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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
May 18, 2007
 
Homophobia is 'un-African' (
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2114725,00.html
)
News24 - Cape Town,South Africa
Johannesburg - Hatred for gay, lesbian and transgender people was
often hidden in the guise of religion and culture, but homophobia is
"fundamentally ...
 
Bush, pope in Human Rights Watch's "hall of shame" (
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid45331.asp )
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Human Rights Watch released a "hall of shame," its list of leaders
who have denied citizens their basic human rights. The list includes
Pope Benedict XVI, ...
 
'Profound changes in capitalism are reshaping working class' (
http://www.workers.org/2007/world/brussels-0524 )
Workers World - USA
Today I would like to take up a theme that is the subject of an
upcoming book on globalization, imperialism and the struggle for
socialism in the 21st ...
 
Gay Ohio Employees Get Protection Against Discrimination (
http://www.bgay.com/bnews/news70517_ohio_employees_get_protection_against_discrimination.htm
)
Bgay.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
COLUMBUS, OH -- A new Executive Order that will protect more than
60000 state employees from discrimination based upon their sexual
orientation or gender ...
 
Gays in Costa Rica Call for End to Discrimination (
http://www.ticotimes.net/dailyarchive/2007_05/0518071.htm )
Tico Times - San José,Costa Rica
Arias “told us that yes, he was committed to ending discrimination
against gays here, and now we want to see concrete actions,” Araya
said. ...
 
Discrimination against HIV babies is continuing (
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/18/2003361369
)
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
By Angelica Oung. An AIDS charity yesterday said that some local
government-run social welfare departments and non-governmental
organizations (NGO) were ...
 
Violent Neo-Nazi Skinhead Group Volksfront Growing In Prominence ...
( http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Extremism_72/5054_72.htm )
Anti-Defamation League (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"The group appeals to disaffected, young white males and promotes an
ideology of hatred and white supremacy that has led in some cases to
intimidation, ...
 
Opportunity 08: A New Political Climate for Global Warming (
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,107938.shtml
)
Earthtimes.org - USA
WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Global warming is now a
key issue in the 2008 presidential campaign, sparking a larger debate
about energy use ...
 
Civil rights group sues Bush administration over terrorist watch ...
(
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/new_singleEdit.asp?individual_SQL=5%2F17%2F2007%4013343_Public_.htm
)
Daily Report - Atlanta,GA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) * Civil rights lawyers sued the Bush
administration Wednesday over a Treasury Department terrorist watch
list, asking a federal court to ...
 
Amare Stoudemire, Tim Duncan, and Racism in the NBA (
http://www.bleacherreport.com/columns/columns/amare-stoudemire,-tim-duncan,-and-racism-in-the-nba-200705171436/
)
Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA
You don’t have to be Amare Stoudemire or Boris Diaw to rail against
David Stern these days. In fact, the NBA Commish has picked up a whole
host of new ...
 
UPDATE: Income Inequality Rising In The UK - ONS (
http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=60cb8445-4c0e-410d-8bbc-7cb7284df3b9
)
FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market - Barcelona,Spain
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Income inequality is increasing in the UK as
salary levels for the richest portion of society rise, the Office for
National Statistics ...
 
Restaurant accused of racism in ads, menu (
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/51873.php )
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
Those concerned about racism are typically told that they are "too
sensitive" or lack humor, said J. Sarah Gonzales, YWCA of Tucson's
racial justice program ...
 
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Against Navy (
http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=11436&sid=1183 )
KGMB9 - Honolulu,HI,USA
Earth-Justice filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of groups
including the Ocean Mammal Institute and the Animal Welfare Institute.
...
 
Southern Africa: State-Sponsored Homophobia Spreading HIV in Gay ...
( http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=14679 )
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The legalization of same-sex marriages in South Africa in 2006 was
expected to speed up the liberation of gays and lesbians in
neighboring countries like ...
 
Hip Hop's (Still) Invisible Women (
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/51933/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Women should be more vocal in denouncing sexism in rap music and in
our society because our livelihood and our lives depend on it. ...
 
Ending the Empire (
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1233/81/ )
Pacific Free Press - Victoria,BC,Canada
Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that
have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of checks
and balances. ...
 
Behind Negroponte’s trip to Latin America Mounting crisis in ... (
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/negr-m16.shtml )
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
US imperialism has two major concerns in the region: maintaining
security of the Panama Canal, one of the most vital strategic
chokepoints in world trade; ...
 
Young women still suffer discrimination, inequality: aid agency (
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1924286.htm )
Radio Australia - Australia
An international report says many girls and young women around the
world are continuing to be condemned to a life of poverty and
inequality. ...
 
Aboriginal children in care victims of more than poverty, says ... (
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/05/16/fontaine-reax.html
)
CBC.ca - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
National native leader Phil Fontaine is over-simplifying when he
charges that aboriginal children are unfairly taken from their
families because of poverty, ...
 
Lesbian nurses win discrimination case (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4394.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
"It is hard to see how any dismissal, conducted by an employer of
such size, could be so very bad unless sexual orientation
discrimination was the root ...
 
Gay, lesbian teens in BC face more violence than straight kids ... (
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/9003050.html )
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
VANCOUVER (CP) * A new report says gay, lesbian and bisexual teens in
BC face more violence and health problems than heterosexuals. ...
 
ACLU Gives Tennessee High School an ’F’ for Censoring Gay Student (
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=20365
)
EDGE Boston - Boston,MA,USA
A copy was also sent to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network, which spearheads National Day of Silence. "Lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender ...
 
Study highlights global gender inequality (
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070515/gender_inequality_070515/20070515?hub=World
)
CTV.ca - Scarborough,ON,Canada
Millions of girls around the world are powerless and condemned to
lives of inequality and poverty according to a new study from an
international child ...
 
US Obstructs UN Human Rights Visit (
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B0B407FEE-28C4-453B-B0C7-F8BC7A290F55%7D)&language=EN
)
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
United Nations, May 15 (Prensa Latina) A UN human rights official has
formally protested the US decision to cancel his visit yesterday to an
immigrant ...
 
Falwell's Gay Legacy: Hate and Discrimination (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kirk-snyder/falwells-gay-legacy-hat_b_48562.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Jerry Falwell is dead but his political legacy of hate and
discrimination lives on among the fundamentalists. As the face of
the original, now-defunct Moral ...
 
Report addresses racism in Ontario university (
http://www.excal.on.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3495&Itemid=2
)
Excalibur Online - Toronto,Canada
The report states that its focus is to address the "discrimination
against racialized individuals" at the university, and how "the
‘whiteness' of the ...
 
 
 
 

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