monday, locals <a href="http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/09/12/archeological-sites-in-carthage-for-sale/" target="_blank">protested in front of the municipality of Carthage </a>calling for the halt of construction on the archeological site in Tunisia as a reaction to the resumption of activities in the site.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Prospective homeowners in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk are demanding apartments or their money back &#8212; and <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_homeowners_launch_protest_hunger_strike/24328579.html" target="_blank">have gone on hunger strike </a>to push their point.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F16%2F11&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F16%2F11" style="border:0" alt="" />