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[Paul C.Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 12, 2006
 
 <http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Ministry_re_examines_genocide_definition.html?siteSect=105&sid=7249487&cKey=1163333488000>  Ministry re-examines genocide definition
Swissinfo - Switzerland
A senior justice ministry official says the current anti-racism law needs to be re-examined to modify a clause on genocide. The ...
 
 <http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/reed/132752,CST-BOOKS-reed12.article>  Is classism the new racism?
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... writes Michaels. The problem, he points out, is that "we would much rather get rid of racism than get rid of poverty.". Michaels ...
 
 <http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/15992841.htm>  Taking a new, honest look at Wilmington race 'riot' of 1898
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Even worse, history shows that both newspapers avidly supported the powerful white supremacy movement that triggered the violence and ultimately overthrew ...
 
 <http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_4644544>  UC pay inequity
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
HERE'S a quick word problem for students at the University of California to ponder: If university fees go up every year at the same rate as the increased bonus ...
 
 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2006/690/35847>  West Papua's struggle for justice
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... He points out that as a “treasure trove” of mineral and environmental riches, it has been a lucrative target for Indonesian and international capital. ...
 
 <http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20061113n>  Federal Bank Official Says Income Inequality Threatens Democracy ...
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen told a group at the University of California, Irvine, on Monday that "Inequality has risen to the ...
 
 <http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=20814>  Womyn 4 Social Justice
SooToday.com - USA
On Friday,November 10th, Womyn 4 Social Justice met at Phoenix Rising to begin making a t-shirt to honour the, 235 womyn and 35 children have been murdered in ...
 
 <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061111.welton1111/BNStory/Entertainment/home>  Elton John says religion promotes homophobia
Globe and Mail - Canada
AP. LONDON — Organized religion fuels anti-gay discrimination and other forms of bias, pop star Elton John said in an interview published Saturday. ...
 
 <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20739119-5005961,00.html>  Police accused of racist abuse
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
A COMPLAINT has been lodged with the Anti-Discrimination Commission over alleged racial abuse at a Brisbane police station. A man ...
 
 <http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5663884>  Non-discrimination policy at CNU doesn't work, protesting students ...
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
CNU students are fighting to change a school non-discrimination policy they say actually does discriminate against gays. Students ...
 
 <http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/11/opinion/guest/50-teachers.txt>  Guest Opinion: Teaching to tests leaves students behind
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
As a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and a middle school English teacher in Billings, I am writing about No Child Left Behind and the ...
 
 <http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2081/>  The myth of anti-white racism
Spiked - London,UK
... Like so much that is labelled racial today, this presentation is based on a subjective interpretation of racism as much as objective facts. ...
 
 <http://www.firstperspective.ca/fp_template.php?path=20061109quebec>  Quebec Aboriginal group targets Anti-Native racism
Canada First Perspective - Scanterbury,Manitoba,Canada
A Quebec-based Aboriginal organization is taking the lead in an initative to combat what it sees as anti-Native racism in the province. ...
 
 <http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=13204&grp=5&cat=293>  Experts slam "sham" research refuting racism in mental health ...
Black Information Link - UK
New research refuting racism as the factor behind the widespread discrimination faced by Black people using mental health services have been slammed by ...
 
 <http://www.blacknews.com/pr/alsharpton201.html>  Al Sharpton Says Black Churches Must Return to Social Justice
BlackNews.com (press release) - Long Beach,CA,USA
... Council. Stable homes for children will lead to better education, higher social attainment and lower incarceration rates, Perkins said. ...
 
 
 
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