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from Paul C. Gorski
July 22, 2007

 <http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=2365> Poverty
Reduction
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
Poverty is a denial of human rights and the very antithesis of development.
Its eradication thus is the overarching national and international target.
...

<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=church-faces-
payout-over-gay-discrimination-case&method=full&objectid=19476692&siteid=500
82-name_page.html> Church faces payout over gay discrimination case
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The victory has been hailed a triumph for gays battling against
discrimination by the Church of England establishment. Mr Reaney, from
Colwyn Bay, ...

<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=iol118491384811
5W513> Sexism rife, so Winnie cries freedom
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Hanti Otto Former ANC Women's League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
has decried the fact that 13 years into democracy there are still many black
...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/22/business/NA-FIN-Global-Auto-Worke
rs-Intro.php> Auto workers see a global industry shift in their paychecks
and ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP NEW YORK: The increasing globalization of the auto industry has brought
change, uncertainty, and in some cases, a ton of worries to the thousands of
men ...

 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,2131977,00.html> China's
disabled children are sold into slavery as beggars
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... a curved spine and legs that can carry her only in a spider-like walk,
tells us how she was sold into what amounted to a life of slavery in
Beijing. ...

 <http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/202300> Column: Daily shocks of
racism still the norm in 2007
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
As an African-American in Madison in 2007, you still get daily shocks of
racism. It can be a trip to any service provider, and there are the glaring
...

<http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200707200627/poverty_report_shows_ineq
uality_worse> Poverty report shows inequality worse
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
The first of a series of reports into inequality and hardship in New Zealand
shows inequality was worse in 2004 than two decades earlier. ...

<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070721.F04&irec=
3> Inequality in Indonesia higher education a real threat
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
For Indonesia it has led to rigorous inequality for higher education. In the
past decades the government has done a good job in eliminating inequality in
...

<http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/9/news/10935/PageName/News_in_EN
GLISH> Wealth inequality in Britain at its highest level in 40 years
Londra Toplum Postas - London,UK
A new way of measuring wealth and poverty trends in Britain has found that
inequality levels are at their highest in 40 years. A new way of measuring
wealth ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=74&ItemID=13347>
France, Women, Revolution
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
By taking the double oppression of working class women as her jumping off
point, Thomas draws a picture of working class Paris in 1870. ...

 <http://www.lavendermagazine.com/artman/publish/article_4622.php>
Gay-Straight Alliances Growing
Lavender Magazine - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The number of Gay-Straight Alliances registered with the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has surpassed 3500. ...

 <http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070719215824542> North
Carolina: An Open Letter to the ACRe Community and Friends
Infoshop News - USA
However, sexual assault is not a personal problem; it is a community problem
and a form of systematic oppression. Because we have all been raised within
a ...

 <http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/IG21Dk01.html> The new
imperialism
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
... of abuses that Asian countries have accepted for the well-being of
American and European consumers. If that's not imperialism by another name,
what is?

 <http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070721/mathtrek.asp> Math as a Civil
Right
Science News - USA
Mathematics literacy is a new civil rights battleground, according to the
renowned activist and political organizer Robert Parris Moses. ...

 <http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070720/news/news4.html> Human
rights group condemns American deportation policy
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
An international human rights group says contrary to popular belief, many
Caribbean and other immigrants deported from the United States are a "far
cry from ...

<http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144694&command=displ
ayContent&sourceNode=144660&contentPK=17882828&folderPk=83364&pNodeId=144659
> POVERTY AND EQUALITY ON THE INCREASE
The Cornishman - Truro,England,UK
Poverty and inequality in many parts of the South West have reached levels
not seen for 40 years, according to new research.And a greater percentage of
...

<http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1559993.0.city_poverty_link_
to_heart_disease.php> City poverty link to heart disease
Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
GLASGOW'S high rate of heart disease is directly linked to poverty, says a
new report out today. A survey of 25000 men and women in Glasgow found ...

<http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/07/20/coalition-targets-pay-discrimina
tion/> Coalition targets pay discrimination
Politics on the Hudson - White Plains,NY,USA
Hillary Rodham Clinton and a bipartisan group of 14 Senators introduced a
bill today to overturn the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 ruling on pay
discrimination ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=11a6mnedj2.app7b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=7049&news_iv_ctrl=1261> Failing by design: the public
education crisis
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
At San Leandro High school, a predominantly working-class Bay Area school,
six guidance counselors are assigned to 2500 students. The counselors' roles
are ...

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/garcia07162007.html> Property is Racism
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
It is the mania for control, rather then merely religious bigotry or
fanatical avarice, that fuels the drive for white supremacy. ...

 <http://www.nbc4.com/news/13718020/detail.html> Advocacy Group: Illegal
Immigrants Living In Fear In Loudoun Co.
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON -- A Hispanic advocacy group said some illegal immigrants in
Loudoun County, Va., are living in fear because of a resolution passed
earlier this ...

 <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/19/opinion/edburma.php> When
diplospeak clashes with human rights
International Herald Tribune - France
... is that it comes just after the International Committee of the Red Cross
took the unusual step of denouncing the junta's human rights abuses. ...

<http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=4&STORY_ID=3334&PUB_TEMPL
ATE_ID=2> Mission teacher fights for anti-homophobia policy
Xtra.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Now 50 and a school teacher himself at Christine Morrison Elementary School
in Mission, Ross says he'd like his school board to pass an anti-homophobia
...

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