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[Paul C.Gorski]

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March 9, 2007
 
 <http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030907/opl_8478523.shtml>
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST: Don't keep honoring slave trader
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... overturn Reconstruction (which benefited blacks and disenfranchised
whites) and restore the absolute rule of white supremacy throughout the
South. ...
 
 <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/09/content_5822362.htm> Latin
American countries slam US human rights report
Xinhua - Beijing,China
MEXICO CITY, March 8 (Xinhua) -- A series of Latin American nations has
condemned the US human rights report for 2006 which criticized the region's
human ...
 
 
<http://www.andnetwork.com/index?service=direct/0/Home/recent.titleStory&sp=
l229829> China Criticizes US, Bush On Human Rights
AND - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Responding to US complaints, China charged Thursday that the Bush
administration has no standing to criticize other countries on human rights
because its ...
 
 <http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/national/693903.html> Inequality
leaves little to celebrate
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
PAY inequality between the sexes is worsening in Australia and the Federal
Government is to blame, say Labor politicians and unions. ...
 
 <http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=358764&sid=WOR> Inequality
adds to `feminisation of working poverty`: Report
Zee News - Noida,India
New York, Mar 08: More women then ever before are working, but a persistent
gap in status, job security, wages and education between women and men is
...
 
 
<http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2007%20Opinion%20Editorials
/March/8%20o/Of%20Shameless%20Devotion%20to%20Wealth,%20Privilege,%20and%20E
mpire%20By%20Jason%20Miller.htm> Of Shameless Devotion to Wealth, Privilege,
and Empire
Al-Jazeerah.info - Dalton,GA,USA
But we don't need another reminder that the United States was founded by a
wealthy white Christian patriarchy. Or that one of the most flawed aspects
of our ...
 
 <http://www.rabble.ca/everyones_a_critic.shtml?x=57752> War on sexism has
yet to be won
Rabble.ca - Montreal,QC,Canada
And that's just one reason why the century-old war on sexism has yet to be
won. Women around the world need to stay the course, and smoke out
patriarchy ...
 
 <http://eurweb.com/story/eur31955.cfm> NOT WORTHY OF A PASSING GRADE: The
No Child Left Behind Act
Eurweb.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
New Haven, CT - The Commission on No Child Left Behind does not tell America
what it really needs to know: Is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
working? ...
 
 
<http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/03-2007/Article-20070308-314c08e
6-c0a8-10ed-019c-5949333f4ef3/story.html> Ayoon Wa Azan ( Niger's Uranium Is
a Pretext )
Dar Al-Hayat - Beirut,Lebanon
Dick Cheney is the leader of this cabal, and while he is not among the
administration's 'Israeli's', he is driven by dreams of imperialism. ...
 
 <http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17339> Poverty in Israel:
The divide deepens between the haves and have-nots
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Poverty rates in Israel reached a new peak in 2005, although they leveled
off in 2006, according to statistics by the National Insurance Institute,
...
 
 <http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/09/d703091801117.htm> Water, poverty
reduction and economic growth: The key linkages
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
It's a key factor in reducing poverty, improving livelihoods, and promoting
economic growth. Yet, investments to provide people with safe drinking water
and ...
 
 
<http://www.madisonrecord.com/news/191598-eeoc-files-discrimination-suit-aga
inst-walgreens> EEOC files discrimination suit against Walgreens
Madison County Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
The suit also alleges that Walgreens has engaged in a pattern and practice
of race discrimination by making store assignments to black management
trainees, ...
 
 <http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=104897> UN
and EU urge end to violence, discrimination against women
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
"Violence against women is both a cause and a consequence of discrimination
against women," said Rachel Mayanja, special adviser to Secretary-General
Ban ...
 
 <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/09/content_823155.htm> Report:
Discrimination exists in S&T
China Daily - China
However, according to the report, discrimination against women in the S&T
profession has become more apparent, especially when finding jobs. ...
 
 <http://www.amsterdamnews.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=76773&sID=34>
The Sean Bell fiasco in Black and white
Amsterdam News - Baltimore,MD,USA
White supremacy will never bend without continued pressure. The torture of
Abner Louima is far different than the executions of Amadou Diallo and Sean
Bell. ...
 
