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from Paul C. Gorski
June 19, 2007

 <http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL193680420070619> OECD jobs
report shows darker side of globalization
Reuters - USA
By Brian Love, European Economics Correspondent PARIS (Reuters) -
Globalization should be a winner for all, but people are earning less of the
wealth ...

 <http://mathaba.net/news/?x=555991> White supremacy and the truth about
black youth crime in Britain
Mathaba.Net - London,UK
Let me be clear that when I use the term "white supremacy" that I am
referring to the structured and systemized forms of discrimination, ...

 <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7612.shtml> Words
of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
They are women addressing the converging issues, the "double jeopardy," the
"triple consciousness" of racism, sexism and classism that impact upon Black
...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/19/18428553.php> Dear Arnold:
Immigrants Do Want to Learn English
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
NAM commentator Domenico Maceri says that immigrants do want to learn, but
learning takes time and resources. Maceri teaches foreign languages at Allan
...

 <http://tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=2236> Slavery Ring in China
Busted, 168 Arrested
ToTheCenter.com - Malverne,NY,USA
China's human rights troubles are far from over as Chinese authorities spent
much of the weekend arresting hundreds as part of a slavery ring bust that
has ...

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/23c1c5ebe3d539f30d3fcd25f5456
a2a.htm> ZIMBABWE: Slavery has been 'legalised' say rights advocates
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... was condemned by human rights lawyers in a recent statement, The
Legitimisation of Contemporary Forms of Slavery - The Case of Farm Workers
in Zimbabwe. ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/us/boston-0621> Boston LGBT communities come
out against war & racism
Workers World - USA
After weeks of struggle many different queer communities in Boston united
and came out against war and racism on June 9 in a big way that suggests a
major ...

 <http://blog.al.com/forthelove/2007/06/charges_of_institutional_racis.html>
Charges of institutional racism in the Church of England
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
According to the Sunday Telegraph, the report says little has been done to
confront "institutional racism." The report was commissioned by the
Archbishops ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/18/18428421.php> Another World Is
Possible: Join NOW at the 2007 US Social Forum
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... be panelists on workshops including Feminism: Gender, Race and Class;
Women Make Media, Not War; and Advancing US Women's Rights Through Global
Feminism.

 <http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=26158> Severe child poverty
GMTV - UK
As many as 1.3 million children in the UK are living in severe poverty, a
report revealed today. Research found that around one in 10 children are in
...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200706181741.html> Africa: Women's
Entrepreneurial Efforts Thwarted By Discrimination ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The rampant gender-based discrimination hampering African women's success in
business must be tackled through policy and programmes, according to a new
...

<http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/06/18/104831/social-exclusion-
and-discrimination-fuel-black-overrepresentation-in-criminal-justice-system-
mps.html> Social exclusion and discrimination fuel black overrepresentation
...
Communitycare.co.uk - Sutton,UK
A combination of social exclusion and discrimination is fuelling the
overrepresentation of young black people in the criminal justice system, ...

<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070618.H08&irec=8
> Existing RI laws uphold discrimination against women
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Since entering the reform era, Indonesian leaders and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) have been working toward eliminating all forms of
discrimination ...

 <http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/18/stories/2007061852810400.htm> Educational
inequity high in State: expert
Hindu - Chennai,India
KOCHI: Kerala may be the most literate State in India, but educational
inequity is acute here, says Abusaleh Shariff, who was member-secretary of
the ...

<http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=47186&sid=14
117720&con_type=1> Gap wider between rich and poor
The Standard - Hong Kong
The Gini coefficient is commonly used to indicate income inequality in a
society. It is a number which has a value between zero and one. ...

<http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/jun/18/fools_gold_exploitation
_and_the_new_economy> Fools Gold: Exploitation and the New Economy
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
It's a standin metaphor for how obscenely off-kilter inequality in the world
tilts workers in developing nations away from production that would actually
...

<http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21926034-5001031,00.htm
l> Preschool funding inequality
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By Sue Dunlevy IS IT fair that some of Sydney's richest postcodes get
government-funded preschools that charge just $2 a day while some of the
state's ...

 <http://www.monthlyreview.org/0507dd.htm> Who Could Have Imagined?
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
Who these days could possibly think that the full development of human
potential is compatible with patriarchy, racism, imperialism or hierarchy,
...

 <http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/23581/> Thousands
of Girls in Guinea Face Abuse As Domestic Workers
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
... and many are victims of trafficking," said Juliane Kippenberg, a
children's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch and the author of the
report. ...

 <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7562.shtml> Long
Time Coming: An Insider's Story of the Birmingham Church ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
It gives us a better look at the lengths some would go in order to uphold
the ideology of white supremacy. Written in a style that is accessible to
general ...

 <http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=550> From Imus to
Africa: Racism Here, There, Everywhere
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
by Jan Baumgartner Racism continues to be a primary issue in this country,
and the world. And truth is, we will never give a damn about the genocide in
...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5431/1/266/> Violence
of the Master, Violence of the Slave
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
That is to say, the master's violence over the slave is invisible in a state
of slavery, just as in a state of oppression the force that sustains it uses
...

 <http://www.tribstar.com/opinion/local_story_166204334.html> Thomas L.
Steiger: Could US policies be promoting world poverty?
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA
My conclusion is that US policy promotes world poverty. Fact 1: In April, a
federal government-funded study on the effectiveness of abstinence-only sex
...

 <http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1754234620070617> New UN
human rights body faces moment of truth
Reuters - USA
By Richard Waddington GENEVA (Reuters) - The chairman of the United Nations
new human rights watchdog on Sunday presented members with
"take-it-or-leave-it" ...

 <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7466.shtml> Black
universities and colleges working toward environmental ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
Seeing a need for action, Xavier University, in 1992, created the Deep South
Center for Environmental Justice. The center now serves low-income and
minority ...

 <http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_168143054.html> Immigrants Head To
Washington To Rally For Reform
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
(CBS4) MIAMI Marching for a 'Dream', hundreds immigrants from across the
country are heading to Washington DC in hopes of reviving immigration law
reform. ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/15/america/NA-GEN-US-Schwarzenegger-
Immigration.php> Schwarzenegger: Immigrants should avoid Spanish-language
media to ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Schwarzenegger told the journalists Wednesday night that immigrants should
avoid Spanish-language media if they want to learn English quickly. ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/11251/1/376> Apologizing for
slavery and segregation
People's Weekly World - USA
So, why the silence here in the US, where slavery continued for nearly 50
years after the British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Act in ...

<http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/american_muslim_
civil_rights_cases_jumped_25_last_year/0014055> American Muslim Civil Rights
Cases Jumped 25% Last Year
American Muslim - Bridgeton,MO,USA
(WASHINGTON, DC, 6/14/2007) - A report released today by a prominent
national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group indicates a 25 percent
increase in the ...

 <http://www.pressportal.co.za/content/view/505/56/> Challenges of poverty
facing South Africa in a post apartheid era
My Pressportal (press release) - Cape Town,West Cape,South Africa
At the heart of this redress is the reduction of poverty and inequality. But
just how much has been changed? Poverty and Policy in Post-Apartheid South
...

 <http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_165115953.html> Fort Collins
Shelter Accused Of Discrimination
cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA
A Fort Collins homeless shelter was accused of discrimination for allegedly
kicking out a man because of his sexual orientation. John Garon, 34, said he
had ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/06/061407padisc.htm> Bill Would Ban LGBT
Discrimination In Pennsylvania
365Gay.com - USA
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Legislation to
prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has
been ...

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