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from Paul C. Gorski
March 3, 2007

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-browner-hamlin/cpac-romney-wants-extrem_
b_42516.html> CPAC: Romney Wants Extremist Love
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The CPAC audience hooted and hollered their approval of Coulter's blatant
homophobia, something that they knew would likely manifest itself during her
talk. ...

<http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=60667&rubrik1=Current%20Events&rubrik
2=Natural%20Disasters&rubrik3=All&sort=1&start=1> US Breaches Human Rights
on Emissions
ShortNews.com - Regensburg,Germany
The Inuit community of Northern Canada have presented a case before the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights claiming that the USA has
contributed so ...

 <http://www.payvand.com/news/07/mar/1034.html> Fighting the Good Fight:
Women's Rights Activism in a Time of Crisis
Payvand - Iran
Ms. Afkhami has spent the last three decades as a leading advocate for
women's human rights internationally and has written and lectured
extensively on ...

 <http://www.neurope.eu/view_news.php?id=70887> EU sets up Fundamental
Rights Agency in Vienna
New Europe - Brussels,Belgium
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso praised the promotion of human
rights as one Europe 's greatest gifts to the world. "The history of
protection ...

<http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5063&Ite
mid=2> UN report slams India for caste discrimination
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, March 3 (APP): A United Nations anti-racism committee has sharply
criticised the Indian government for its failure to prevent discrimination
...

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/us/politics/04campaign.html?hp>
Recalling Struggle for Civil Rights, Democrats Battle for Black Votes
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON, March 3 - Representative John Lewis, whose political career grew
out of the civil rights movement, had longed for the day he could vote for
...

<http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070303/COLUMNISTS13
/703030309> Racism, sexism still exist, are often ignored
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
It's the privilege of people in power to contend that racism and sexism,
either subtle or overt, aren't that big of a deal. That's easy to say when
you're a ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/editorials/campus-0308> Stop campus racism
Workers World - USA
The more than 300 students and activists who confronted vicious
anti-immigrant organizing by the New York University (NYU) College
Republicans deserve a ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/48694/> Are Higher Fees for Immigrants a
Plan to Stall the Number of ...
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
"For immigrants, the price of fully participating in our society would rise
by 892 percent," says Larisa Casillas, coordinator of the Bay Area Immigrant
...

 <http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07022812151002&coll=buanew07>
Discrimination and gender inequity remain high worldwide
BuaNews Online (press release) - Cape Town,South Africa
Speaking at the opening of the 51st session of the UN's Women's Commission
of Status of Women this week Ms Migiro expressed concern about the high
level of ...

<http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2007/02/26/daily26.html?
jst=b_ln_hl> Income inequality on the rise in Tennessee
Nashville Business Journal - Nashville,TN,USA
Income inequality is growing in Tennessee, according to the Economic Report
to the Governor prepared by the University of Tennessee's Center for
Business ...

 <http://www.themilitant.com/2007/7110/711050.html> Declarations of Havana:
a living guide to action today
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
To explain why imperialism can only be successfully faced down by a
profoundly popular revolutionary struggle of the workers and peasants that
breaks the ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10642/1/361> No Child Left Behind
isn't working
People's Weekly World - USA
The results of a nation-wide testing of high school seniors puts in doubts
the efficacy of the Bush administration's much touted No Child Left Behind
Act. ...

 <http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2007/03/02/news/news08030207.txt>
Canadians: US emissions violate rights of Arctic residents
Coos Bay World - Coos Bay,OR,USA
The case was pressed by the Inuit community before the 34-nation
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In a petition, the group asked
the commission's ...

 <http://www.aclu.org/womensrights/violence/28732prs20070302.html> Domestic
Violence Victim Sues US Government for International ...
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"I brought this petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
because I have exhausted all avenues in the United States and still there
has been ...

