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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 20, 2006
 
If you ask them, discrimination is a fact of life ( http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/19/if_you_ask_them_discrimination_is_a_fact_of_life )
Boston Globe - United States
... Cambridge Rindge and Latin School say they feel discriminated against in stores and restaurants in Cambridge and almost half say racial discrimination in the ...
 
Children living in poverty ( http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1030441.0.children_living_in_poverty.php )
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
... New figures show 50.3 per cent of under-16s in the Central St Leonards ward in Hastings are officially classed as living in poverty, more than in any other ...
 
'Lockdown' rules keep immigrants' kids from playing outside ( http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-play19nov19,1,5905492.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california )
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Some landlords won't allow children to play outside in their complexes, citing noise, unruly conduct. By Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer. ...
 
US-born children of illegal immigrants not entitled to health ... ( http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/11/18/medicaid.html )
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
Children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants will not be entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, under a new federal ruling that went ...
 
Cricket 'Red Card' may control racism ( http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Cricket_Red_Card_may_control_racism/articleshow/472940.cms )
Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
... International Cricket Council (ICC) is seriously considering the option of introducing FIFA-style rules in the gentleman's game to prevent racism from taking ...
 
Peoples Assembly Tackles New Racism Aimed At Muslims ( http://mathaba.net/news/?x=546123 )
Mathaba.Net - London,UK
Stop The War Coalition today convened a peoples assembly in Central London to help tackle the new racism in the United Kingdom which targets the Muslim ...
 
EJ Dionne: Middle-class squeeze ( http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/79098.html )
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... She does not deny, as many conservatives and free traders try to, that globalization and decline in union membership are innocent in the inequality saga. ...
 
World condemns blockade of Cuba ( http://www.workers.org/2006/world/cuba-1123 )
Workers World - USA
... US imperialismâ€*s global aims are thwarted in many quarters. The determined Iraqi resistance to US occupation reached into the US midterm election results. ...
 
Group's homophobia is the problem ( http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061118/OPINION01/611180308/1006/OPINION )
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
David Caton, the executive director of the socially conservative Florida Family Association, has a long record of supporting discrimination against homosexuals ...
 
Naked Imperialism: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster ( http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/foster171106.html )
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
by John Bellamy Foster. John Bellamy Foster's Naked Imperialism: The US Pursuit of Global Dominance was published by Monthly Review Press in May 2006. ...
 
Blair ally calls Iraq war his 'big mistake' ( http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061118.WORLDREPORT18-1/TPStory/TPInternational/Africa/ )
Globe and Mail - Canada
... The Islington Gazette weekly reported her criticizing Mr. Blair's "moral imperialism" or the need to impose British values and ideas on foreign countries. AFP
 
Two gay cops sue for discrimination, harassment ( http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid39504.asp )
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... and customs of the Metropolitan Police Department cause harm to the plaintiff." Both suits allege sexual orientation discrimination, retaliation, negligent ...
 
Radical Queer Folks Bring Alternative Message to Marriage Equality ... ( http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=91&ItemID=11432 )
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
... across any continent today." Ze goes on to explain the term assimilationist, "Its a phrase that talks about systems of white supremacy, capitalism and ...
 
Judge Blocks Law Banning Rentals To Illegal Immigrants ( http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10347529/detail.html )
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
SAN DIEGO -- An Escondido ordinance designed to prevent landlords from renting property to illegal immigrants and scheduled to take effect Friday has been put ...
 
Global warming taking a grave turn ( http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=11/19/2006&section_id=5&newsid=44093&spcl=no )
Financial Express.bd - Bangladesh
FRIGHTENING lack of leadership is a major cause for global warming, said the retiring UN Secretary General Kofi Anan addressing a gathering on climate change ...
 
 
 
 

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