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from Paul C. Gorski
August 4, 2007

 <http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/1414_august_3_2007/eco_1414_1.htm>
Socioeconomic inequality in Georgia critical
Messenger.ge - Tbilisi,Georgia
Social inequality in Georgia has increased dramatically, seriously
threatening the stability of the country, according to the Georgian
Institute of Strategy ...

 <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/78623.php> Older People Face
Daily Barrage Of Age Discrimination, Says Help ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Until there is a change in legislation, older people will continue to face a
daily barrage of demoralising and unreasonable discrimination because of
their ...

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216723/353e0d1748a3ca031ec7d2e
a57b2d2ae.htm> Jailed anti-poverty campaigners face two-month wait for
verdict
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Judges trying the case of two anti-poverty campaigners in Ethiopia yesterday
(Thursday 2 August) adjourned the trial until 8 October, when the court will
...

<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070803/NEWS01/708030413/100
4> District cancels controversial school play
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... a Republican candidate for state Assembly -- said homophobia and fear
are at the root of Principal Julia Davidow's decision in May to reject the
play. ...

<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.racism02aug02,0,276425
4.story> Black man's burden still hard to bear
Baltimore Sun - United States
There, in my home state, he said to a cheering crowd, "I believe in states'
rights" - code words for white supremacy and the racial segregation that ...

 <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/02/opinion/edporter.php> Globalization
and the narcotics trade
International Herald Tribune - France
Chemistry, and globalization, are changing this dynamic, however. The
unusual case of Zhenli Ye Gon, who was arrested in Maryland last week
following the ...

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gap-between-rich-and-poor-widens/2007/0
8/02/1185648060461.html> Gap between rich and poor widens
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Figures published yesterday showed the biggest increase in inequality was
between 2003-04 and 2005-06, with a surge in income generated by the top 20
per ...

<http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=34083
> House Passes Bill to Restore Workers' Rights to Challenge Pay ...
California Chronicle - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The legislation would make it clear that employees who are victims of
discrimination are entitled to up to two years of back pay, as already
provided in the ...

 <http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/12227> Nike Settles Racial
Discrimination Suit, Coughs Up $7.6 Mil
SOHH - Jersey City,USA
Nike Inc. will pay $7.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming
from racial discrimination allegations filed by black employees from a
Chicago ...

 <http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080253700900.htm> HIV/AIDS
children face discrimination at schools and family events
Hindu - Chennai,India
When asked about exclusion from other services, children in Nagaland
reported discrimination by anganwadi workers in giving food, while in
Maharashtra, ...

 <http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=83984&pt=n> Report reveals NI child
poverty
U.TV - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
Alex Tennant, Save the Children`s Head of Policy and Research, said: "The
estimate of 100000 children in poverty in Northern Ireland was a matter of
grave ...

 <http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-2841--13-13--.html> Guyana government
calls for reparatory justice for African slavery
Caribbean Net News - Georgetown,Cayman Islands
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The Guyana government has reaffirmed its position
that there must be reparatory justice for slavery, which took place over ...

<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/foreigndesk/detail?blogid=16&entry_id=19088
> Blog:The Ross Report: 19088 : America's Baghdad embassy: Slavery 2007?
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The State Department has officially pooh-poohed charges of virtual
slave-like conditions experienced by foreign workers building the outsize,
$592 million ...

 <http://www.just-international.org/article.cfm?newsid=20002419> EXPLAINING
ISSUES IN ISLAM
Just International - Petaling Jaya,Selangor,Malaysia
War is permissible only if the purpose is to repel aggression or to end
oppression. There is an oft-quoted verse in the Qur'an which states, "Fight
in the ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=13424>
What is Racism? Reflections From Global Chicago
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Like other researchers and writers examining the persistence of racial
apartheid, oppression, and inequality in the "post-civil rights era," I am
concerned ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5088.html> Liverpool
homophobia report suppressed says councillor
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
"This would not have happened with any other religious or racial minority,
this is a case of what I call institutionalised homophobia. ...

<http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=20
54&Nyheter=&artikel=1512820> "Schools Unprepated for Homophobia"
SR International - Radio Sweden - Stockholm,Sweden
A new report from the organisation Friends shows that schools are
ill-prepared for dealing with and preventing homophobia. Hanna Wildow, who
authored the ...

 <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/01/touro> College for Sale
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
While he has not studied the recent purchases, he sees the trend as part of
the "corporatization of higher education." Because these programs are not
...

 <http://www.arabesquespress.org/journal/studies_and_analysis/25125513.html>
The Boomerang Effect: Colonization, Globalization & the Inverse ...
Arabesques - Chlef,Algiers,Algeria
One will rarely admit that globalization in effect is a colonization revival
with the powerful imposing their might anew. Having been born in Asia within
...

 <http://www.alternet.org/audits/56412/> Can We Pursue Terrorists Without
Becoming Like Them?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
And the refusal to address the root causes of terrorism--economic
inequality, repressive regimes, foreign occupation--has ensured that the
conditions ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/01/africa/AF-GEN-Nigeria-Drugs-and-S
uspicion.php> Pfizer in Nigeria: Drugs, poverty, ignorance collide
International Herald Tribune - France
... the fallout provides a case study of the ethical dilemmas that arise
when Western medical priorities run into Third World poverty and ignorance.
...

<http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/article/article.asp?NewsID=81051&sID
=13&ItemSource=L> How poverty generates violence in the Black community
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - South Minneapolis,MN,USA
by Mac Walton Week before last, we spoke of poverty of income: the 37
million poor Americans by the US government's statistics ($19971 for a
family of four) ...

 <http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL0179414120070801> Inequality
still deep despite anti-discrimination laws
Reuters.uk - UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Deep inequalities and discrimination persist in Britain
despite 40 years of anti-discrimination legislation, a report by a
parliamentary ...

 <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01408048.htm> Mexico failing to
protect human rights: Amnesty
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Mexico, which considers itself a champion of
human rights internationally, has failed to keep its promise to uphold
justice ...

 <http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435246> Salvadorans
Face Terror Charges for Opposing Water Privatization
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
A protest against water privatization in El Salvador last month resulted in
13 demonstrators charged with committing acts of terrorism. ...

 <http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=18020&sectionid=3510207> Argentineans
stage anti-US rallies
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
... speeches criticizing the US hegemonic policies in the Latin American
region and hailed Venezuela and Iran for their campaign against imperialism.
...

<http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18645606&BRD=1698&PAG=461&d
ept_id=21846&rfi=6> OSU failed its test in gender pay equity
News-Herald.com - Willoughby,OH,USA
American universities pride themselves on setting standards for equality,
safeguarding against discrimination based on race, ethnicity or gender. ...

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