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from Paul C. Gorski
June 17, 2007

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jun2007/iso-j16.shtml> The struggle
against war demands a break with the Democratic Party ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Our task is to prepare the working class for the political tasks that such a
mass movement will face: a ruthless break not only with the Democrats, ...

<http://bostonnow.com/community/blogs/oldmole/2007/06/15/emc-corporations-pa
trick-administration-connection/> EMC Corporation's Patrick Administration
Connection
BostonNOW - Boston,MA,USA
So don't expect the Patrick Administration to resist the continued
"corporatization" of the US public school system in states like
Massachusetts and New ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=13078> US
SOCIAL FORUM
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Our focus is on environmental justice, labor justice, youth empowerment and
youth organizing, and border justice. Cutting across all of those areas, ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=13079> The
Color of Law On the Pope, Paternalism and Purifying the Savages
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Look at the Christian Right's endorsement of Bush as "God's President," as
he presides over the largest transfer of wealth in the nation's history, ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jun2007/wage-j16.shtml> US: Education no
escape from stagnant wages
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Their findings refute the claim that social inequality is the result of an
increased demand for educated workers, itself the product of technological
change ...

 <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7468.shtml> At war,
home and abroad - African Americans during the Second ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
were adapted for the domestic battle against white supremacy which
threatened to crush them in the Arizona desert. Throughout this section,
Black soldiers ...

 <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7465.shtml>
Derailing student tracking: SCLC, others strive to eliminate ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
That is part of the problem. Society still carries the baggage of classism
and racism and that baggage will flow into the school system.

<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C17%5Cstory_17-6-2
007_pg7_15> British counter-terrorism laws undermine human rights: Asma
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
Such laws are widely believed to target the British Muslim population and
"undermine the human rights of all," said Special Rapporteur on freedom of
...

<http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070616/NEWS09/70616023
> NJ becomes 9th state to ban transgender discrimination
Journal and Courier - Lafayette,IN,USA
The law also bans discrimination in credit, business contracts and public
accommodations such as stores or restaurants. Labor law posters at work
places ...

 <http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid46381.asp> Gay cops rally against
discrimination
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Carney, who won a 1993 discrimination suit against his department in
Springfield, Mass., helped found the New England chapter of the Gay Officers
Action ...

 <http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/06/17/wld01.asp> Rising military
expenditure spiking world poverty
Sunday Observer - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Poverty has increased in direct proportion to war expenditure, for instance.
Even the US could be guilty of this distorted sense of priorities. ...

<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-white-appeal-a
nd-the-perverse-racial-politics-of-the-post-civil-rights-era/> Barack
Obama's White Appeal and the Perverse Racial Politics of ...
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
... of a minority of privileged blacks and the related class bifurcation of
the black community has long played in the preservation of white privilege.
...

<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-slaves16jun16,1,2848243
.story?coll=la-headlines-world&track=crosspromo> China to probe brickyard
slavery
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The latest scandal -- the slavery at the brick factories -- might not have
come to light had a group of 400 men with missing sons not sent out a
collective ...

<http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_david_co_070615_the_new_slavery.htm
> The New Slavery
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Globalism is but a synonym for slavery, the hunt for the cheapest workforce
on the planet, so how could the inevitable outcome of slavery be a surprise
to ...

 <http://www.neurope.eu/view_news.php?id=75080> Human trafficking is the new
slavery now
New Europe - Brussels,Belgium
If slavery seemed to be abolished in civilized countries long ago, it's back
- in many European countries, and should be stopped somehow, Members of the
...

<http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/15/affirmative-action-foe-appointed-to-civ
il-rights-panel/> Affirmative action foe appointed to Civil Rights panel.
Think Progress - Washington,DC,USA
"In a state with such a rich history of civil rights and union activism, it
is most disappointing that the US Commission on Civil Rights chose a ...

 <http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20070614182904678> Gay Rights Under Attack
in Russia
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
The two organizations documented the violence and urged legal protections
for freedom of assembly for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
people. ...

 <http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=79699&sID=16>
To Destroy The Rest Of Us
Amsterdam News - Baltimore,MD,USA
In other words white America has understood for a long time where it must go
in order to maintain white supremacy and true world dominance. ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=21&ItemID=13070>
Dominant Media Taboos: Why I've Been Skipping to the Sports
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Growing economic inequality in the US is another example. This topic is
receiving welcome and increasing media attention after thirty five years in
which ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5428/1/32/> The
Supreme Court vs. Health Care Workers
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
... Southern white supremacy Democrats played a powerful role because of
their "seniority" (it helped that they weren't running in competitive
elections. ...

 <http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/06/14/opinion/opinion_30036817.php>
Stamping out human trafficking
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok,Thailand
Human trafficking as a distinct human-rights violation became an
international issue only in the past decade or so after the world finally
came to the ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200706150911.html> Ghana: Chief Justice Woode
And the Plight of Women
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
While appointments such as that of Justice Woode ought to be encouraged, I
think the real front in the war for gender equity is in the lives of
ordinary ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/06/061507girls.htm> Study Finds Lesbian
Teens Face More Violence Than Straight Kids
365Gay.com - USA
by The Canadian Press (Vancouver, British Columbia) A new report says gay,
lesbian and bisexual teens in British Columbia face more violence and health
...

<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/15/civil_righ
ts_complaints_rose_in_2006_muslim_group_reports> Civil rights complaints
rose in 2006, Muslim group reports
Boston Globe - United States
By David Morgan, Reuters | June 15, 2007 WASHINGTON -- The number of civil
rights complaints by Muslims in the United States jumped 25 percent in 2006,
...

 <http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6879> Liberation: Its
purpose, its goals
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The US working class is bombarded with plenty of news on television, on the
Internet and in print. These publications are almost all corporate-owned,
...

 <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007657316> NYC Teen Named Osama
Sues City For Discrimination
AHN - USA
... administration and the Board of Education for the alleged racial and
discrimination their son had faced for more than two years because of his
name. ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/13/18427152.php> New York Times
Preaches Inequality is Good to Wealthy Readers
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
This is what those in the advertising business call synergy between a
publications news and advertising; those who do not see rising inequality as
a product ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4639.html> 75% of Brighton
gays have suffered abuse
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
Research into the levels of homophobia on the streets of the UK's gayest
city has revealed that three-quarters of gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans
residents ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jun2007/forb-j14.shtml> Forbidden
Hollywood: three films from Hollywood's pre-Production ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Waterloo Bridge (1931), Red-Headed Woman (1932) and Baby Face (1933) feature
three working class women who use men to better themselves economically
and/or ...

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