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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
December 14, 2007
 
THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS: In the land of milk and honey (
http://www.browardtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=37
)
The Broward Times - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
He further asked the student if living in a world of "unearned white
privilege" affected his notion of a level playing field. The student
said, "That really ...
 
Capitalist 'just-us' and the case of the Jena 6 (
http://www.sfbayview.com/20071212691/News/Web_Exclusives/Capitalist_just-us_and_the_case_of_the_Jena_6.html
)
San Francisco Bay View - San Francisco,CA,USA
In the small town of Jena, La., where a white supremacist, Southern
segregationist way of life rules, nooses were hung on a "whites-only"
tree at the high ...
 
Bellecourt blasts KQRS for disguising racism as entertainment (
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/12/12/bellecourt-blasts-kqrs-disguising-racism-entertainment.html
)
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA
"We are ready to engage Citadel in a fight to change their branding
of racism, prejudice, and discriminatory practices disguised under the
benign label of ...
 
Children ask world leaders to make them the top priority at high ...
(
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/14/news/UN-GEN-UN-Childrens-Declaration.php
)
International Herald Tribune - France
... a large number of children are still subject to violence,
exploitation and abuse, as well as to inequity and discrimination,"
especially girls, it says. ...
 
The latest data on income inequality (
http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/13/income_inequality/ )
Salon - USA
But his analysis of new data on household income inequality from the
Congressional Budget Office is damning, no matter how you slice it.
...
 
Attacks on French working class met with struggle (
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/1438160856?JServSessionIdr012=tpq9y65si3.app13a&page=NewsArticle&id=7749&news_iv_ctrl=1261
)
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
This plan is part of a broader assault on the French working class.
During the strike, transit workers shut down 90 percent of the metro
system, ...
 
On the road again: Challenges and opportunities in the 2008 elections
( http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/12194/1/402 )
People's Weekly World - USA
While we wish there existed an independent and powerful political
party with leadership and support from the working class and its
organized sector, ...
 
Bush lets banks write rules for mortgage relief (
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/mortgages-1220 )
Workers World - USA
Working-class households are entering into foreclosure and bankruptcy
at levels not seen since the Great Depression, yet it is the rich
capitalist investors ...
 
Bulk of school board against law shielding gay, lesbian students (
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20071213-9999-7m13groshi.html
)
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... with conservative groups trying to overturn an
anti-discrimination law that aims to tighten protection for gay,
lesbian and transgender students. ...
 
European Parliament speaks out on sexual slavery during WWII (
http://www.amnesty-eu.org/static/html/pressrelease.asp?cfid=12&id=340&cat=4&l=1
)
Amnesty International EU - Brussels,Belgium
... "Comfort Women" * the thousands of young women of different
nationalities coerced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during
the second World War. ...
 
Time to tackle discrimination in disasters, says Red Cross report (
http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/20316/2007/11/13-140715-1.htm )
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and
aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable
groups who often suffer ...
 
The arithmetic of poverty (
http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/14001303/The-arithmetic-of-poverty.html
)
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
But escaping the clutches of poverty is never easy. Little did I
realize how vulnerable the poor are to exploitation from those who
wield power over them. ...
 
Poverty, taxes and community (
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/EDIT/712130375
)
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
Since 2000, the number of Hoosier children living in poverty has
increased by more than 20 percent – almost double the US average for
the same period. ...
 
Cultural Imperialism * The West's Drive for Profits (
http://www.nolanchart.com/article492.html )
Nolan Chart LLC - Warrenton,VA,USA
(Kinzer, www.cia.gov)" TNC's * Cultural Imperialism has taken a new
shape, a different form. History shows that when one nation decides to
impose its rule ...
 
Manifesto calls for ANC opposition to homophobia (
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=327636
)
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
Mtetwa said sexism and homophobia that have emerged, particularly
during ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma's rape trial, indicate a need
for the party to make ...
 
Putinism? "Modern" Russia, Homophobia and "Democracy" (
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/31/article_5374.php )
Gay NZ - New Zealand
By Craig Young - 13th December 2007 When current Russian President
Vladimir Putin took over the leadership of the Russian Republic in
2000, ...
 
UN rights expert suspects CIA of torture at Guantanamo (
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/14/content_7246024.htm )
Xinhua - China
13 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations human rights expert expressed grave
concerns on Thursday that the CIA may continue using torture on
terrorism suspects at ...
 
