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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
April 1, 2007
 
Time to Replace Globalization and Privatizations with Localization
... (
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/03/30/01457.html
)
Canadian National Newspaper - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Privatization and Globalization is taking humanity on a path of
greed-driven self-destruction. It is vital that humanity avert this
path of self-destruction ...
 
Globalization - Plunder Fueled by Greed? (
http://www.patnadaily.com/readerswrite/2007/mar/aarcee6.html )
Patna Daily - India
Globalization is touted by some as a win-win arrangement for every
country that participates in it and opens it markets. A sweet poison
tastes sweet first ...
 
Gay youth storm state capitals as movement's newest ambassadors (
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/04/01/news/sandiego/18_55_073_31_07.txt
)
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Maria Ramos, 18, discussed the academic toll daily doses of
name-calling took on her gay and lesbian friends. Andrew Konke, 21,
drew parallels between gay ...
 
Inside the poverty prison (
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1300507.0.inside_the_poverty_prison.php
)
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Child poverty has been the scourge of Scotland for decades but recent
figures show the government is failing to tackle the issue. ...
 
Hearing on Caste Discrimination in India before British Parliament
... ( http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article8175 )
Journal Chrétien - Paris,France
The Commission heard extensive accounts of bonded labour,
discrimination, rape, sexual slavery, beatings and killings of India's
250 million Dalits and ...
 
Babyshambles Recruit Acts To Fight Racism (
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/tittletattle/article_21272202.shtml
)
Post Chronicle - USA
British rockers Babyshambles are joining forces with Dirty Pretty
Things and The View to fight the spread of racism in the music
industry. ...
 
Laurens County teacher-student sex cases draw accusations of racism (
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6305117 )
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
... 2007 - Two separate teacher sex scandals brewing in South
Carolina Friday night are sharing the spotlight after accusations of
racism. ...
 
Wear 'Anything but Clothes' rally Against Sweatshops by DC ... (
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/30/18386579.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
The University of Maryland chapter of Feminism Without Borders (FWB)
will join the George Mason University chapter of Students for a
Democratic Society, ...
 
What Can be Done About Global Warming? (
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar07/Monkerud31.htm )
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Most Americans recognize global warming is happening, but don't
believe anything can be done about it or don't want to think about it.
...
 
Clinton assails 'No Child' in NEA speech (
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070331/REPOSITORY/703310364/1043/NEWS01
)
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
he federal No Child Left Behind law stifles originality and forces
teachers to focus on preparing students for tests, Democratic
presidential candidate ...
 
Globalization benefits wealthy exporters at expense of farmers ... (
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54965 )
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
Nevertheless, a trend toward regional agreements and globalization
continues, with an average of two bilateral or multilateral investment
treaties being ...
 
America's Racist War on Immigrants (
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/03/30/01465.html
)
Canadian National Newspaper - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
'Immigrants of colour', the wrong faith or from the wrong parts of
the world are never greeted warmly in "America the Beautiful" that's
only for the ...
 
Gunmen attack truck filled with illegal immigrants in southern ... (
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/31/news/state/17_02_213_30_07.txt
)
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Gunmen ambushed nearly two dozen suspected illegal immigrants and
smugglers packed into a pickup truck early Friday, killing two people
and wounding at ...
 
South Bronx Students Fight City Hall (
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/84624.shtml )
NYC Independent Media Center - New York,NY,USA
Sixty students from the Community Social Justice School held a press
conference to speak out against intrusive and unfair behavior of NYPD
officers. ...
 
Damaging Effects of Discrimination (
http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/0701/bldescriminate701.htm
)
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
AMES, Iowa -- African-American children who experience discrimination
run a high risk for emotional problems, according to Iowa State
University researchers ...
 
Gay Students 3 Times More Likely To Be Bullied (
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/03/033007bully.htm )
365Gay.com - USA
According to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, a
national advocacy group, students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgendered are five ...
 
Anacostia High reinstates lesbian class president (
http://www.washblade.com/2007/3-30/news/localnews/10295.cfm )
Washington Blade - Washington,DC,USA
The national group Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, or
GLSEN, promotes the formation of gay-straight alliances as a means of
providing a "safe and ...
 
Poverty Truth Commission (
http://www.civilrights.org/civil_rights_calendar/page.jsp?itemID=30086847
)
Civilrights.org - Washington,DC,USA
On Friday, April 13, 2007, the Poverty Initiative will convene a
second Poverty Truth Commission at Union Theological Seminary. This
day-long, public event ...
 
Brands tread very close to racism (
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1087910 )
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Though not in the overt form, racism in Indian ads prevails through
mild forms of cultural or regional stereotyping. For example, Muslims
are not portrayed ...
 
Racism highly prevalent in mental health care (
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/129595.php/Racism-highly-prevalent-in-mental-health-care
)
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Washington, Mar 30: A research has revealed that mental health care
still has a long way to go before achieving equity and tackling
racism. ...
 
Alberto Gonzales and the Politics of Whiteness (
http://www.aztlanelectronicnews.net/content/view/135/30/ )
Aztlan Electronic News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Having said that, this is why most of those who see themselves as
leaders of Latino communities accept or assert "whiteness" as a key
component to their ...
 
Clinton criticizes funding of private tutors under No Child Left ...
(
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/03/30/clinton_criticizes_federal_funding_of_private_tutors
)
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act requires school districts to
provide free tutoring in math and reading to poor children in schools
that repeatedly fail to ...
 
Racism a health issue (
http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=19854&sc=89 )
The Daily News - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
Racism is a major health issue for African Nova Scotian women living
in rural parts of the province, a landmark Dalhousie University study
has found. ...
 
Racism opens eyes in Paris, Texas (
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10814/1/365 )
People's Weekly World - USA
I honestly thought racism was on the outs, especially in my little
town of Paris, Texas. I live in one of those little Southern towns
where everyone waves ...
 
Still some way to go in tackling racism in mental health care (
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/bmj-ssw032907.php )
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
"If the concept of institutional racism had been more widely accepted
and acted on, the Department of Health might not now be facing a
formal investigation ...
 
Income Inequality Steve Novick (
http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/03/income_inequali.html )
BlueOregon - OR,USA
BlueOregon is a place for progressive Oregonians to gather 'round the
water cooler and share news, commentary, and gossip. Learn more about
BlueOregon and ...
 
The public worry more about Spanish donkeys than child poverty (
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,2046289,00.html
)
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Here is even worse news: inequality grew again and is now back up to
the level when figures were first collated (the Gini coefficient) back
in 1961. ...
 
Income inequality near 1928 record -- is a Depression on the way? (
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/29/income-inequality-near-1928-record-is-a-depression-on-the-way/
)
Blogging Stocks - USA
This decade has featured record debt levels, extreme income
inequality not seen since 1928 -- according to the New York Times
[registration required] in ...
 
Milwaukee 21 part of international resistance against US imperialism
( http://www.workers.org/2007/us/milwaukee-21-0405 )
Workers World - USA
But it's clear that the youth were not violent and were consciously
engaging in political acts of resistance against a key component of US
imperialism: the ...
 
 
 
 

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