[EdChange] Social Justice News

Thu Jun 28 11:57:55 EDT 2007

EdChange Social Justice News
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from Paul C. Gorski
June 28, 2007

<http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/06/27/gays-lesbians-and-bisexuals-for-
clinton/> Gays, lesbians and bisexuals for Clinton
Politics on the Hudson - White Plains,NY,USA
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender supporters already have held two
fundraisers for Clinton, according to the campaign. "From her efforts to
defeat the ...

<http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/6/28/lifeliving/181423
40&sec=lifeliving> Where peace reigns
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Honestly speaking, although we brag about the "harmony" we have among the
many races here in Malaysia, racism still rears its ugly head. ...

 <http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGEUR550122007> Azerbaijan: Discrimination
and segregation compound problems of ...
Amnesty International - USA
One of the largest populations of internally displaced people per capita in
the world faces discrimination, segregation and an uncertain future, ...

<http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/06/gulf-watch-hearing-spotlight
s-workplace.asp> Gulf Watch: Hearing spotlights workplace injustice in
post-Katrina ...
Facing South - Durham,NC,USA
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) held a hearing yesterday on the adequacy of
labor law enforcement in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200706270744.html> Africa: Poverty Can
Separate A Child From Family - Halifa Sallah
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
He said that today these people are adults, "Adults still living in poverty,
adults still living shattered lives. It is unfortunate that we are yet to
...

 <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070716/lieberman> The Medicare
Privatization Scam
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
On the other is the insurance industry, which is spending millions and
lobbying hard to put Medicare on a fast track to privatization, a goal long
sought by ...

 <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27351272.htm> Jury finds Citgo
guilty of violating Clear Air Act
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
"Not only was the Clean Air Act on trial, but environmental justice was on
trial and we won," said Suzie Canales. US Judge John Rainey will determine
what ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5487/1/32/> Book
Review: Flight, by Sherman Alexie
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
It locates the personal and internal human life within the framework of
history and a system of racial supremacy that produces a cycle of division,
...

 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12187> Alevanta! - Benjamin
Escoriza | Thirty years of Rock Against Racism
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Alevanta! is the first solo album by Benjamin Escoriza, the former lead
singer of the seminal Spanish band Radio Tarifa. Radio Tarifa pioneered a
crossover ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-madrak/a-class-by-himself_b_53607.html>
A Class By Himself
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
He's fat, rumpled and as working class as they come. He didn't graduate from
college, and he has little patience with intellectualism for its own sake
...

 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-burger/the-new-york-times_b_53868.html>
The New York Times Gets It Wrong on Edwards' Work On Poverty
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
But to suggest, as the New York Times recently did, that John Edwards' work
on poverty is anything less than honorable is just plain wrong. ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/52343/> Caucasian Please! America's
Cultural Double Standard For Misogyny ...
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Seems it isn't sexism that the dominant culture is opposed to, but rather
the black voices communicating the message. Editor's note: Despite the
firing of ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12216> Why are the big
charities involved in public services?
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
But the structures and policies at the top mean there are elements which
reinforce capitalism, the class system and inequality. ...

<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=157524&ve
rsion=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26> Unskilled workers losing out in the
West
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
By Ashley Seager LONDON: Globalisation has reduced the bargaining power of
unskilled workers and pushed up inequality in many Western countries, ...

 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6736418,00.html> 150000 gay
pupils suffer abuse
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Section 28 was repealed in 2003 but the Stonewall report suggested most gay
pupils were still being bullied. Nearly all the 1100 gay, lesbian and
bisexual ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4746.html> 80% of gay
community suffer abuse
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
Yet for many, including Stonewall Cymru, present legislation does not go far
enough in protecting those who experience homophobia. ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/55015/> Assimilation is a Double-Edged
Sword for Immigrants
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
And part of the assimilation into whiteness meant the adoption of white
racial attitudes. Black Puerto Rican author Piri Thomas described the
generational ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=h1ufmd73td.app5b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=6915&news_iv_ctrl=1261> Palestine crisis fomented by US
imperialism
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
refugees living in the one of the most densely crowded areas of the world.
More than 120 fighters and civilians were killed and hundreds more wounded
in ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4742.html> 75% of gay kids in
faith schools suffer homophobic bullying
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
92% of gay, lesbian and bisexual pupils have experienced verbal abuse, 41%
physical bullying and 17% have been subject to death threats. ...

