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Sun Jul 8 08:28:13 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
July 8, 2007

 <http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/07/racism-in-the-bleachers/> Racism in
the Bleachers
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Much of the 'white noise' that follows Bonds from park to park has the feel
of something uglier than the typical, something akin to racism. ...

 <http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/204174.html> Indian docs face
racism
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
PTI Melbourne, July 7 :Paient's at an Australian hospital have refused to be
treated by several of the Indian-trained medical staff after two Indian
doctors ...

<http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2007/07/07/fired_female_o
fficer_sues_brandon_alleging_sex_discrimination> Fired female officer sues
Brandon, alleging sex discrimination
Boston Globe - United States
BRANDON, Vt. --A former police officer fired two month ago has filed a suit
seeking her job back, claiming sex discrimination and retaliation. ...

<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070707.E03&irec=
2> The growing discrimination against minorities in Malaysia
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
The last minute cancellation of an international inter-faith conference in
mid-May is the culmination of the crisis of religious freedom in Malaysia,
...

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/08/do080
3.xml> Can our broken society be fixed?
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
This is an underclass in which a child born into poverty today is more
likely to remain in poverty than at any time since the late 1960s. ...

<http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070707/NEW
S01/70707004/1002/NEWS> Anti-poverty groups call for organizing and action
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
(July 7, 2007) -- A Poor People's Independence Day gathering calls for more
organizing and a more responsive government. Charles Kellum, president of
Poor ...

<http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1528451.0.academics
_consider_portrayal_of_poor_in_soaps_and_talk_shows.php> Academics consider
portrayal of poor in soaps and talk shows
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Now researchers are to examine how programmes such as the Jeremy Kyle Show
are shaping views of poverty in the UK. Experts at Glasgow Caledonian
University ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/07/america/NA-GEN-US-NYC-Subsidizing
-Luxury.php> As New York City housing prices soar, debate over tax break
that ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... neighborhoods in Brooklyn such as Williamsburg and Bushwick. "Its
driving working class people and poor people out of these neighborhoods," he
said.

<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1100education/tm_headline=--8216-la
st-taboo--8217--of-gay-bullying-is-rife&method=full&objectid=19410187&siteid
=50082-name_page.html> 'Last taboo' of gay bullying is rife
ic Wales - United Kingdom
It shows that just 2% of teachers in Wales are aware of training to handle
homophobia in their schools and colleges. And although 38% said their
workplace ...

 <http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid47196.asp> UK schools told to be
tough on homophobia
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Teachers who ignore the casual use of "gay" and "queer" among students are
promoting the homophobic bullying that has become prevalent in UK .schools,
...

<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/business/yourmoney/08view.html?ref=yourmo
ney> Haves and Have-Nots of Globalization
New York Times - United States
By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN WHILE individual Americans debate the merits of
globalization, corporate America has already moved overseas, with dramatic
financial ...

 <http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/07in.htm> Why is inequality in
India not dropping?
Rediff - India
This article looks at the twin side of growth--inequality. Perhaps not
coincidentally, most who are pessimistic about Indian growth are also the
most gloomy ...

 <http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/7/2007&Cat=14&Num=001> God
save us from Blair
Tehran Times - Iran
By Shireen M. Mazari If there was any doubt at all about the revival of a
most threatening form of neo-imperialism emanating from the direction of the
US ...

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/hossein07072007.html> Parasitic Imperialism
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
Therefore, recent imperial policies of the United States can be called
parasitic imperialism because such policies of aggression are often prompted
not so ...

<http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/jh_dream_act_rally_070706.shtml
> Immigrants rights activists march to support DREAM Act
Fog City Journal - San Francisco,CA,USA
By John Han Immigrants' rights activists marched yesterday from Post and
Market St. to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza to show support for the ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/11342/1/380/> Unity makes a better
country possible
People's Weekly World - USA
... and continued by Bush who represents the historic forces of genocide,
slavery, militarism, exploitation of all workers, white supremacy and
sexism. ...

