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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 25, 2007
 
Bush's State of the Union speech highlights crisis of US ruling elite
(
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=VAN20070124&articleId=4578
)
Center for Research on Globalization - Canada
Fear of the consequences of Bush's escalation is combined with even
greater dread over the implications of US imperialism being dealt a
decisive defeat in ...
 
US Faces Historic Defeat in Iraq (
http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=479 )
Socialist Alternative - Seattle,WA,USA
Hundreds of billions more dollars will be drained from the US
economy, all in a useless effort to salvage the prestige of US
imperialism. ...
 
A Region in Revolt - Class Struggle Heats Up in Latin America (
http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=488 )
Socialist Alternative - Seattle,WA,USA
Since 1492 the people of Latin America have suffered massive
oppression and poverty at the hands of imperialism and capitalism. The
last few years, however, ...
 
Childhood Poverty Is Found to Portend High Adult Costs (
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/us/25poverty.html )
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
The high cost of childhood poverty to the US suggests that investing
significant resources in poverty reduction might be more cost
effective than we ...
 
EU Study: Dutch Detect Most Discrimination (
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/250107_3.htm )
NIS News Bulletin - Den Bosch,Netherlands
BRUSSELS, 25/01/07 - Dutch people detect far more instances of
discrimination in their country than other Europeans, according to
a study by the European ...
 
An Integer is a Whole Number (
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/4739/1/237/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
What had prompted Sterling's reply was Warren's voicing of white
supremacy couched in the idiom of a local color character. Sterling's
answer, up close, ...
 
Gender activists seek action not pledges at AU Summit (
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=504101 )
AngolaPress - Angola
But, it is an unavoidable truth that adoption of the document was
done by policymakers who, despite all their talk about gender equity,
may not be ready to ...
 
Why not hire more female professors? (
http://www.excal.on.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2933&Itemid=2
)
Excalibur Online - Toronto,Canada
Robinson noted that Canada lags behind the United States, the United
Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in terms of gender equity in
full-time faculty ...
 
Spanish football plagued by racism, says player (
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=35789
)
Expatica - Netherlands
"The issue of racism has been discussed a lot. It's three or four who
always make these types of gestures. So, we're then judging everybody
because there ...
 
Ex-deputy arrested in 1960s civil rights case (
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS01/70124013/1002
)
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
The victims' weighted, badly decomposed bodies were found by chance
two months later in July 1964, during the search for three civil
rights workers whose ...
 
Parent Hurls Names At No Name-Calling Week Meeting (
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/01/012307school.htm )
365Gay.com - USA
"[It] promotes the gay and lesbian agenda for K-12 students," said
parent Michael Monroe Kiefer. "We don't have a problem with the
concept of no-bullying," ...
 
'Grey's Anatomy' star Isaiah Washington in counseling after anti ...
(
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070124-1334-tv-greysanatomyfeud.html
)
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
After being criticized last week by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation and ABC, Washington issued an apology. ...
 
Former Falcon Describes Life As a Gay Man in the NFL During UMKC's
... (
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/20456/ )
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
The enormous structure will contain representations of racism,
ageism, classism and racism, all topics to be addressed between 2 and
4 pm by guest speakers ...
 
Poverty, Gender Inequality Contributing to Spread of HIV in ... (
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=42440
)
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Poverty, gender inequality and discrimination are hampering efforts
to curb the spread of HIV in the Caribbean, speakers at the Caribbean
Summit on HIV/AIDS ...
 
The Trouble With Diversity (
http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/500/ )
Raise the Hammer - Canada
America is currently obsessed with promoting diversity at the expense
of, and as a diversion to, the fact of massive and growing economic
inequality. ...
 
Awareness not enough to protect human rights (
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/174460 )
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Almost 60 years ago, the United Nations drafted the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, setting a framework for hundreds of
countries to conceive their ...
 
We must change way rape is addressed (
http://www.alligator.org/pt2/070124letter5.php )
Independent Florida Alligator - Gainesville,FL,USA
Rape is a violent act of sexism and represents the imbalance of power
between men and women. Instead of so-called safety seminars, how about
actually taking ...
 
 
 
 

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