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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 9, 2007
 
Newest First Oldest First ( http://letters.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/08/michelman/view/?show=all )
Salon - USA
Feminism isn't about women being first, it's about our being equal. In a fair society, the best person wins, regardless of their gender. ...
 
Book puts international face on feminism ( http://currents.ucsc.edu/06-07/01-08/sisters.asp )
Currents - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
"The common story in the US is that feminism started in the West and spread to the rest of the world, but it's a lot more complicated than that--and ...
 
Undercurrents of racism in SA Cricket ( http://www.timesnow.tv/Sections/News/Undercurrents_of_racism_in_SA_Cricket/articleshow/1100080.cms )
Times Now.tv - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The former selector reveals how specific players were overlooked and also points out incidents that indicate a strong undercurrent of racism in one of the ...
 
Racism and war recalled as Martin Luther King day approaches ( http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_07017mlk.shtml )
Ekklesia - UK
"On the one hand," writes Bishop Woodie W. White, "systemic and institutional racism are giving way to a more racially inclusive society. ...
 
Join Alcatraz Ferry Workers As We Rally and March For Justice ... ( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/08/18345069.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
He clearly recognized that social justice is unachievable without economic justice! Organized labor and its allies must maintain these street actions to ...
 
Immigrants boosting US economy: Study ( http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Immigrants+boosting+US+economy%3A+Study&id=99113 )
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
A new study conducted at Duke university has found that immigrants have been major contributors to the US economy over the last decade. ...
 
Women Leading the Environmental Movement -plus- Green-friendly ... ( http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2007/01/et010807leaders.php )
Southwest News-Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
Today she runs the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), which helps communities with similar problems. Wangari Maathai has led thousands of ...
 
The language of hunger ( http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=1/9/2007&Cat=14&Num=001 )
Tehran Times - Tehran,Iran
To the long list of current political and sociological euphemisms such as economic adjustments with a "human face," developing countries, globalization, ...
 
Left no longer close to ideology: Gaddar ( http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=216696 )
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
He said there was immense need for artists, writers, poets and intellectuals to come together against imperialism. He said there was also the need to use ...
 
India: Strengthen Struggles Against Imperialism, Communalism ( http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4642/1/32/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Like the British sought to consolidate its empire in 1857 through deceit, brutal repression, death and mayhem, US imperialism today seeks to foist its ...
 
How Colleges Perpetuate Inequality ( http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i19/19b00901.htm )
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
Colleges, once seen as beacons of egalitarian hope, are becoming bastions of wealth and privilege that perpetuate inequality. The chance of a low-income ...
 
No private tutor left behind? ( http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/01/no_private_tuto.html )
The Wichita Eagle - Wichita,KS,USA
Today marks the five-year anniversary of President Bushâ€*s signing of the No Child Left Behind Act. As our editorial on todayâ€*s Opinion page notes, ...
 
What america must not do now ( http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/010807Carmichael.shtml )
The Baltimore Chronicle - Baltimore,MD,USA
Thus armed, many Americans, far too many, retrenched into an increasingly militant ghetto fueled by fear, xenophobia, self-importance, academic fantasy and ...
 
Kazakhstan to report on discrimination against women ( http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=147538 )
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
/Dina Yermaganbetova/ - Kazakhstan to make report on report on realization of the Convention on liquidation of all forms of discrimination against women in ...
 
Zimbabwe: Lift Unjust Sanctions ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200701080376.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
To the Westerners, Zimbabwe had challenged white supremacy and had to be punished in such a way that other countries harbouring similar ambitions would ...
 
Wage Inequality ( http://warrenreports.tpmcafe.com/blog/warrenreports/2007/jan/07/wage_inequality )
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
Barney Frank delivered an excellent speech on wage inequality at the National Press Club. As Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, ...
 
ACTION on "ESCALATION" ( http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/1/7/71036/39526 )
ePluribus Media - USA
The Iraqi people have Suffered Enough from our Imperialism and Arrogance! What is needed is the engagement of the neighboring countries for it is their ...
 
Roots of Latino/black anger ( http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-hernandez7jan07,1,414328.story?coll=la-news-comment )
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
White supremacy is deeply ingrained in Latin America and continues into the present. In Mexico, for instance, citizens of African descent (who are estimated ...
 
No Child Left Behind has led to little progress for schools ( http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4965939 )
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the first in a three-part series about No Child Left Behind, education-related legislation up for review by Congress this ...
 
Xenophobia - As American as Apple Pie ( http://www.arabisto.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=293 )
Arabisto.com - Orlando,FL,USA
Perhaps of more significance to the current climate of fear and hatred of Muslims and Arabs are other examples of xenophobia. Germans, Irish, Italians and ...
 
4 black employees accuse police of discrimination ( http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke%5Cwb/99159 )
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
FALLS CHURCH -- Three black officers and one black civilian employee of the Falls Church Police Department have sued the city, alleging discrimination in ...
 
Oil giant accused of misleading public about global warming ( http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/551290.html )
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... released a report this week accusing Exxon Mobil of spending millions of dollars to manipulate public opinion on the seriousness of global warming. ...
 
New Book by Nigerian Catholic Priest Explores Racism in America ( http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw495460.htm )
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
It is also a stunning portrait of racism in America, told by a man who saw first hand the damage prejudice could do. Ihewulezi argues that America's ...
 
America's roots: racism, capitalism and ethnic extermination ( http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/01/07/2003343825 )
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
It bred both a particularly abhorrent form of racism and a new kind of capitalism. With a seemingly limitless supply of land, every white male settler could ...
 
Basu: The overlooked immigrants ( http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070107/OPINION01/701070309/1035/OPINION )
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Those are just some of the things for which America's recent immigrants are blamed. Most of the claims are untrue or overblown. ...
 
 
 
 

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