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from Paul C. Gorski
July 1, 2007

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/78211.html> Demonstrators launch
anti-poverty campaign in Japan
Earthtimes.org - USA
Tokyo - More than 630 people gathered in central Tokyo Sunday to join hands
to launch a nationwide anti-poverty campaign and took it to the streets to
...

<http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=for-gord-s-sake--save-our-kids
-from-poverty--&method=full&objectid=19386267&siteid=64736-name_page.html>
FOR GORD'S SAKE, SAVE OUR KIDS FROM POVERTY
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
It mapped out the routes and causes of children born into poverty who,
because of the start they got in life, would never, ever, get out of it. ...

 <http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6276586> Equal educational
opportunity - we're not there yet
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
In Brown, the court issued a moral and constitutional imperative to
eradicate racial injustice and isolation in our public schools. ...

 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/716/37192> Howard 'fighting one injustice
with more injustice'
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... for going along with the plan, while Aboriginal activist Jimmy Everett
pointed out that PM John Howard is fighting one injustice with more
injustice. ...

 <http://www.managingdiversity.co.uk/news_article.php?ID=18196000> Sexuality
discrimination 'must end'
Diversity News - Bradford,West Yorkshire,UK
But he warned that more must be done to tackle homophobia in the workplace
in light of figures showing 40 per cent of gay and lesbian employees have
been ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/editorials/venezuela-0705> Oil for profit or
for people?
Workers World - USA
The closing of RCTV is really a struggle between imperialism, and all those
who have been privileged collaborators with it, and a popularly elected ...

<http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/06/28/rolling_back_indigenous_rights.
php> Rolling Back Indigenous Rights
TomPaine.com - Washington,DC,USA
For the right, history is there to reshape for their agenda and treaties
matter little in their march to advance white privilege. ...

 <http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10530> Eight
skinheads and '14 Words'
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
The first white supremacy demonstration in Spokane in five years occurred
Saturday outside the Spokane County Courthouse, just a block away from the
...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR200706290
2201.html> Same-Sex NJ Couples Find That Employers Can Get Around New Rules
Washington Post - United States
But civil unions aren't giving us the legal rights we hoped for." Since the
movement to win legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples began in
earnest ...

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/aboriginal-poverty-neglect-is-our-own-b
ackyard/2007/06/30/1182624231339.html> Aboriginal poverty, neglect is our
own backyard
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
AS troops and doctors descend on the Top End to tackle the national
indigenous crisis, NSW communities are quietly waging battles of their own.
...

 <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/6/prweb536901.htm> Students Challenged
to Take a Stand Against Racism
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The Say No To Racism campaign has information on the organization's website
at http://www.saynotoracism.org School officials or student councils can
order ...

 <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38379> US-IRAQ: Blackwater Blues
for Dead Contractors' Families
IPS - Italy
Erik Prince's Blackwater USA was no longer under the radar. For the past
three years, the families of the dead contractors have been trying to find
out what ...

 <http://www.themilitant.com/2007/7127/712720.html> How to fight for
'another world'
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
In their voracious quest for profit, the US rulers are on the offensive
against the wages, working conditions, and living standards of the working
class in ...

<http://www.sundayherald.com/business/businessnews/display.var.1510716.0.eco
nomic_comment.php> Economic Comment
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
As the number of extremely wealthy people has increased, we have seen an
increase in income inequality within nations, especially in the emerging
economies. ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5497/1/268/> The
Repressed History of the United States: Revolution ...
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
By Jorge Majfud Taking advantage of another anniversary of the birth of
George Washington, president George W. Bush used the occasion to compare the
...

<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=alD.8.7tUjow&refer=home
> High Court in School Race Case Forgets History: Ann Woolner
Bloomberg - USA
... were the dismantlers of laws and institutions that enshrined white
supremacy as official policy and kept black citizens in subservient status.
...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-cray/kbrs-giant-new-contract_b_54269.
html> KBR's Giant New Contract
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... providing contract oversight, processing of FOIA requests, even counting
our votes -- the corporatization has gone to ridiculous extremes. ...