 <http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19994> What Did He Really Think About
Race?
The New York Review of Books - USA
Lincoln understood that most Americans-including most Northerners-believed
in white supremacy, "and in a democratic society such deeply held prejudices
...
 
 
<http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Opinions&articleID=1288&month
=03&day=08&year=2007> Gender equity must come from the grassroots
The Gazette - Ontario,Canada
... faculty members and a sizable gender/salary gap, it's also behind other
major research-intensive Ontario universities in many facets of gender
equity. ...
 
 <http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2007/2007-03-08-10.asp> Lawmakers
Criticize Bush EPA Budget Proposal
Environment News Service - USA
Democrats on the panel pressed Johnson on several other issues, including
reductions for EPA programs on environmental justice, climate change and ...
 
 <http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=5988> Body Politik: My own debt to
feminism
McGill Daily - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
So on days like today, International Women's Day, I like to remind myself of
everything feminism and the women's rights movement has made possible for
me. ...
 
 
<http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/03/08/blog_against_sexism_day_feminis
m_works.php> Blog Against Sexism Day: Feminism Works
TomPaine.com - Washington,DC,USA
... equal one thing: more women who are not dependent on men. More
independent women means that feminism is working, and that feminist federal
policies work.
 
 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/10698/1/362/> The female experience
of racism
People's Weekly World - USA
Be assured though, that if the traditional experience - the male one - of
racism were displayed on billboards as if it were comic, the usual suspects
would ...
 
 
<http://www.meadvilletribune.com/opinion/cnhinscolumns_story_067093413.html?
keyword=topstory> Column: Cherokee voters say 'yes' to self-righteous racism
Meadville Tribune - Meadville,PA,USA
The answer is one part greed, one part racism. The rapidly growing Cherokee
Nation, said to be the second-largest tribe behind the Navajo (1000 new
citizens ...
 
 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3877.html> Comment: Racism
still an issue in the gay community
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
In fact, I once admitted that if one wanted to see real and overt racism,
one must go to the Berlin gay scene-how would you feel if people in their
hundreds ...
 
 
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/03/08/aclu_accus
es_probation_officials_of_violating_immigrants_rights> ACLU accuses
probation officials of violating immigrants' rights
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
--Immigrant rights advocates are accusing state probation officials of
breaking the law by working with federal authorities to arrest illegal
immigrants. ...
 
 <http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/08/opinion/ednigeria.php> Homophobia
in Nigeria
International Herald Tribune - France
A poisonous piece of legislation is quickly making its way through the
Nigerian National Assembly. Billed as an anti-gay-marriage act, it is a
far-reaching ...
 
 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/03/030707radio.htm> Radio Host Suspended
For Slur Against Gay Politician
365Gay.com - USA
When the PQ leader was asked last week if homophobia would pose a problem
for his electoral chances, he said he would let Quebecers answer that
question for ...
 
 <http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8819803> Out
of the closet
Economist - UK
In Brazil, whose government launched a campaign against homophobia in 2004,
2509 gay men have been murdered over the past decade. ...
 
 <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/08/2003351440> US
admits own human-rights faults
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
In a rare admission, the US said on Tuesday its own human rights record was
in question in an annual report that criticized Iraq for its death squads
with ...
 
 <http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=24&id=30777> China calls US
actions in Iraq violation of human rights
940 News - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The charges came in the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006,
China's response to US criticism of its human rights record issued by the US
State ...
 
 <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/08/content_5817027.htm> Full
Text: The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006
Xinhua - Beijing,China
On March 6, the US Department of State released its Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 2006. As in previous years, the State Department
pointed ...
 
 <http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/08Mar2007_news22.php> Women still bear
brunt of gender oppression
Bangkok Post - Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand
We now have much better laws to redress gender oppression. Women are now in
several professions that used to be men's territory. ...
 
 
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA030807.2O.chapa.296f22e.htm
l> Rebeca Chapa: Wartime rape, peacetime oppression - that's a ...
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Rape is a tool of oppression, regardless of its victim or its timing. In
times of conflict, it becomes particularly prevalent. In Darfur today, for
example, ...
 
