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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
December 6, 2006
 
Chirac TV takes on 'Anglo-Saxon imperialism ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,1965061,00.html )
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... a slick, glass television studio in an office block on the southern outskirts of Paris, a new front in the war on "Anglo-Saxon" cultural imperialism will open ...
 
Richard Layard, inequality and the 'science' of happiness ( http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10280 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
... But the most important objection to the “science of happiness” is the fact that it systematically ignores the entire question of social inequality. ...
 
Inequality fuels Latin America's swing to left By Frank Bajak ( http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/NEWS/612050337/1004 )
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
Caracas, Venezuela | Latin America's leftward swing, cemented by Hugo Chavez's landslide re-election in Venezuela, Rafael Correa's triumph in Ecuador and ...
 
Over 10.5 million Germans face imminent poverty: official ( http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0612055305193135.htm )
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
Around 10.6 million Germans or 13 percent of the nation are living on the verge of poverty, according to figures released Tuesday by the Federal Statistics ...
 
Make Poverty History DVD free ( http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20879037-5006024,00.html )
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
THE Make Poverty History campaign continues with an exclusive DVD of last month's ground-breaking concert. And Saturday's Herald Sun will bring it to you FREE. ...
 
Poverty a key driver of environmental degradation ( http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/16165283.htm )
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... The twin causes of environmental degradation remain poverty and market failures, whereby market signals grossly underestimate the real costs of environmental ...
 
A Choice Between Dignity and Discrimination ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-bohrer/a-choice-between-dignity-_b_35575.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... legal status. It's not a choice between what sounds politically palatable; it's a choice between dignity and discrimination. By ...
 
NAACP CALLS FOR PROBE INTO POSSIBLE VOTER DISCRIMINATION ( http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/12/04/n/HeadlineNews/VOTER-COMPLAINTS/resources_bcn_html )
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Richmond branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked the Contra Costa County Elections Department and the state and ...
 
Report to Parliament tells of persistent racism and discrimination ( http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/015-946-254-09-37-902-20061205STO00945-2006-11-09-2006/default_en.htm )
European Parliament (press release) - EU
Migrant and ethnic minorities are suffering unchanged levels of discrimination in housing, education and jobs across the EU. That ...
 
Racism flares in West Auckland ( http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/914909 )
TVNZ - New Zealand
Three Muslim women in West Auckland have reportedly been the target of violent racial attacks over the past 10 days, and there is a concern that many more ...
 
Zero tolerance on homophobia ( http://www.mansfieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=722&ArticleID=1914210 )
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
MANSFIELD Town FC bosses say they are backing a new hard-hitting campaign to kick homophobia out of ... more ». WEST Notts students ...
 
Global warming case heard by Supreme Court ( http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=310i6t9un1.app1b&page=NewsArticle&id=6112&news_iv_ctrl=1261 )
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
For the first time, the environmental movement has brought the issue of global warming before the US Supreme Court. At stake is ...
 
Do Human Rights Include Gay Rights? ( http://www.queerty.com/queer/news/do-human-rights-include-gay-rights-20061205.php )
Queerty - New York,NY,USA
If there's one thing we look for in a human rights official, it's support for...well, the rights of all humans. Not so in Latvia. ...
 
People listen to men more: Study ( http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=211961 )
Ahmedabad Newsline - Ahmedabad,India
David Sadker threw to the audience while delivering a talk on gender equity and education at the Women’s Development Cell of Gujarat University on Monday. ...
 
HIV Discrimination in UK Causing Poverty ( http://www.christiantoday.com/article/hiv.discrimination.in.uk.causing.poverty/8584.htm )
ChristianToday - London,UK
Hate crime and discrimination against people with HIV in the UK are driving some into poverty and isolation, according to a report by the National Aids Trust ...
 
Nigeria: The Poverty Trap ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200612041385.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... These indices of measurement include health care, poverty level, unemployment opportunities, and potable water, and access to education, among others. ...
 
EUMC Report: Racism Increases in Europe ( http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=41470 )
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey
The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) last week presented its Annual Report 2006. The report looks at racial ...
 
HARRIS APOLOGIES FOR RACISM ( http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/harris%20apologies%20for%20racism_1015432 )
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
Australian entertainer ROLF HARRIS has apologised for his racist language in his 1960s hit song TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT. In a ...
 
The Supreme Court Oral Argument in the Global Warming Case Reveals ... ( http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20061204.html )
FindLaw - Mountain View,CA,USA
... A recent British study estimated the likely economic costs from global warming to be on the scale of those of the Great Depression or the First or Second World ...
 
Report examines heart of child poverty ( http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1054002.0.report_examines_heart_of_child_poverty.php )
Ealing Times - UK
... Lisa Harker, London Child Poverty Commissioner, said: "Child poverty is a national problem, but children in London fare particularly badly. ...
 
Defeating injustice requires painful choices ( http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061204/OPINION/612040306/1049 )
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... This oppression is manifested as racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, ableism and classism among others. ... Oppression does not exist? This is the perfect punt. ...
 
Why women are oppressed: gender and class ( http://www.workersliberty.org/node/7357 )
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
How the oppression of women began, and what that implies for fighting oppression today. ... As long as recorded history has lasted, so too has women's oppression. ...
 
Chavez not Bush! Venezuela's challenge to the empire ( http://www.greenleft.org.au/2006/693/36032 )
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... socialist President Hugo Chavez spoke for people the world over at the United Nations General Assembly in September when he attacked US imperialism’s attempt ...
 
Beyond Liberal Globalization: A Better or Worse World? ( http://www.monthlyreview.org/1206amin.htm )
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
... in 2020, as detailed in Mapping the Global Future (December 2004), do not contemplate the possibility that the principles of liberal globalization in force ...
 
 
 
 
 
 

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