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from Paul C. Gorski
August 18, 2007
 
Arenac sheriff sued in federal court in gender discrimination case ( http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1187363836228740.xml&coll=4 )
The Bay City Times - MLive.com - Bay City,MI,USA
Still, discrimination against Zubor has continued, the officer's complaint alleges. She was given no uniform, for example, for four months after she ...
 
Puerto Rico: Anti-privatization struggle won't go away ( http://www.workers.org/2007/world/puerto-rico-0823 )
Workers World - USA
Yet, resistance to privatization of the beaches is building and it is not restricted to Paseo Caribe. On the morning of Aug. ...
 
Hey, O'Reilly - Nobody Relaxes Over 'Gay Stuff' Except Frankie ... ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/hey-oreilly-nobody-re_b_60882.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
If homosexuality is "choice," that helps the Christian Right to continue demanding that people "stop being gay." The fact is that gay people are being ...
 
Corporations Resource Guide ( http://yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1837 )
YES! Magazine - Bainbridge Island,WA,USA
Many of its programs focus on labor rights, fair trade, and reducing the harmful impact of globalization. Its e-mail newsletter keep you up to date on ...
 
Hundreds March Against "Legal Lynching" Free the Jena 6 ( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/15/18440890.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
In the eyes of the system of white supremacy, these students crossed the line, they "forgot their place," and must be punished. Black students at Jena High ...
 
A Handy Guide To Bill O'Reilly's Homophobia ( http://www.queerty.com/news/a-handy-guide-to-bill-oreillys-homophobia-20070817/ )
Queerty - New York,NY,USA
A Bill O'Reilly viewer recently had a question regarding Bill Richardson's queer choice of words at the gay forum. O'Reilly apparently once said Richardson ...
 
Nintendo DS "Homebrew" Game Openly Embraces Homophobia ( http://www.towleroad.com/2007/08/nintendo-ds-gam.html )
Towleroad - New York City,NY,USA
Eyebrows in the gaming community are being raised after the release by an amateur developer of a "homebrew" game (meaning a game that is developed by ...
 
Black Power: History's Greatest Black Achievers ( http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2872072.ece )
Independent - London,England,UK
The International Slavery Museum opens its doors in Liverpool next week with an exhibition naming history's greatest black achievers. ...
 
Civil Rights Groups Sue Government Over Warrentless Tapping ( http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=31706 )
News10.net - Sacramento,CA,USA
The case pits civil rights groups against AT&T and the president of the United States. Ever since the president quietly authorized warrantless spying on ...
 
Human Rights, Trade and Labor Groups Oppose Closed-Door Summit on ... ( http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0817-02.htm )
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
"The SPP harkens back to the politics of the Old Boy's Club," said Ted Lewis, Global Exchange's Human Rights Director, "where heads of state sit around the ...
 
Rwanda: Africans Were And Still Are Forced Into Slavery ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200708160642.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
"The Europeans and Arabs took the most talented, intelligent and creative generations of our African forefathers through slavery", Patrick Buhungu, ...
 
Intel's "Slave Ship" Ad In India Shows Race Matters Inside Intel ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-court/intels-slave-ship-ad-i_b_60615.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
More than 30000 sent faxes to Intel's board of directors complaining about Intel's insensitivity and its political agenda taking aim at civil rights class ...
 
Facebook in racism row ( http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=61941&in_page_id=34 )
Metro - London,UK
Thousands of people have joined a campaign to remove racist images and postings from Facebook. More than 2000 have signed a petition after it emerged that ...
 
Bulgaria Roma riots highlight discrimination-group ( http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16241089.htm )
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
SOFIA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Recent riots in the capital by Bulgaria's Roma gypsies were the result of discrimination, a human rights group said on Thursday, ...
 
'Discrimination against women rife within media' ( http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,154171,00.html )
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) says gender inequality and discrimination against women is still rife in South African newsrooms. ...
 
High-tech Capitalism and the Class Struggle ( http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5728/1/32/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
To counter the affects of the technological revolution, greater working class unity and global labor solidarity is necessary. In addition to fighting for ...
 
NAACP Blasts School System For Inequality ( http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/08/16/schools/edt24naacp081607.txt )
Leesburg Today - Leesburg,VA,USA
By Charlie Jackson Standing at the podium during the public comment portion of the meeting, Early, the president of the Loudoun Chapter of the NAACP, ...
 
China busts child slavery gang ( http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=540377 )
Sunday Times - Johannesburg,South Africa
The report comes just weeks a major child slavery scandal erupted in northern China, leading to the release of 570 enslaved workers including children from ...
 
SLAVERY IN CHINA Combing the Brickyards for the Disappeared ( http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499877,00.html )
Spiegel Online - national,Germany
By Andreas Lorenz It's a story that has made headlines around the world: Slave laborers have been found in Chinese brick factories. ...
 
US losing high ground on civil rights ( http://www.miamiherald.com/418/story/203508.html )
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
It was an irony richly exploited by May, who pointed to the Bush administration's erosion of civil rights in his closing argument. ...
 
Kids bear brunt of poverty ( http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/246335 )
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Behind the grim statistics on child poverty in Canada are the young people who walk into our schools every day. They bring with them all the harsh realities ...
 
Many families with disabled children 'living in poverty' ( http://society.guardian.co.uk/socialexclusion/story/0,,2149193,00.html )
Guardian Unlimited - UK
"We want government to prove that disabled children are at the heart of efforts to end child poverty by committing to a major take-up campaign on disability ...
 
Call to Action - No Borders Camp - Nov 2007 ( http://no-racism.net/article/2234/ )
no-racism.net - Germany
To tear down institutional borders and create autonomy means also to challenge the patriarchy, racism, homophobia, and classism that are built into our ...
 
Human Rights Leader Disappears in Haiti ( http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/856/1/ )
Upside Down World - Hartwick,NY,USA
Our international human rights delegation seeks the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre Antoine. A long-time defender of human rights and advocate of the poor, ...
 
 
 
 

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