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Sat Mar 24 21:19:41 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
March 24, 2007

 <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK1965.htm> Indonesia warns
vaccine inequity could threaten world peace
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
JAKARTA, March 21 (Reuters) - The inability of poor countries to get
vaccines in the event of an influenza pandemic could threaten world peace,
...

 <http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=13798> Elton John Urges
Stance Against Homophobia
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Paying tribute to gay activists, Sir Elton John urged others around the
world to "stand up and speak out" against homophobia. ...

<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june07/globalization_03-23.h
tml> Environmental Activist Questions the Goals of Globalization
NewsHour - USA
PAUL SOLMAN: For three decades, physicist Vandana Shiva has been a key
activist in the fight against globalization, especially in her native India,
...

 <http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-22/0703245611195824.htm> Amnesty
international criticizes EU for double-standards in human ...
IRNA - Iran
The European Union is taking an ambiguous stand towards human rights, said
Irene Khan, the Secretary-General of Amnesty International while receiving
an ...

<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=nw2007032414153
7431C698614> Township education 'reinforces inequality'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
If the quality of education at township schools did not improve inequality,
uneven development and social exclusion of the African child will be
reinforced, ...

<http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_by_carlo_070324_income_inequality_i
n.htm> Income Inequality in the US
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
He addressed the question of income inequality in the US, and found plenty
to concern him. "Earnings in the middle of the income distribution rose by
11.5 ...

 <http://origin.connpost.com/ci_5498085> New England leads in wage
inequality growth
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
The study found New England experienced the biggest increase in income
inequality from 1989 to 2004, among eight regions nationwide based on Census
data and ...

<http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/OPINION/70
3230318/1005/OPINION> Lead the world by example
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
Confronted by such a US government policy, why wouldn't other countries'
governments fear such overt American imperialism and abuse of power for our
own ...

 <http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine/aguiar230307.html> MARX'S ECOLOGY:
Materialism and Nature by John Bellamy Foster
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
Fifty years ago in 1957, Paul Baran wrote The Political Economy of Growth
which introduced a new Marxist approach to imperialism and development, ...

<http://trinicenter.com/cgi-bin/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1174648155,11389
,.shtml> Zimbabwe: White Liberals Who Cannot See Truth in Africa
Trinicenter.com - La Seiva Maraval,Trinidad and Tobago
White Supremacy still comes first to them and has to be first addressed
before they can see the truth from a Black perspective. ...

 <http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=13796> Religionists Demand
the 'Right to Discriminate' Against Gays, Says ...
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
It will outlaw discrimination against gay people in the provision of goods
and services, though Prime Minister Tony Blair has said religious agencies
would ...

 <http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/59028.html> ACLU: Hazleton demonized
illegal immigrants to justify crackdown
Santa Fe New Mexican.com - santa fe,NM,USA
"To lay the problems at the feet of undocumented immigrants is unfair," said
Witold "Vic" Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union
of ...

 <http://www.wnbc.com/news/11348208/detail.html> Report: Racism Claim Leads
To Gibson Outburst
WNBC - New York,NY,USA
An assistant college professor's charges of racism led to a reported
outburst by filmmaker Mel Gibson during a question-and-answer session
Thursday night on ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr004=xi1nt36q72.app7b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=6557&news_iv_ctrl=1044> Women and the working-class struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
One of the terrible realities of capitalism is that we face forms of special
oppression that can be traced back to the overthrow of the matriarchy that
...

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/48664a52cf52f9471b842cbca6f6c0
26.htm> Human Rights Council: Act Now on Darfur
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
(Geneva, March 22, 2007) - The Human Rights Council should take strong and
immediate action to address the human rights crisis in Darfur, Human Rights
Watch ...

 <http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2007/479/np61.htm> "Bush out of Iraq and
Lula out of Haiti"
Socialist Party - UK
Bush and Lula's model of biofuel production only serves big international
capital and imperialism. They want to impose a system of production based on
...

 <http://www.thevillagenews.com/story.asp?story_ID=21457> Discrimination is
unacceptable
Village News Network - Fallbrook,CA,USA
No matter which side of the immigration issue we stand on, we must remember
that discrimination is unacceptable. When it comes to housing, the law
provides ...

 <http://www.romea.cz/english/index.php?id=detail&detail=2007_175> Racial
discrimination in CzechRep also in housing - activists
Romano Vod'i - Czech Republic
Discrimination, including its racial form, is often covertly present in
housing in the Czech Republic, said representatives of NGOs that staged the
Orange ...

<http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6413&Ite
mid=2> UN chief urges stronger efforts against racial discrimination
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
"Much more remains to be done," Ban said in a message delivered on the
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Wednesday.
...

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