 <http://en.rian.ru/world/20070706/68505835.html> Some 50000 Tajikistanis
freed from slavery in 2002-2007
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
DUSHANBE, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - Some 50000 Tajiks forced into slave labor
in a number of former Soviet republics and some Asian nations were freed
between ...

 <http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=2&artid=200707060007> Cambodia:
Cambodian Women Rescued From Sexual Slavery In Malaysia ...
Sin Chew Daily - Malaysia
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Three Cambodian women who escaped from sexual slavery
in Malaysia last year were returned home this week, an aid group and
officials ...

 <http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=1344> Britain: The
Sham of Empire and Slavery
African Path - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Back in March, I posted a brief piece on the interruption of Britain 's
self-congratulatory celebration of the end of slavery by Toyin Agbetu from
Ligali. ...

 <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22031642-601,00.html>
Hospital staff in protest at racism
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
STAFF at the Gold Coast Hospital met government and medical officials
yesterday to protest against the racism they have endured since police
announced they ...

<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=9bffe825-1cd0-43cb
-b62a-d28ccde89781&k=26297> Muslim, Arab leaders call for public inquiry
into claims of ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO -- The recent allegations of a sexual assault of a Muslim girl at a
troubled Toronto high school is part of a pattern of discrimination against
...

 <http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=46052>
Breast Cancer Risk Higher Among Black Women Who Experienced Racial ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
The participants were asked whether they experienced "everyday"
discrimination, such as receiving inferior customer service or feeling that
others are ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR200707050
1774.html?hpid=sec-education> Black Teacher Wins Discrimination Case
Washington Post - United States
By Raymond McCaffrey An African American teacher in Howard County has been
awarded more than $200000 in damages after a jury found that she had been
...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/us/court-0712> Supreme Court pushes right
wing's agenda
Workers World - USA
In this political climate, the third pillar of the government--the
judiciary--has stepped in to deepen the attacks on oppressed peoples, the
working class in ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=13219>
Loss, Class, Empire and the Vicious Cognitive Consequences of ...
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
As race-class theorists and activists have long observed, racism has long
proved perversely attractive for white lower- and working-class struggling
with ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trudie-styler/justice-in-oil-well-hell_b_5515
4.html> Justice in Oil Well Hell
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
But few are aware that we face another serious environmental challenge: how
to hold oil companies accountable for creating hellish conditions in their
quest ...

 <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007823760> UN Report Says Asia
Sees Drop In Poverty But Rising Inequality
AHN - USA
... dollar a day has been cut by half, but inequality is also growing in
parts of the region, says a United Nations report, released on Tuesday in
Bangkok. ...

 <http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10407> Civil
Rights Group Examines Diversity in Media
Feminist Majority Foundation - USA
7/6/2007 Civil Rights Group Examines Diversity in Media - In order to bring
attention to the importance of, and lack of, diversity in mainstream media,
...

 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/majfud050707.html> The Repressed History
of the United States: Revolution ...
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,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.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=hquc4bfyd1.app5b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=6981&news_iv_ctrl=1261> A new CIA cover-up
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The crimes of imperialism should be revealed for all to see. So, what is
behind the CIA's decision to release files more than 30 years later? ...

 <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/06/news/visas.php> Immigration lawyers
to sue over US about-face on visas
International Herald Tribune - France
According to accounts Thursday by officials and lawyers, the immigrants were
caught in a confrontation between the two federal bodies that control the
...

 <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06298883.htm> Drummond faces
rights charges from Colombian mine
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
In a civil case that lawyers say could set a precedent for US companies
accused of human rights abuses abroad, privately held Drummond denies
involvement in ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5536/1/270/> Civil
Rights Groups Form Coalition, Develop Plan for High School ...
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
By Eddie Thomas Several of the nation's largest civil rights organizations
representing communities of color unveiled a strategic plan for high school
... 

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