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from Paul C. Gorski
July 18, 2007

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/57076/> A cruel distortion of history
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... racial awareness is the price we all pay for the sin of the fathers,
founding a nation on the basis of white supremacy and on the backs of black
slaves. ...

 <http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00192.htm> Slave Trade Still Exists
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
So what about New Zealand - what could you do if you knew there was slavery
in your chocolate, in your coffee or in your sportswear? ...

 <http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1112982007> Uncovering Scotland's
slavery role
Scotsman - United Kingdom
The concept of slavery in the modern era is unthinkable. When referred to,
it's usually thought of in an 18th or 19th century American context, ...

<http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i
d=97005&Itemid=266> Ont. tribal council launches human rights complaints
over ...
Prince George Citizen - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada
Mushkegowuk Council calls the problem part of the "systemic racism" that
exists within the government. Mushkegowuk Council launched human rights
complaints ...

 <http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/17/c7047.html> Canada
soft on Human Rights Abuses in Colombia
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
"In a situation that has left thousands of union and human rights activists
dead." According to Amnesty International, Colombia is one of the most
dangerous ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/16/18435774.php> Jim Crow
Injustice in Jena, Louisiana
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Black community in Jena and people from across Louisiana and Texas have
come together to support the Jena 6 and fight the injustice of their trials.
...

<http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.1552141.0.0.
php> Who will pay to end the shame of child poverty?
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Or rather, is there an actual connection between poverty and inequality? The
good people at the Joseph Rowntree Trust (JRT) report that wealth
differentials ...

<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/consumer_affairs/artic
le2090632.ece> Poverty gap 'widest in 40 years'
Times Online - UK
British society is becoming increasingly divided. The gap between rich and
poor is at its widest for 40 years, research from the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation ...

 <http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/192363.html> Walgreen Co. agrees
to proposed $20 million settlement of ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By DIANE STAFFORD A class action lawsuit against Walgreen Co., prompted by a
discrimination complaint from an African-American store manager in Kansas
City, ...

 <http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1115312007> EU pay gap shows sexual
discrimination
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... measured by average gross hourly wages, against 17 percent in 1995,
showing little progress on sexual discrimination in the job market. ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=qamo5vzn51.app1b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=7030&news_iv_ctrl=1261> A word from globalization's
'have-nots'
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
Globalization is part and parcel of imperialism's domination of the world
economy. Imperialist countries, like the United States, Japan, Britain, ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/17/18435967.php> Haiti: Labor
Press Release on State Privatization
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Would the privatization of the State sector be a mandatory path, the law on
the CMEP is very specific on the way the State should proceed, regarding
their ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200707170026.html> Zimbabwe: US Fails Global
Leadership
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The billion-dollar charity industry is meant to wipe out evils like famines,
oppression, disease, poverty, starvation and homelessness while promoting
...

 <http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,,2128705,00.html> Urban Britain
is heading for Victorian levels of inequality
Guardian Unlimited - UK
With the personal wealth of the richest 1% now controlling 24% of the
national share, it seems we are heading towards Victorian levels of
inequality. ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12460> Privatisation in the
NHS in the name of 'tackling inequality'
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
by Yuri Prasad A government-backed review of NHS services in London last
week could lead to wholesale closures of accident and emergency wards, ...

 <http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0715/07152007_ilo%20conf.htm> Emerging Perils For
Workers' Interests
People's Democracy - 
Citing the case of inequality in income, it noted, "When national income
increasingly goes to the owners of capital rather than to workers,
inequality in ...

 <http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=3801> Patriarchy & Sexism in Hip Hop
Starts with Awareness & Empathy
ThugLifeArmy.com - USA
Sexism is a consequence and symptom of a society that practices patriarchy.
Politically, wage differences between men and women are symptomatic of ...

 <http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5621> What will it take for Black men to
heal?
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis-St. Paul,Minnesota,USA
But oppression has had a devastating effect on us. To heal -- indeed, to
survive in the future -- we will have to develop and run programs that speak
to our ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=35&ItemID=13292>
Notes on the Young Left, from Two of Its Own
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
We are struggling to change a society which depends upon multiple and
reciprocal systems of oppression and domination for its survival. ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200707160837.html> Kenya: The Face of Modern
Day Slavery
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
For thousands of labourers working in tea and sisal farms, slavery never
ended. To them the long hours, meagre pay, poor housing, and hand to-mouth
survival ...

 <http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/jul/book071607.html> New book lauds the
role of women in African revolutions
University of Delaware - Newark,DE,USA
The book, published by Africa World Press, also explores the negative
effects of globalization on African economies, with examples from
Mozambique, ...

<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118455505265667330.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
How Racism Affects the Mind -- and Body
Wall Street Journal - USA
Research into the physical effects of racism on its victims could help
explain a disparity in health across races and reframe racism as a health
issue. ...

 <http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=6794432> Wasco County bans
discrimination based on sexual orientation
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
(AP) - The Wasco County Court has voted unanimously to ban discrimination
based on sexual orientation. The Eastern Oregon county becomes the 13th
Oregon ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=9&ItemID=13301>
UniVive! Privatization and Murder in the Universidad de Valle
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
As the third largest of Colombia´s 14 remaining public universities it has
much to lose from privatization. It is currently baring the full weight by a
...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/health-care-in-america-s_b_56438.htm
l> Health Care in America: Sorry, Not For Everyone
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
One can take it as a given that any working class family without health
insurance sharply limits visits to physicians and clinics for preventive
health-care ...

 <http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/072007/07152007/298742> End
homophobia masked as morality
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
The latest example of ecclesiastical homophobia ["Lutherans drop gay pastor
from rolls," July 6] makes one wonder how anyone could be a member of such a
...

<http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18588959&BRD=2289&PAG=461&de
pt_id=472539&rfi=6> Myths by global warming deniers confronted
Midland Daily News - Midland,MI,USA
By Peter Sinclair There are a number of myths that global warming deniers
rely on to confuse the public and obfuscate the issue of Climate Change, ...

<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070715/OPI
NION02/707130362/1014/OPINION> Examine beliefs of founders
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
One of the most enduring myths, perpetrated mainly by the Republican Party,
in cahoots with the Christian Right, is that the United States was founded
to be ...

<http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/07/15/how_racism_
hurts____literally> How racism hurts -- literally
Boston Globe - United States
Black women who pointed to racism as a source of stress in their lives, the
researchers found, developed more plaque in their carotid arteries -- an
early ...

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