 <http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=1263&sectionid=3510203> Human Rights
Watch condemns Bush
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims 38 "ghost detainees" held in CIA prisons are
missing and in a letter sent to President Bush, the group demanded to know
the ...

 <http://www.harolddoan.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3744>
EMPOWERING WOMEN KEY TO ELIMINATING POVERTY, UN RIGHTS OFFICIAL ...
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) - Rocklin,CA,USA
Women's empowerment and gender mainstreaming are key to tackling challenges,
such as poverty, discrimination, educational gaps, high maternal mortality,
...

 <http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/opinion/local_story_061180556.html> After
leaving welfare, too many remain in poverty
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
Americans are leaving welfare, but they're still in poverty, and Iowa is no
exception. A 2006 US Census Bureau report found the poverty rate in Iowa had
...

 <http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/02/c6026.html> Media
Alert - Release of new Ontario Report Card on Child Poverty
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
TORONTO, March 2 /CNW/ - Campaign 2000 will be releasing its latest Report
Card on Child Poverty in Ontario on Tuesday, March 6 at the Queen's Park
Media ...

 <http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414583> Cook-Lynn:
Decolonization of American Indians
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
White Plume said his rights were ''grossly violated'' when he was removed
from the ballot and Steele won a subsequent election. Little was said about
the ...

 <http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=13466> Women Should Embrace
Feminism
Daily Nexus - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
When did feminism get such a negative association? Feminism is a beautiful
and powerful ideology and it is depressing to think that all the hard work
of our ...

 <http://www.washblade.com/2007/3-2/news/national/10104.cfm> Researchers
slam Dobson for 'distorting' their work
Washington Blade - Washington,DC,USA
12, Dobson used Cheney's pregnancy to take aim at same-sex parenting,
stating that gay and lesbian families are incomplete without a parent of the
opposite ...

 <http://www.gcn.ie/content/templates/?a=1931&z=9> LACK OF SUPPORT ENDANGERS
IRISH GAY YOUTH
GCN - Dublin,Ireland
The case has highlighted the dangerous lack of services for gay, lesbian and
sexually questioning teenagers in Ireland. ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr001=g3pwistxd1.app13a&page=
NewsArticle&id=6487&news_iv_ctrl=1261> Anti-gay bigotry, the NBA and John
Amaechi's 'coming out'
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The experiences of Amaechi and Swoopes are examples of the bigotry and
sexism that the ruling class uses to oppress and divide the working class.
...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/03/030207africa.htm> Widespread Homophobia
Fueling HIV In Africa
365Gay.com - USA
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (New York City) Gays are routinely denied
access to effective HIV prevention, counseling and treatment throughout
Africa a ...

<http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/OPINIO
N03/703020352> Homophobia is rampant in this community
Visalia Times-Delta - Visalia,CA,USA
Why does the Times-Delta seem compelled to print so many letters from
Visalia's Christian, homophobic community? I've lost count of the number of
letters ...

 <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006615570> Human Rights Watch
Condemns Nigeria's Recent Gay Proposal
All Headline News - USA
Emmanuel Onwubiko, senior commissioner of Nigeria's Human Rights Commission,
said gay marriages should never be considered an option in Nigerian society.
...

 <http://www.inc.com/criticalnews/briefs/200703/0301survey.html> Survey:
Workplace Discrimination Still Prevalent
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
March 1, 2007 -- Workplace discrimination is still prevalent in American
business, according to a recent survey by TheLadders.com, a New York-based
...

 <http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=11037>
Equalities review fails to address causes of discrimination and ...
Greater London Authority (press release) - London,London,UK
It contains no systematic investigation into structural and institutional
discrimination and suggests individual choice, not discrimination, ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-bohrer/civil-rights-advocate-no_b_42398.
html> Civil Rights Advocate, No More
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Rustin, like King, was a civil rights advocate. At least Daniels and
Fauntroy refrain from using those words in claiming King's mantle to deny
rights to ...

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