<http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=articl
e&sid=1016> Summer Reading: Benezet's Anti-Slavery Writings
texascivilrightsreview.org - Austin,TX,USA
>From the remarkable recent collection of Benezet's anti-slavery writings: To
Be Silent Would be Criminal: the Anti-Slavery Influence and Writings of
Anthony ...

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/5f3559890325d61ca44dece4676cea
a8.htm> Australia: Policies to 'Defend Marriage' Harm Families
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Last year the government ordered Australian embassies not to issue
certificates of unmarried status to Australian citizens seeking to marry a
gay or lesbian ...

<http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=20
07-06-29T160337Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-282416-1.xml&archived=False> Gays
to get equal status under new Thai charter
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Writers of Thailand's post-coup constitution agreed on
Friday to give gay, lesbian, transgender and transvestite groups official
status ...

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/world/asia/30afghan.html?ref=world> US
Account of Afghan Deaths at Odds With Head of Rights Group
New York Times - United States
If Mr. Gul, the human rights advocate, is correct, the events in Nangarhar
on Friday could be the result of another in a series of tragic mistakes. ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/lifestylechannel/family/062907family.htm> Forgotten
Inequality
365Gay.com - USA
Most of us, for example, don't know about the often dangerous inequality
facing GLBT prisoners. GLBT prisoners are raped. They are isolated. ...

 <http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420221> Nearly Two
Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Fighting ...
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
Twenty two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf region of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, residents are still fighting to save
their ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5495/1/32/> What Do
the Cheney Controversy and Other Bush Scandals Really Mean?
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Both democratic-minded capitalists and the working class and its allies in
the peace movement, the civil rights movement, the environmental movement,
...

<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070629.CAFILLER29/TPStor
y/Business> Discrimination reported as a continuing issue in US
Globe and Mail - Canada
And 21 per cent of all workers say they have witnessed discrimination or
unfair treatment against a diverse colleague, according to the study of
nearly 1000 ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/29/asia/AS-GEN-India-AIDS-discrimina
tion.php> Hospital in north India to probe claims of discrimination by HIV
...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP LUCKNOW, India: A hospital in north India is investigating a complaint
made by an HIV-positive woman that her husband was forced to deliver her
baby ...

 <http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=41328&sc=58> First Nations
protest 'social injustice' at border demonstration
The Amherst Daily - Amherst,Nova Scotia,Canada
... border on the eve of the Canada Day weekend in the hopes of raising
awareness on what they call an injustice to the First Nations people of
Canada. ...

 <http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0628-09.htm> NAACP Remains Steadfast
in Ending Death Penalty & Fighting ...
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
WASHINGTON - JUNE 28 -The NAACP will not back down in its fight to end
capital punishment in America. In remarks made before a Senate Judiciary
Committee ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200706290756.html> Africa: No Poverty
Reduction Without Human Rights, Democratic ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Joseph Yav argues that poverty alleviation requires a holistic approach with
cooperation and collaboration between all stakeholders including
governments. ...

 <http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/30/1966496.htm?section=justin>
Canadian Aboriginals protest against poverty
ABC Online - Australia
Canadian Aboriginal groups have staged protests across the country to bring
attention to poverty, health and social problems facing Indigenous people
living ...

 <http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_3153> Wal-Mart pushed to
improve poor civil rights record
Workday Minnesota - St. Paul,MN,USA
The theme of the protest: "Think Wal-Mart Isn'ta Civil Rights Issue? Think
Again." Currently, more than 2 million female Wal-Mart employees or former
...

<http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/news/2007/06/28/University/Racism.Makes.Us
.Sick.Doctors.Say-2919680.shtml> Racism makes us sick, doctors say
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel - Chapel Hill,NC,USA
This was one of the messages of Monday's 13th annual Summer Public Health
Research Institute and Videoconference at UNC, "Does Racism Make Us Sick?
...

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