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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
February 19, 2007
 
Pakistani doctor's suicide highlights plight of unemployed immigrants
( http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2283980.ece )
Independent - London,England,UK
In April the Home Office retrospectively increased the qualifying
period for immigrants to be granted indefinite leave to remain in the
UK from four to five ...
 
Malcolm X inspires militant struggle against racism (
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/malcolm-x-0222 )
Workers World - USA
He along with Martin Luther King spoke about the right of Black
people to reparations for the generations of racism and national
oppression brought about by ...
 
UN anti-racism panel to examine Israel (
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359888620&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
)
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel
Israel expects the UN's top anti-racism committee in Geneva to take
it to task this week for denying residency rights to Palestinians
married to Israelis, ...
 
Oscar-nominee Mehta to explore racism in new film (
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2007-02-18T171348Z_01_SP333363_RTRIDST_0_FILM-INDIA-OSCAR-DIRECTOR-DC.XML
)
Reuters - USA
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta will explore
racism in her new film "Exclusion," inspired by a real life incident
in which a ...
 
NJ Civil Unions to Take Effect Monday (
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2007/02/18/ap/headlines/d8ncdnko1.txt
)
Auburn Citizen - Auburn,NY,USA
HADDONFIELD, NJ - Diane Marini used to joke that she was always the
bridesmaid and never the bride because, as a lesbian, she thought it
was unlikely New ...
 
Eyes turn to human rights in the Philippines (
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1850638.htm )
Radio Australia - Australia
A United Nations special representative visiting the Philippines will
bring to the attention of the international community the cases of
human rights abuses ...
 
Amnesty calls on Fiji's interim administration to respect human
rights (
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200702190633/amnesty_calls_on_fijis_interim_administration_to_respect_human_rights
)
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Amnesty International has called on Fiji's interim administration to
comply with its obligations under international human rights law. ...
 
Transgender individuals vulnerable to discrimination (
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070218/OPINION02/702180309/1022/OPINION02
)
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
As an individual who openly identifies as a transgender woman, I have
no protection under the existing anti-discrimination laws of the
state. ...
 
Iraq: One-in-3 live in poverty (
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,9294,2-10-1460_2071141,00.html
)
News24 - Cape Town,South Africa
Amman - One third of Iraq's population of 27 million live in poverty,
according to a study released ON Sunday by Iraq's planning ministry
and the United ...
 
Mystery: How Wealth Creates Poverty in the World, by Michael Parenti
( http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=3178&blz=1 )
UN Observer
The number of people living in poverty is growing at a faster rate
than the world's population. What do we make of this? Over the last
half century, ...
 
Corporate Globalization Kills (
http://www.progressive.org/mag_apb021607 )
Progressive.org - Madison,WI,USA
Globalization is a battering ram for Western corporations. And even
when the consequences are literally life or death, companies are eager
to utilize the ...
 
Two Members From UN Human Rights Fact Finding Mission in Darfur
Resign ( http://www.smc.sd/en/artopic.asp?artID=24869&aCK=EA )
Sudanese Media Center - Sudan
Before they start collection of data on human rights in Sudan from
abroad two members of UN human rights mission for Darfur resigned.
...
 
The importance of protest (
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/02/17/the_chronicle/opinion/4.txt
)
Goshen Chronicle - USA
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were composed under the
stinging remembrance of oppression by a powerful imperial force. ...
 
Walkout hits North Carolina hate crime (
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/nc-0222 )
Workers World - USA
This attack cannot be understood outside the context of US
imperialism, which is a global war to eliminate all unity amongst
working people and extract the ...
 
States asked to act against discrimination of wages for women (
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200702180310.htm )
Hindu - Chennai,India
(PTI): Expressing concern over the discrimination in wages between
men and women, particularly in the construction sector, Union Minister
of State for Human ...
 
Black Farmers Association meets to demand end to racist
discrimination ( http://www.themilitant.com/2007/7108/710804.html
)
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
DALLAS: More than 400 small farmers attended a February 8-10
conference here to discuss their fight for land and against racist
discrimination by the US ...
 
Children come first (
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=263392007 )
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Despite living in the fifth wealthiest country, British children
experience some of the worst poverty. Only the US had more children
living in a household ...
 
US Debt Collector Sues Poverty-Stricken African Country (
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/152769/us_debt_collector_sues_povertystricken.html
)
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
By Dave Maddox. International efforts to provide debt relief to
impoverished countries are creating opportunity - for private debt
collectors. ...
 
Truth, justice basis for peace (
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=9994 )
maltaStar.com - Malta
The recruitment of terrorists, in fact, is more easily accomplished
in social contexts where hatred is sown, where rights are trampled,
and in situations ...
 
Subtle racism persists (
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_business/article/0,2777,DRMN_23916_5358678,00.html
)
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Recognizing racism is the first step toward correcting it, yet recent
studies of racist conduct find that racism in America has changed -
whether in the ...
 
SF Bay Area's poor face disproportionate burden of exposure to ... (
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/uoc--sba021307.php
)
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
"Surely, the Bay Area can develop an environmental justice policy
that leads the state," he said. "As we witnessed in the Katrina
disaster, leaving some of ...
 
Study verifies more hazardous waste facilities located in minority
... (
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/uom-svm011907.php )
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
New research from the University of Michigan is the first known
national level study that supports environmental justice scholars'
claim that hazardous ...
 
 
 

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