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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 7, 2007
 
Neighborhoods once were more integrated ( http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/living/home/16396454.htm )
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Then came North Carolina's white supremacy movement and Jim Crow racial segregation. Banks made it difficult to get mortgages in certain areas, ...
 
ExxonMobil Accused of Using Big Tobacco Tactics on Global Warming ( http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-05-02.asp )
Environment News Service - USA
"ExxonMobil has manufactured uncertainty about the human causes of global warming just as tobacco companies denied their product caused lung cancer," said ...
 
Interview with Melinda Kramer of Women's Global Green Action Network ( http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005756.html )
WorldChanging - USA
We brought a group of ten environmental justice lawyers from throughout North America to work in partnership with grassroots women leaders in Bolivia, ...
 
Civil Rights Probe Hits School ( http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/01/05/week_in_review/news/friday/news07.txt )
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
Federal education civil rights officials will interview Mansfield School District employees about the actions of school employees following alleged sexual ...
 
Racism in the international job market ( http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/jan/06job.htm )
Rediff - India
This clearly reeks of racism in the Singapore job context and does not augur well for racial harmony in this country." The advertising company has since ...
 
One in Four Knows Gay Servicemember ( http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,121755,00.html )
Military.com - USA
Nearly one in four servicemembers knows definitively that a member of his or her unit is gay or lesbian, according to a survey released last month. ...
 
Growth in India and China leaves poor behind ( http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Economy/10095073.html )
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
In China, growth in the primary sector (primarily agriculture) did more to reduce poverty and inequality than growth in either the secondary or tertiary ...
 
Racism Unfiltered in French Conversation ( http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1574817,00.html )
TIME - USA
Nice in theory, but that's not working in practice: discrimination continues, inequality is rife, and notions of color-blindness don't square with the ...
 
Marxist analysis blazed history's trails ( http://www.workers.org/2007/us/lavender-red-84 )
Workers World - USA
But in these pages, I found my life, my love, my class, a genuine basis for solidarity with everyone battling oppression--here and around the planet--and a ...
 
AIDS AND IMPERIALISM: THE WORLD AIDS AGENDA ( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/05/18344269.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
These are some of the initial reflections made by Jesse McLaren, a Canadian doctor and activist, in his speech "AIDS and Imperialism; money for AIDS, ...
 
Four black employees accuse Falls Church police of discrimination ( http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--police-discrimina0106jan06,0,7586331.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia )
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Three black officers and one black civilian employee of the Falls Church Police Department have sued the city, alleging discrimination in salary and ...
 
Toys 'R' Us accused of discrimination ( http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/18109.html )
Earthtimes.org - USA
6 US retailer Toys 'R' Us is being accused of discrimination for disqualifying the winner of its sweepstakes for first baby born in 2007. ...
 
Fundamental change needed to end poverty ( http://www.saobserver.net/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=29&cat=48&id=806379&more= )
Salmon Arm Observer - Salmon Arm,British Columbia,Canada
Housing is scarce, housing is expensive, daycare is scarce, daycare is expensive – factors which leave people in poverty, even those who are busily working ...
 
Va. gay group wins grant to study violence ( http://www.washblade.com/2007/1-5/news/localnews/grant.cfm )
Washington Blade - Washington,DC,USA
The Equality Virginia Education Fund has received a $90000 grant to study interpersonal violence in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender relationships as ...
 
Ellison strikes themes of inclusion, social justice ( http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_2835 )
Workday Minnesota - St. Paul,MN,USA
Ellison, a two-term state representative from North Minneapolis, won election to Congress by organizing a coalition of labor unions, environmental groups, ...
 
Wage Inequality Tops Frank's Agenda ( http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=23027 )
WebCPA - New York,NY,USA
Barney Frank said that wage inequality among US workers is his No. 1 priority as he prepares to take over chairmanship of the House Financial Services ...
 
Social inequality on the increase in Germany and Europe ( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/04/18343889.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by wsws (reposted). The new year brought renewed evidence of the spread of poverty across Europe at the same time as global finance houses were handing out ...
 
Seriousness of homophobia not appreciated in UK schools ( http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/9/news/9878/PageName/English )
Londra Toplum Postası - London,UK
According to the Home Office, schools in Britain are not taking the issue of homophobia seriously enough, while issues such as racism are taken more ...
 