 <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21345742-1702,00.html>
Sexism persists in workforce - report
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
WOMEN are joining the workforce in record numbers but they are still not
paid as much as men, not educated as well and are more likely to get fired,
...
 
 
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/16855163
.htm> Class-action lawsuit alleges discrimination at Walgreens
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday filed suit against
Walgreen Co. for alleged discrimination against African-American ...
 
 <http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO45413/> Norwegian 'war
children' take discrimination case to European ...
WHDH-TV - Boston,MA,USA
They say discrimination included public denouncement by doctors and the
clergy, who claimed war children were mentally and genetically defective and
...
 
 
<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2c9c5936-53a5-47dd
-b18a-35556fc8477d&k=70700> Child poverty in Ontario on the rise despite
strong economy: Study
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO (CP) - The benefits of Ontario's strong economy are not reaching the
growing number of poor children who are enduring a depth of poverty not seen
in ...
 
 
<http://www.b92.net/eng/news/globe-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=03&dd=07&nav_cat
egory=123&nav_id=39987> Poll: Xenophobia in Hungary on rise
B92 - Serbia
BUDAPEST -- As many as 27 percent of those questioned claiming they would
close borders to all asylum seekers, a poll said. ...
 
 <http://immigration.about.com/b/a/256035.htm> Hating Immigrants: The
Dangers of Xenophobia
About - News &amp; Issues - New York,NY,USA
Sadly, racism and xenophobia have lead to most of the world's major
conflicts, from local hate crimes, to organized terrorism, genocide and war.
 
 <http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n04_07032007.htm> Somalis in
protest against xenophobia
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
The Muslim council also requested community leaders to educate their
constituencies in an effort to eradicate xenophobia and hatred of one
community against ...
 
 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-1/622/622_09_EmmettTill.shtml> Justice
denied again for Emmett Till
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
... lamb" of the civil rights movement--whose young life was extinguished
for unwittingly challenging the mores of white supremacy in the Mississippi
Delta. ...
 
 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/js070307.html> No War for Oil, No Oil for
War
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
As the environmental justice movement has insisted for years, these climate
impacts are not affecting all the world's populations in the same ways. ...
 
 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4957/1/246/>
Working-Class Women: On the Front Lines of Feminism
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Among these unionists were women whose "labor feminism rested on American
workers' heightened sense of economic rights and their success in building
...
 
 <http://www.frieze.com/review_single.asp?r=2619> The Feminist Future:
Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts
frieze - London,UK
What is Feminism's fate in the art world? Whatever the answer, MoMA's
two-day symposium opened with an air of festivity. After receiving a
standing ovation, ...
 
 
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20070307-1049-britain-army-raci
sm.html> Commonwealth soldier to set up anti-racism union
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
Marlon Clancy told the BBC on Wednesday he had complained without success
about racism for the seven years of his service. ...
 
 <http://www.cordweekly.com/archives/1779> A very brief her-story of
International Women's Day
The Cord Weekly - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
It is also a time to reflect on ways to challenge and end sexism, violence,
racism, classism, able-ism, homophobia and other issues that many women face
on ...
 
 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/03/030607quebec.htm> Homophobia Problem In
Quebec Schools
365Gay.com - USA
It comes after Quebec's justice minister asked the commission in June 2005
to create a task force to draw up a list of problems created by homophobia.
...
 
 
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/nor
thern_california/16846610.htm> Eight black police officers sue Richmond
alleging discrimination
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
Eight black officers on Tuesday filed a racial discrimination lawsuit
against the city of Richmond, the police department, its chief and its
deputy chief. ...
 
 <http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/03/06/children-poverty.html> 1
in 6 Ontario children live in poverty: report
CBC Ottawa - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Despite Ontario's strengthening economy, the number of children living in
poverty in the province is rising, an annual report card by an anti-poverty
group ...
 
 <http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=58297> How child labour is kept
alive in the death grip of poverty
Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji
The combination of poverty and the lack of a social security network form
the basis of increasing numbers of children engaged in economic activity.
...
 
 
<http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHI20070306
&articleId=4999> American Imperialism and its Domination over Asia
Center for Research on Globalization - Canada
US imperialism regards its domination over Asia as its right and it allows
no other nation to challenge it. In the name of freedom and democracy, ...
 
 
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