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from Paul C. Gorski
December 1, 2007

 <http://www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/5000656> Why
HIV/AIDS Continues to Grow in Ethnic/Minority Communities
ChicagoPride.com - IL, United States
"The two biggest barriers are the stigma of HIV and homophobia," he
explains. "That coupled with the fact that we don't want to talk about sex
frankly, ...

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/151420.html> Inequity in services,
corruption may hinder India's growth: report
Earthtimes - London,UK
New Delhi - Governance reforms to eliminate corruption and ensure equity in
basic services like education, water and sanitation were urgently needed to
...

 <http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2007/512/mp2255.htm> Preparing a
revolution and its party
Socialist Party - UK
The Bolshevik Party and the working class that carried it out, developed
through preceding political struggles, including the 1905 revolution. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-siegel/creative-rebellion-corne_b_748
92.html> Creative Rebellion: Cornell Resists Ashcroft
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
We stood silently, disciplined and determined, forcing the crowd to consider
the victims of Ashcroft's oppression. (See rough cut of the action here. ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/environment/69280/> Lois Gibbs: How to Be a
Citizen-Activist
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
For the past 25 years, Gibbs has been the director of the Center for Health
and Environmental Justice. Q: When you first uncovered the Love Canal
scandal, ...

 <http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1130-02.htm> Border Wall Plans Ignore
Environmental Justice Rules
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
Environmental justice is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency to
mean that "no group of people, including racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic
groups, ...

 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2220134,00.html> Scrap 'don't ask,
don't tell' gay policy, say retired US generals
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Twenty-eight former military chiefs have collectively called for a repeal of
the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy whereby gay and lesbian ...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-30-voa61.cfm> Eradicating Stigma
and Gender Inequality Essential to Combat AIDS
Voice of America - USA
By Lisa Schlein The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies says eradicating stigma and gender inequality is essential to
reduce ...

 <http://www.trinicenter.com/articles/2007/3011072.html> New Imperialism,
Old Justifications
Trinicenter.com - La Seiva Maraval,Trinidad and Tobago
The old imperialism, backed up by an old set of racist justifications, is
back in fashion. It's called the new imperialism, only there's nothing new
about ...

 <http://www.themilitant.com/2007/7146/714606.html> Anti-imperialist
students from across Americas meet in Ecuador
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
Several delegates there spoke about the role youth and students can play in
the struggle against imperialism. One of them, a member of the Popular Front
of ...

<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-english30nov30,1,196667.story?coll=
la-headlines-california> Immigrants' children grow fluent in English, study
says
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Though the findings echo the history of immigration waves in the US, experts
said, they counter the widespread perception that Latino immigrants do not
...

<http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071130/NEWS01/711290
71> Slavery's shockingly alive and well today
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
Not only is slavery a reality, but how we've executed this rush toward
globalization may have created the very conditions necessary for slavery to
gain a ...

 <http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-lislav1201,0,6242094.story>
Spota: Human trafficking not uncommon on LI
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
And many of those who end up working long hours for little or no pay, or who
are forced into sex slavery, are lured to the United States by unscrupulous
...

 <http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2480> Homophobia:
The cost to gay men's health
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
As proof of the scope of homophobia, he cited a 2006 poll where 40 percent
of Americans believed that sex between same gender partners should be
illegal. ...

<http://blogs.earthsky.org/aitanavargas/2007/11/29/un-calls-for-human-solida
rity/> UN calls for human solidarity
Earth & Sky - Austin,TX,USA
The world will have to meditate on issues such as human rights, poverty and
inequality throughout the world and across future generations. ...

 <http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=13566> US neo-imperialism
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
The USA has been trying to sidetrack world attention from the horrors of its
disastrous terror wars in the Middle East and, with the help of several
other ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/26/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Prison-Scan
dal.php> Brazil teen's alleged rape underscores human rights problems in ...
International Herald Tribune - France
"What happened underscores the deplorable state of Brazil's prison system
where inmates are routinely mistreated and denied basic human rights,"
Congressman ...

 <http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-79ETEB?OpenDocument>
Protecting children's rights where they are not enshrined by treaty
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
Despite the lack of an official treaty, UNICEF is still supporting
activities in Somalia that pave the way for the realization of children's
rights. ...

 <http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=3228> Injustice
against Muslims
The Muslim News - UK
How can such injustices continue against the Muslims in a democratic and law
respecting country? We are not living under dictatorship. ...

<http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1074625/US+gender+pay+gap+widening,+finds
+survey.html> US gender pay gap widening, finds survey
Legal Week - London,UK
The numbers of women in equity partnership and management have stayed about
the same since last year, while the pay disparity between male and female
...

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