Sacha Baron Cohen, out of character and interviewed ( http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/entertainment/movies/movieblog/~3/71136194/sacha_baron_coh.html )
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Worth a listen. Gross asks pretty much every question you'd want answered, the anti-Semitism stuff, the homophobia, etc.
 
Rethinking School Readiness ( http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_01/reth211.shtml )
Rethinking Schools Online - Milwaukee,WI,USA
For example, research shows that teachers who understand the impact of racism, classism, sexism, etc. on our lives are better able to contend with the race, ...
 
Domestic violence a major cause of homelessness ( http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2007/01/05/news/local_regional/news1.txt )
Petoskey News-Review - Petoskey,MI,USA
At that point it was not against the law to assault your own partner,"Mancinelli said, adding that domestic abuse is rooted in sexism, oppression against ...
 
Russia's oil-fueled neo-imperialism ( http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/18243 )
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
... Kyrgystan, Latvia and Moldova, as well as Belarus and Ukraine _ countries that only want their national independence _ is unvarnished neo-imperialism. ...
 
Why we stand for immediate withdrawal ( http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-1/614/614_05_OutNow.shtml )
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
Democracy will be dead in the United States for as long as this war continues, but we cannot end our government's oppression in Iraq until we end our own ...
 
Dirty War Against Defenders of Human Rights in Oaxaca ( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/05/18344228.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
January 2nd, 2007 - Civil Organizations in Oaxaca write: Slander Campaign Against the Mexican League for the Defense of Human Rights (LIMEDDH), ...
 
NEPAL: Low caste communities still suffering discrimination ( http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/1a6e92fe80e780517a4ca95381d9b028.htm )
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The Dalits have suffered from caste discrimination ever since the former Nepalese rulers, the Mallas, introduced the system in the 13th century. ...
 
FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BAN IS "A POLICY OF DISCRIMINATION" ( http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=30884 )
Out In America - Columbus,OH,USA
... becoming a much more open, tolerant society for diverse opinions and orientation," Cohen said, referring to the ban as "a policy of discrimination." ...
 
Study of children cites obesity, poverty ( http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-children4jan04,0,4304708.story?coll=la-home-headlines )
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
One in five children in California live in a household earning below the federal poverty level, the report said. And when cost of living is taken into ...
 
Poverty, illiteracy hamper child rights in Yemen ( http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19054 )
Middle East Online - London,UK
Report says poverty, illiteracy, tough social conditions for many families exacerbate problem for Yemeni children. SANAA - Poverty, unemployment and ...
 
Child Poverty in Third World Countries ( http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/5439/Child_Poverty_in_Third_World_Countries.html )
Liberian Daily Observer - Silver Spring,MD,USA
Child poverty in third world countries has been transmuted into problem of overpopulation. So has the conscience been mollified. ...
 
Books for Teaching Civil Rights ( http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3100 )
Scholastic News - New York,NY,USA
The following books are helpful for exploring diversity and teaching students a variety of facts about the Civil Rights Movement. ...
 
Miss. civil rights museum needed ( http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070103/OPINION02/701030306/1009/OPINION )
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
Congratulations to the legislative committee that recommended a Smithsonian-caliber civil rights museum ("Museum receives panel's support," Dec. 20). ...
 
Teen to file civil rights lawsuit against NYPD, city ( http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4902691 )
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
(Queens - WABC, January 3, 2007) - An African American teen will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of New York and the four police ...
 
UK immigrants feel "betrayed" ( http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010500151500.htm )
Hindu - Chennai,India
LONDON: Hundreds of immigrants, including many from India, suddenly find themselves unwanted in Britain as the Government has "arbitrarily'' changed the ...
 
Bush's Heavy-Handed Big-Government Thugs ( http://www.progress.org/2006/afsc05.htm )
The Progress Report - USA
Calling the workplace raids excessive and inhumane, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an international social justice organization and ...
 
The 'Reality' of Race in America ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anastasia-goodstein/the-reality-of-race-in-_b_37922.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Where are teens learning about race and racism today? On reality TV, of course! Teenagers aren't listening to Ivory Tower (how funny that the tower is ...
 
 
 
 

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