 <http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=24438> Haitian refugees:
we're subjected to violence, racism in Dominican ...
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
He said anti Haitian racism is very marked. "The government doesn't offer
them security and, sometimes, many have been prisoners, also the Immigration
...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200706251016.html> Mozambique: Unity Against
Colonialism Then, Against Poverty Now
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
>From what he had seen and heard across the country, Guebuza was sure that
"we are weakening poverty, as shown by the economic and social
infrastructures we ...

 <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/06/26/2003366907>
Feature: Obese Taiwanese women face ruthless discrimination
Taipei Times - Taiwan
Size discrimination, especially for women, is rife in the nation, both in
the workplace and outside, Chang said. "When I applied for jobs, I was often
told ...

 <http://www.mexidata.info/id1416.html> Blackwater Mercenaries on the
USA-Mexico Border
Mexidata.info - San Diego,CA,USA
By Nancy Conroy In San Diego County, California, a firestorm has erupted
over plans to build a Blackwater mercenary training camp in the hills behind
...

<http://www.kashmirwatch.com/showexclusives.php?subaction=showfull&id=118280
0915&archive=&start_from=&ucat=15&var1news=value1news> :. Universal Human
Rights- An Islamic concept
Kashmir Watch - Islamabad,Pakistan
[Surah Al-Hujurat, 13] Contrary to popular belief, the struggle for
Universal human rights is not a modern one. Although some claim that human
rights is a ...

 <http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20070625143045203> Sexual Abuse Rises Along
with the Number of Street Children in Yemen
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
... chairwoman of Ebhar Foundation for Childhood and Creativity, another
local NGO advocating children's rights in Sanaa, told IRIN, citing the
conservative ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/25/18430680.php> Hugo Chavez Has
an Oil Strategy...But Can This Lead to Liberation?
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
This too is a function of imperialism. Power relations are integral to
imperialism. Control over resources yields geo-economic advantage and
geo-political ...

 <http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=30543>
The Decline Of Democracy And Rise Of Plutocracy And Corporate Rule
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The globalization free-market policy led by the US has also produced gross
inequality in many parts of the world. The HDR states: "Large parts of the
...

 <http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2992&cid=8&sid=55> Injustice
And Ethnic Politics In Nigeria
Global Politician - Brooklyn,NY,USA
The politics of the stomach played in today's Nigeria has redefined the
concept of political correctness. The situation is now such that people with
access ...

<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23401870-details/Britain's+educa
tion+system+has+'worst+record+for+social+mobility+in+the+world'/article.do>
Britain's education system has 'worst record for social mobility ...
This is London - London,England,UK
Chairman of the Sutton Trust Sir Peter Lampl said: "We really have the worst
of all worlds: we have got inequality of opportunity with inequality of
outcome ...

 <http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK22832220070625> Chinese
woman breaks silence on sex slavery horror
Reuters - USA
... silence to speak of her traumatic experience as a "comfort woman" -- the
euphemism the invading Japanese used to describe women forced into sex
slavery. ...

 <http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-6-25/56862.html> Modern Day Slavery
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
"Trafficking in persons is a modern-day form of slavery, a new type of
global slave trade. Perpetrators prey on the most weak among us, primarily
women and ...

<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-briefs25.1jun25,1
,6191704.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california> Demonstrators demand rights
for immigrants
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Several thousand demonstrators, many carrying American flags, marched
through Hollywood on Sunday demanding full rights for immigrants. ...

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