Carter says US human rights practices an 'embarrassment' (
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/12/13/carter_1213.html
)
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By DANIEL YEE AP Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that
current US human rights practices are an "embarrassment" and are far
from policies he put ...
 
Civil rights leaders demand foreclosure halt (
http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/12182/1/402 )
People's Weekly World - USA
NEW YORK * Outside the New York Stock Exchange Dec. 10, holiday music
competed with the chants of "Save our homes!" A few yards away from
the Wall Street ...
 
The Biggest Global Warming Crime in History (
http://www.alternet.org/environment/70299/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Canadian wilderness is set to be invaded by BP in an oil
exploration project dubbed 'the biggest global warming crime' in
history. ...
 
Ten steps to fight global warming (
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30968920071213 )
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
REUTERS - Bamboozled by the Bali negotiations, but want to do your
bit to avert a climate crisis? Here are 10 simple steps towards
cutting your carbon ...
 
Calif. Town Rejects Blackwater Plan (
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZSDxYoN3kb8il64HZVaZK6tWFDgD8TG1V880
)
The Associated Press - 
SAN DIEGO (AP) * Residents balked at putting a Blackwater training
camp near a sleepy mountain community, voting to recall five members
of an advisory ...
 
The Immigration Swamp (
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202272.html
)
Washington Post - United States
It's a fair guess that this cruel campaign of immigrant-bashing will
eventually turn toxic for the Republican Party itself, whose own
strategists (Karl Rove ...
 
Double Speak on Immigration (
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/12/13/opinion/02goldsborough121307.txt
)
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA
13, 2007 Watching the leading Republican candidates for president
outdo each other over who is more anti-immigrant, the word hypocrisy
comes to mind. ...
 
Hate Groups Hijack Immigration Debate (
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=c177f36e695d5564e876c46203c1e50e
)
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
The latest issue of the SPLC's quarterly Intelligence Report delves
into FAIR's history of bigotry and white supremacy. These are some of
the findings: ...
 
Social mobility still at 1970s levels (
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/98865a5a-a91d-11dc-ad9e-0000779fd2ac.html
)
Financial Times - London,England,UK
... advanced nations in spite of the government's professed
determination to tackle inequality, according to research from the
London School of Economics. ...
 
UK children 'still trapped by poverty (
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/13/npoor113.xml
)
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... new generation of Sure Start children's centres, extra money for
schools in deprived areas and cash to encourage working-class students
into university. ...
 
EU expansion leading to greater sex slavery (
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/41598/cat/41/Default.aspx
)
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
One of the darker side effects of the expansion of the European Union
has been the dramatic increase in instances of sex slavery and
trafficking. ...
 
US Senate and the 2007 Farm Bill: President Bush Veto Threat Will ...
( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/12/18466466.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
He witnessed all of slavery's cruelties, the ruthless and the petty.
He also saw beyond the slave-holding piety of the time to a higher
standard of humanity ...
 
ACLU: Racial Discrimination Pervasive In America (
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/12/11/pervasive_discrimination/
)
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
The US report, which the ACLU called a "whitewash," swept under the
rug the dramatic effects of widespread racial and ethnic
discrimination in this country. ...
 
Target Corp. Agrees to Pay $510000 for Race Discrimination (
http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/56690/ )
Occupational Health Safety - Dallas,TX,USA
As part of the decree, Target also agreed to revise its document
retention policies, provide training to supervisors on employment
discrimination and ...
 
For egalitarian policies, publicly fund campaigns (
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opman145499755dec14,0,373597.story
)
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
BY JAY MANDLE | Jay Mandle, a professor of economics at Colgate
University, is the author of "Democracy, America and the Age of
Globalization. ...
 
Latinos hurt by immigration debate: study (
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1322625620071213
)
Reuters - USA
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The intense debate over illegal immigration has
made life more difficult for US Hispanics, the fastest-growing
minority in the country, ...
 
A Talk with Haluk Gerger: (
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=14483
)
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Secondly, Syria and Iran have been besieged by imperialism. Finally,
the Turkish hegemonic system's monopoly on collaboration with
imperialism has been ...
 
The homophobia in the Caribbean has to change (
http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_letters?id=56534923 )
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
... and some Caribbean leaders - most recently Grenada's Minister of
Tourism - have started to recognise that the homophobia in the
Caribbean has to change. ...
 
US Commits, Lies About Domestic Human Rights Violations (
http://www.alternet.org/rights/70353/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Under the Bush administration, the United States routinely commits
human rights violations within its borders, according to a new
report by the US Human ...
 
 
 
 

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