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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 21, 2006
 
Oaxacan Solidarity Protest in El Paso, Texas ( http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20061120182045250 )
Infoshop News - USA
... the gross miscarriage of justice that has been carried out in Oaxaca, for the horror and suffering brought on by the Mexican governmentâ€*s oppression in Atenco ...
 
Exceeding Expectations: Ending Homophobia Through Education ( http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=11662 )
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
A new Manchester initiative aimed at ending homophobia through education called â€*Exceeding Expectationsâ€* has launched a newsletter to be distributed to all ...
 
HIV/AIDS and human rights ( http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=11/22/2006&section_id=4&newsid=44410&spcl=no )
Financial Express.bd - Bangladesh
HIV/AIDS is a public health issue as well as human rights issue. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. AIDS is the result of HIV infection. ...
 
UN Rights Team Condemns Israeli Attacks on Lebanese Civilians ( http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-11-21-voa41.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
A United Nations Human Rights Council investigation has criticized Israel's military for attacking civilians in Lebanon during the conflict with Hezbollah ...
 
Annan: UN rights council should focus on Darfur ( http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378449317&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull )
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By AP. The UN Human Rights Council should broaden its focus beyond the Palestinian-Israeli issue to avoid accusations it is one-sided, Kofi Annan said Tuesday. ...
 
Flagship state universities get blasted in report ( http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1164083122231730.xml&coll=7 )
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... The report, called "Engines of Inequity," looked at the top public universities in each state, including UO and the University of Washington. ...
 
Surge in racism at schools blamed on 7/7 and veil row ( http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375162-details/Surge+in+racism+at+schools+blamed+on+77+and+veil+row/article.do )
This is London - London,England,UK
... the July bombings with Muslim children becoming the focus of abuse and Jack Straw's comments about women wearing a veil, which is just guarded racism, has led ...
 
Racism still exists in the world of sports ( http://www.ocolly.com/read_story.php?a_id=31305 )
Daily O'Collegian - Stillwater,OK,USA
... Alumni, presidents and students claim to honor the culture rather than commit acts of racism. But racism still continues to be a product of these mascots. ...
 
Feminism From the Gut ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-senator/feminism-from-the-gut_b_34436.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
that gut in and try not to wiggle or jiggle. And here we were, exhorted. to shake our butt from side to side, faster and faster. I tried it, and. ...
 
Manchester educates against homophobia ( http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/politics/2005-3049.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
... support schools will reach more than 12,000 education professionals with appropriate interventions, resources, training and advice on homophobia and sexuality. ...
 
Globalization, Militarism and Sex Trafficking ( http://sisyphe.org/article.php3?id_article=2475 )
Sisyphe - Québec,Canada
Coming from the previous discussion on the impact of globalization on women, I would just want to emphasize the need to criticize globalization not only in ...
 
India-China: Tibetans' Human Rights Are Not Negotiable ( http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/9d2b67360ad7f42daabd144d665b8f96.htm )
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... to ban peaceful protests against the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao and rescind its threat to deport those protestors, Human Rights Watch said ...
 
Critic of No Child Left Behind law urges teachers to abolish it ( http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=5704280 )
WTVF - Nashville,TN,USA
A critic of the federal No Child Left Behind education law is urging teachers to sign a petition aimed at abolishing the measure, saying "it's setting schools ...
 
Inequality concerns Webb ( http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191786546&path=!news!politics )
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
Va.'s senator-elect signals he wants to shrink gap between United States' rich and poor. BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO. Iraq may have been the ...
 
Hebrew U. Accused of Discrimination by Education Committee ( http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=115912 )
Arutz Sheva - Israel
(IsraelNN.com) The Knesset Education Committee on Monday heard a report that Arabs employed by contractors working on Jerusalemâ€*s Hebrew University campus ...
 
UNISON Calls for Robust Anti-Discrimination Laws to Protect Gays ... ( http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2006nov/2004.htm )
UK Gay News (press release) - UK
... A call by the UNISONâ€*s national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender conference to outlaw discrimination in goods and services, including by religious ...
 
Richards' words shock audience ( http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.people21nov21,0,4622348.column?coll=bal-artslife-today )
Baltimore Sun, United States - 14 hours ago
Michael Richards stunned a Los Angeles comedy club audience, shouting racial epithets at people who heckled him during a stand-up routine Friday. ...
 
'Kramer's' racist routine ( http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/COLUMNISTS18/611210301 )
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 12 hours ago
No one is laughing at Michael Richards -- aka Cosmo Kramer from "Seinfeld" -- after he launched into a tirade Friday evening, shouting racial epithets at two ...
 
 
 
 

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