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[Paul C.Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
October 26, 2006
 
 <http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515267>  Zinn Faults US
Imperialism
Harvard Crimson - Cambridge,MA,USA
By CLIFFORD M MARKS. Historian Howard Zinn told a Harvard Square crowd last
night that members of the Bush administration should ...
 
 <http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2006/460/pp4.htm>  Bloody chaos in Iraq
shatters US war strategy
Socialist Party - UK
... occupation and civilian casualties, social disintegration and chaos in
Iraq mean there are unprecedented levels of opposition to imperialism's
occupation of ...
 
 <http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=40675>
Stigma, Discrimination in India Hindering HIV/AIDS Treatment, Care ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
The stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS in India is delaying
treatment and care for HIV-positive people, according to a study conducted
by the ...
 
 
<http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=4abeccdb-138d-4804
-b5c9-194aaa02c5ab&k=41319>  Joblessness and discrimination still plague
France a year after ...
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... Labour Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said in a recent interview that
discrimination is "considerable," especially against those of North African
and African origin ...
 
 
<http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061025-0703
41-9897r>  UN starts media poverty-awareness drive
United Press International - USA
... He appealed to media outlets to feature stories raising awareness of
poverty, disease and hunger in severely underdeveloped countries. ...
 
 
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/2
6/EDG6PKE0FI1.DTL>  The moral scandal of global poverty
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Whether in the fields of Africa, the factories of Asia or the streets of our
own cities, we often pay scant attention to the abject poverty that degrades
our ...
 
 
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17380902&BRD=2231&PAG=461&dept_id
=449419&rfi=6>  For the lowest-income workers, a slide into poverty
Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal - Scranton,PA,USA
The Keystone Research Center (KRC) reports that poverty is on the rise.
According to KRC, in the last five years, poverty in Pennsylvania ...
 
 
<http://www.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/0/Home/recent.fullStory&sp=l
54496>  Poverty forcing girls into risky sex work in Et
AND - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
... contracting HIV and spreading the disease. Extreme poverty has forced
many girls into the sex trade. Helen Chane (not her real name ...
 
 
<http://www.progressiveu.org/120548-racial-and-relgious-discrimination-in-co
urt>  Racial and Relgious Discrimination in Court
ProgressiveU.org - San Mateo,CA,USA
... religion. Not only should she be able to wear it, but she SHOULD be
protected against discrimination based on said religious garb. ...
 
 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200610250667.html>  Botswana: Aids Activists
Speak Against Discrimination
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
An AIDS activist has called for laws that would prohibit discrimination of
people living with HIV/AIDS. Christine Stegling, the ...
 
 <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/289810_disability25.html>
Disability is a civil rights issue
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... trying to get a date, rent an apartment, preserve parental rights or
help someone else understand that disability is first and foremost a civil
rights issue. ...
 
 <http://www.mediagab.com/product.asp?asin=0688178057>  Culture Jam: How to
Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--And ...
MediaGab - USA
by Kalle Lasn. This book is excellent for studying culture. ... The topics
vary and bring many different ideas to the plate for anyone interested in
culture. ...
 
 <http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20061030&s=krieger103006>  WAR ON RAMADAN.
New Republic - Washington,D.C.,USA
... "The forces of globalization and consumer culture do not have to
undermine religion," Abaza says. "Religion just has to adapt.". ...
 
 <http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct24/0,4670,TennesseeSenateAd,00.html>
NAACP: Tenn. Senate Ad Plays to Racism
FOX News - USA
By BETH RUCKER, AP Writer. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A political TV ad targeting
a black candidate for Senate contains what critics, including ...
 
 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20061025/cm_thenation/15132057>
Republican Racism
Yahoo! News - USA
The Nation -- Republicans are running not one, not two, but three racist to
borderline racist television and radio ads about Harold Ford Jr. ...
 
 
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/wvmeero/d370f51c88f7c6e7eb94eb
48790dcc0c.htm>  Unicef report reveals extent of child poverty and
inequality
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Life for children in the poorest families in southeastern Europe, the
Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia has made little progress
over the ...
 
 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=9988>  Women's
oppression is not natural or age-old
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Women’s oppression is the most deeply entrenched oppression. ... This view
impacts on how we understand and challenge oppression. ...
 
 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=9986>  Imperialism
and women
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
... The history of the British occupation of Egypt shows not only how claims
about liberating women were used to justify imperialism, but also how
Western notions ...
 
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