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from Paul C. Gorski
April 8, 2007

 <http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6339457&nav=9Tai> Discrimination
lawsuit filed against Chuck E Cheese
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... her child's birthday party at an east side Chuck E Cheese restaurant
that Michelle Boggs charges she witnessed and was victim to racial
discrimination. ...

<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/health/tm_headline=-end-this-church
-discrimination-against-gays-&method=full&objectid=18873218&siteid=50082-nam
e_page.html> 'End this church discrimination against gays'
ic Wales - Cardiff,UK
Church discrimination against women and gay people must end, the Archbishop
of Wales has said in his Easter message. The Anglican Church in Wales'
leader ...

 <http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20999&template=article.html> NEW Library
documents Springs feminists' 1919 struggle
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Spencer was a leading voice in the struggle for women's suffrage and her
efforts made Colorado Springs a national hub for radical feminism. ...

 <http://www.trinicenter.com/articles/2007/070407.html> The US Government
Sponsors Terrorism in Zimbabwe
Trinicenter.com - La Seiva Maraval,Trinidad and Tobago
It is all about attempts to maintain White supremacy and the Western racist,
capitalist agenda. The US remains close allies with undemocratic governments
...

<http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Scientists_Global_warming_report_hijacked_bur
eaucrats_0407.html> Climate experts: Global warming report 'hijacked by
bureaucrats'
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
Despite issuing numerous warnings on the future dangers presented by global
warming, a UN report issued yesterday on climate was grossly inadequate, ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-kavanagh/brick-by-brick-a-civil-r_b_4520
2.html> Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
When I started to film Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story, I had one
question in mind. What makes a city defy the federal courts, close its
libraries to ...

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/07/state/n143503D2
4.DTL&type=politics> Thousands of immigrants march in LA to protest plan by
Bush
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Thousands of people marched through downtown on Saturday, demanding a way
for the country's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens
and ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=19&ItemID=12520>
Opposing Capitalist Globalization Before Seattle:
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
... term that more accurately describes the true beneficiary of capitalist
globalization--and its possibilities for a potentially resurgent labor
movement. ...

<http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=7234&sid=b1d14c11171c2e532a507c47d846089
d> Roundtable - Sexism and Video Games
PALGN - Australia
Sure sex sells, but does sexism? We're aware that many titles have both
female and male characters in them - you don't have to hang out in video
game land ...

 <http://www.workersliberty.org/node/8076> Some reflections on the Falklands
war and the kitsch-left now
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
In fact a fantasy "let's pretend" "anti-imperialism" could and did lead many
not only (rightly) to oppose Thatcher's war but also (wrongly) positively to
...

 <http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/April7144108CH.html> * Human rights
education in Sri Lanka schools
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Apr 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has decided to establish Human Rights
Units at schools all over the country to expand the knowledge and awareness
of ...

 <http://www.nbc5.com/news/11550502/detail.html> College Instructor Claims
Discrimination From 'Boys Club'
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
CHICAGO -- A long-time instructor and technician at Columbia College Chicago
claims she was fired after she reported alleged discrimination from her ...

<http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/480/prison_design_boycott_campaign_gain
s_steam_among_architects> Feature: Among Architects, a Prison Design Boycott
Gains Steam
Drug War Chronicle - Washington,DC,USA
"We have a long history of peace and social justice work dating back to the
1980s," Sperry told Drug War Chronicle. "This campaign had its genesis in
the ...

 <http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002956.php> Under Bush, Civil Rights
Division Works to Protect... Whites
TPMmuckraker - New York,NY,USA
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has virtually abandoned its
traditional role, undertaken since the 1965 Voting Rights Act, ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/07/europe/EU-GEN-Belgium-Climate-Rep
ort.php> Global warming effects hit poor hardest, here already and ...
International Herald Tribune - France
BRUSSELS: Global warming's effects on daily life are here already, still
more pesky than catastrophic. But a new authoritative scientific report says
that ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR200704050
2306.html> HISTORY: RACISM Ethnic Cleansing, American Style
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Urban neighborhoods were particularly prone to racial expulsions since
racism and the real estate market made for a ferociously toxic mix. ...

 <http://origin.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_5607592> Woman
sues CHP, claims racism
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
By Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER. A Fremont woman of Iranian descent claims a
California Highway Patrol officer violated her civil rights and inflicted
...

<http://nba-all-star-game.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/06/don-imus-calls-rutger
s-womens-team-nappy-headed-hos/> Don Imus Calls Rutgers Women's Team
'Nappy-Headed Hos'
AOL SPORTS - New York,NY,USA
Not that anyone should ever expect anything but racism or sexism from Don
Imus, but this seems like a new low, even for him. In describing the Rutgers
...

<http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18176256&BRD=1169&PAG=461&de
pt_id=602469&rfi=6> NAACP: Housing in Saratoga is a racial issue
The Saratogian - Saratoga,NY,USA
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The president of the Saratoga County branch of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says racism and
classism ...

