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from Paul C. Gorski
January 17, 2007

 <http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/82005.shtml>  Mapping Racial and
Economic Inequality in NYC Health Care
NYC Independent Media Center - New York,NY,USA
Using Google Maps and census data to show how hospital closures in NYC
affect communities of color. By The Opportunity Agenda ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-1/615/615_16_Inequality.shtml>
Inequality USA
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
By Elizabeth Schulte | January 19, 2007 | Page 16. ROBERT NARDELLI is out of
a job. But unlike ordinary people, this was just another windfall for
Nardelli. ...

 <http://tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=721>  Spanish walkout over 'Saudi
sexism'
ToTheCenter.com - Malverne,NY,USA
Spain's justice minister has refused to deliver a lecture at a university in
Saudi Arabia after authorities banned visiting female journalists from ...

 <http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur30864.cfm>  BETWEEN THE LINES: King's
Unfinished Fight: Rightness, Justice and ...
Eurweb.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The fight for social justice in America very quickly turned to a recognition
of the economic disparities that subjugated Blacks and others in a way that
...

 <http://mediamatters.org/items/200701170002>  On MLK Day, Savage called
civil rights a "racket" designed to ...
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
On the January 15 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, in a
monologue about Martin Luther King Day, Michael Savage called "civil rights"
a "con" ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/for-the-last-stubborn-ho_
b_38837.html>  For the Last, Stubborn Holdouts on Global Warming
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
For those last stubborn holdouts still skeptical about the existence of
global warming--eg, CNN's chief corporate fascism advocate Glenn Beck, who
broadcast ...

<http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=aa75b587a95eb1c
fda95eb2afd602d3e>  Poor Neighborhoods Lack Access to Fresh Produce
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
"I think food definitely plays a big role in this," said Anjali Asrani,
youth program manager at the Literacy for Environmental Justice office in
San ...

 <http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10898>  Gay brothers attacked
Gay.com UK - UK
"This was a nasty and completely unprovoked assault, with homophobia clearly
an aggravating factor." "We want to hear from anyone who was in the area and
...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200701160454.html>  Zimbabwe: End Inequality
in Global Economic System
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The world economic system generates inequality and it runs on inequality.
Look at how Western multi-national companies siphon natural resources such
as oil ...

 <http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/9779/80/>  Brazil's Own One Drop Rule
Brazzil.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
If this were a mere random pattern, we would expect to see as many places in
the world where darker skin means more privilege as we do places where
lighter ...

<http://thedailytransom.observer.com/2007/01/gay-discrimination-suit-filed-a
gainst-whiteshoe-law-firm.html>  Gay Discrimination Suit Filed Against
White-Shoe Law Firm
New York Observer - New York,NY,USA
... at white-shoe firm Sullivan & Cromwell, filed a lawsuit this morning
against his law firm, alleging sexual orientation discrimination and
retaliation. ..

 <http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0701162731160913.htm>  Deputy FM:
Root of poverty lies in injustice, discrimination
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi said here Tuesday that poverty is
rooted in injustice and discrimination at national and international levels,
...

 <http://www.dailydem.com/articles/2007/01/16/news/news1.txt>  Education for
all; poverty for none was a part of Martin Luther ...
Fort Madison Daily Democrat - Fort Madison,IA,USA
For the price of a month's worth of beer for US citizens, this country could
do its share to eradicate global poverty and provide a basic education to
all ...

 <http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/698/81/>  Media reform
should include critique of sexual-exploitation media
Atlantic Free Press - Groningen,Netherlands
A general critique of the effects of misogyny, white supremacy, and
predatory corporate capitalism on mass media dovetails perfectly with the
feminist ...

 <http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2007/01/16/3387988-sun.html>  Racism:
92% have seen it
Calgary Sun - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
OTTAWA -- Lashing out at minorities is commonplace in Canada, but most turn
a blind eye to ugly acts of overt racism. A Sun Media poll conducted by
Leger ...

 <http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20070116025956898>  Hey Rush - Isn't Condi
Rice a 'Feminazi'?
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
As if it wasn't enough to have coined the derogatory term 'feminazi,'
Limbaugh says of feminism generally, 'Feminism was established to allow
unattractive ...

 <http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2192>  Iran and Venezuela
Plan Anti-US Imperialism Fund
Venezuelanalysis.com - Caracas,Venezuela
Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, has called Chavez "the champion of the struggle
against imperialism." US officials have accused Chavez -- a close ally of
Cuban ...

 <http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Jan/1602.htm>  Plan for Warsaw
Monument To Gay Victims of Nazi Concentration Camps
UK Gay News (press release) - UK
World War II is evidence that intolerance, anti-Semitism and homophobia lead
to concentration camps. History has proved that hated towards other groups
...

 <http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=31495>  GLOBALIZATION HAS
INCREASED THE WEALTH GAP
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
Globalization was meant to be the great equalizer. Goods would flow easily
across borders. Standards of living in poor countries would be raised. ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4684/1/235/>  Chile
and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
However, within the framework of neoliberal globalization imposed under
imperial rule, those capacities are used to further exclusion and inequality
among ...

<http://americaabroad.tpmcafe.com/blog/americaabroad/2007/jan/15/dr_martin_l
uther_king_rejecting_or_accepting_the_legacy>  Dr. Martin Luther King:
Rejecting or Accepting the Legacy?
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
He broke with most of the civil rights movement, for example, when he
insisted on linking the war in Vietnam to poverty and inequality at home.
...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-15-voa38.cfm>  Human Rights Group
Criticizes US for Abuses
Voice of America - USA
A new annual report by Human Rights Watch paints a bleak picture of the
condition of human rights around the world. The private, New York-based
organization ...

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