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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
March 6, 2007
 
White studies could raise awareness of racial privileges ( http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/viewpoints/mvoice/070305donaldson.html )
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
White privilege could be characterized as a benefits package granted to people with white skin, allowing them special things such as, but not limited to, ...
 
Is US Global Warming Pollution Violating Human Rights Law? ( http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/48820/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
And human rights groups say the Inuit case mirrors the plight of other populations around the globe who are expected to face the ramifications of climate ...
 
No to Women's Oppression! ( http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00088.htm )
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
It is a day to protest against women's oppression! It is a day to claim women's freedom! We say "No to Women's Oppression"! On this day, we must declare ...
 
International women's day: Indian women face widening wealth gap ( http://www.chinaworker.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=263 )
China Worker - China
But such crimes and oppression cannot be viewed in terms of just winning one legal case. It is only when such cases lead to mass struggle that any tangible ...
 
Imperialism: In Tribute to Harry Magdoff ( http://www.monthlyreview.org/0307tabb.htm )
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
Imperialism is the system by which a dominant power is able to control the trade, investment, labor, and natural resources of other peoples. ...
 
Fiji Save the Children Fund says poverty fueling child labour figures ( http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200703061040/fiji_save_the_children_fund_says_poverty_fueling_child_labour_figures )
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
A new report by Save the Children Fund in Fiji has blamed poverty for forcing children into child labour. The report says children are exposed to ...
 
Discrimination abounds in US workplaces: survey ( http://www.hrreporter.com/loginarea/members/viewing.asp?ArticleNo=5043 )
Canadian HR Reporter - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Workplace discrimination is still prevalent in American business, according to a recent survey by TheLadders.com, a New York-based executive job website. ...
 
Africa: Despite Progress, Girls Subjected to Violence and ... ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200703051266.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
String the critical link between discrimination against girls and women and violence, Veneman drew attention to the sexual violence committed in armed ...
 
German survey points to widespread discrimination in Europe ( http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0703056815200903.htm )
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
Europeans view racial, sexual or physical discrimination as a major problem, according to a survey released on Monday by the Berlin-based TNS Infratest ...
 
Ann Coulter: The Right Winged "Ugly American" Duckling of Hate ... ( http://westafrica.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/1/Home/recent.titleStory&sp=l223232 )
AND - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
White Supremacy is evident in the Arabic countries, the African Continent, and may show up in your neighbourhood a "Lott" sooner than you think. ...
 
Australia still has racist image in Asia: Ibrahim ( http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1862959.htm )
ABC Online - Australia
"The perception remains that Australia has not changed considerably from their old racist, white supremacy or racist policies," he said.
 
KKK resurgence in the US is a disturbing trend ( http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18037867&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18038&rfi=6 )
Pottstown Mercury - Pottstown,PA,USA
An ex-minister, he coined "white supremacy" as its motto, broadening its base of hate to include Catholics and Jews. The original organization did not grow ...
 
Analysis: The UN's war on global warming ( http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070302-053512-6584r )
United Press International - USA
But the danger posed by war to all of humanity -- and to our planet -- is at least matched by the climate crisis and global warming." ...
 
Rural poverty still rife, study in region finds ( http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2096272&SectionID=55 )
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
While the latest report by Hull University's Centre for Research on Social Inclusion and Social Justice has found that the Ryedale district does not have ...
 
Edwards: Berkeley janitors' wage push part of civil rights fight ( http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070304-1854-ca-edwards-2008.html )
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
Edwards sounded the civil rights theme to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" clash between black voting rights marchers and police in ...
 
Racism call as Cherokees expel sons of slaves ( http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21326184-2703,00.html )
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... a move that has exposed the unsavoury role played by some Native Americans during the Civil War and renewed accusations of racism against the tribe. ...
 
Immigrants' Health Care at Risk ( http://www.newhavenindependent.org/HealthCare/archives/2007/03/immigrants_heal.html )
New Haven Independent - New Haven,CT,USA
Several thousand low-income legal immigrants in Connecticut are at risk of losing their state-funded health care and other services because of actions taken ...
 
War hero comes out then speaks out ( http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3849.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
He revealed in The New York Times in January that he had changed his mind about gays in the military after speaking to gay and lesbian troops. ...
 
Poverty in America growing at unprecedented rate ( http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070305k )
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
(Taylor Media Services) Poverty in America has grown every year that the Bush administration has been in office. As a result, the income gap between rich ...
 
Poverty blamed for child exploitation ( http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=58186 )
Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji
POVERTY and unemployment have been blamed for the significant increase of commercial sexual exploitation of children in the Pacific, says a report. ...
 
Jewish Agency: Neo-Nazi activities rising in Russian Far East ( http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894570342&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull )
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel
Friday's vandalism of Vladivostok's only synagogue reflects a growing trend of xenophobia and neo-Nazi association in the region, according to Rafael ...
 
Girls at UN tell of violence, discrimination ( http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/16831093.htm )
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... attending a high-level meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which this year is focusing on discrimination and violence against girls. ...
 
Reparations or justice? ( http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20070303T190000-0500_119831_OBS_REPARATIONS_OR_JUSTICE_.asp )
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
First off, according to white supremacy doctrines, Haiti wasn't even supposed to exist much less still be barely surviving and today meriting the attention ...
 
Racism On The Radio Toward Barack Obama ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/racism-on-the-radio-towar_b_42545.html )
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Austin, Texas is a well-known island of political blue in a sea of red, and one of our quirks is a country radio station by the name of KVET AM and FM. ...
 
 
 
 
 
 

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