 <http://www.physorg.com/news95074548.html> World's economies show
similarities in economic inequality
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
Even though the model shows a widespread inequality among citizens in a
society, however, the scientists' findings might also provide guidance for
experts ...

 <http://www.workersliberty.org/node/8074> Dossier: the South Atlantic war
of 1982
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
They saw the conflict as one between "imperialism" (Britain) and
"anti-imperialism" or at any rate "non-imperialism" (Argentina), and felt
duty-bound to ...

 <http://www.publicopiniononline.com/opinion/ci_5605546> Guest essay: War in
Iraq came about in effort to protect US interests
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Chambersburg,PA,USA
But that accumulation of territory was not the result of imperialism in the
traditional sense; it was more a process of annexation, voluntary or forced,
...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=12514>
Listing Hezbollah as "Terrorist" Serves North American Imperialism
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
To understand the distinction we need to understand imperialism, as well as
the one-sided and suspect way in which "terrorism" is currently defined. ...

 <http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/04/06/human> Supporting Human
Rights and Democracy: The US Record 2006
Charter 97 - Belarus
The government`s human rights record remained very poor and worsened in some
areas as the government continued to commit frequent and serious abuses. ...

 <http://www.romea.cz/english/index.php?id=detail&detail=2007_231>
International Roma Day: A Day to Raise Awareness of the Human ...
Romano Vod'i - Czech Republic
International and European human rights standards establish firmly the right
to adequate housing as a fundamental right. Widespread reports concerning
...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389843.php> Against
Patriarchy Conference in Eugene, Oregon (4-6 May)
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Since patriarchy tells one story-the naturalization of power and oppression,
globalization, binary genders, etc.-a feminist consciousness can create
space ...

 <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070423/press> The New Suburban Poverty
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
In the three counties surrounding Greensboro, North Carolina, the city half
an hour south of where Johnny Price lives, the poverty rate has surged in
recent ...

 <http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/040507HUD.shtml> Housing Discrimination
Complaints at an All-Time High
The Baltimore Chronicle - Baltimore,MD,USA
Complainants, according to the HUD report, most often alleged discrimination
in the terms and conditions of the sale or rental of housing, or refusal to
...

 <http://soundpolitics.com/archives/008359.html> White Privilege Conference
Sound Politics - Seattle,WA,USA
... Conference (WPC) serves as a yearly opportunity to examine and explore
difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression.
...

<http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=racism
-in-our-schools&method=full&objectid=18862513&siteid=50003-name_page.html>
Racism in our schools
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
And the Coventry Telegraph can reveal that in a year there were 258
incidents of racism in the city's primary schools, which serve children aged
from four ...

<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=c62a4cf3-0126-472e-99
cf-6c52dfbf868e&k=5237> Governments water down dire warnings of global
warming report: sources
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
BRUSSELS - A major report on how global warming will dramatically change
life on Earth will likely read less dire about massive extinctions than
scientists ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/04/18389244.php> Native Peoples &
Environmental Justice Allies Protest Department ...
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Native Peoples and Environmental Groups to Protest US Department of Justice
in SF to Demand Religious Freedom and Environmental Justice! ...

 <http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4618> Environmental
Racism Still Major Problem, Report Confirms
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... EPA's response to waste contamination in communities of color, and
requiring states to generate report cards on progress toward "environmental
justice."

 <http://www.straight.com/article-82856/hip-hop-homophobia-grows> Hip-hop
homophobia grows
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
that explored a number of rap-related issues, including the homophobia
that's rampant in the culture. Though the special provided some interesting
...

<http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B55313121-AC57-42E3-9038-2365F3EF
CB9E%7D&language=EN> Inequity Affects Water Access in El Salvador
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
San Salvador, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) Water access in El Salvador denote the
line of poverty, social equity, gender, and possibilities for personal ...

<http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Art
icle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1175746471496&call_pageid=1024322168441&col=1024322
594318> Cancer patients deserve leaves from jobs
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
During Cancer Awareness Month, I would like to point out a glaring inequity
in the Canadian employment insurance system. The system needs serious
change, ...

<http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/04/05/opinion/letters/01letter
05.txt> Your view: Work to stop sexual assault
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
When we all take a stand to address sexual violence in its many forms - and
speak out against sexism, rape and child sexual abuse - we are helping to
shift ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/story/50108/> Breaking Out of the Art World's
Sexism
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
One is Village Voice writer Jerry Saltz, who has written extensively on
sexism and art. In 2005, one year after the Museum of Modern Art reopened in
New ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10847/1/366> Go where the money is:
tax the rich
People's Weekly World - USA
"The fact is that income inequality is real - it's been rising for more than
25 years," he said in a Jan. 31 speech on Wall Street. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-eteraz/how-the-left-can-criticiz_b_45040.
html> How The Left Can Criticize Muslim Human Rights Hypocrisy
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
On Friday, in the UN's Human Rights Council, a block of 17 Muslim countries
in alliance with such human rights paragons like Russia, China and Cuba, ...

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