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Thu May 24 22:57:41 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
May 24, 2007

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/index.php/article/view/5327/1/261/> A
Brief Look at Grenadian Labor Today
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
A major threat to unionism in Grenada and in the Caribbean at present is
capitalist globalization. The process of globalization facilitates a
concerted ...

An Urgent Warning to  <http://www.counterpunch.org/parsneau05242007.html>
Critics of the Iraq Wars
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
If you agree with any of these claims, you are an unwitting participant in
American Imperialism. You criticize the "handling of the war" but you
display ...

Palestine  <http://www.workers.org/2007/world/palestine-lebanon-0531> &
Lebanon face new crisis
Workers World - USA
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's weak, divided government--an ally of
US imperialism--is in the midst of a political crisis. The Lebanese
Parliament has ...

Leader
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=12898> of
the intolerant and bigoted minority
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, Falwell and others set out
to make the Christian Right a driving force in politics. ...

Iraq:
<http://cooljustice.blogspot.com/2007/05/iraq-great-for-business.html> Great
For Business
By andythibault(andythibault) 
A questioning mind; an intelligent, intellectual mind, is not welcome, or
needed, in the Christian right's, totalitarian church. The Christian Right
aligned itself with the republican party with the express, clearly stated
goal of ...

Zimbabwe:  <http://allafrica.com/stories/200705240010.html> Inequality at
Workplaces Still Widespread
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... bodies set up to fight discrimination, narrow plans and the informal
sector where inequality-enhancing policies face difficulties in making an
impact. ...

Economic
<http://abdoukili4.blogspot.com/2007/05/economic-status-of-african-women-cas
e.html> status of African women, a case of inequality
By Abdelilah Boukili(Abdelilah Boukili) 
The economic status of women in Africa has been inferior to that of men.
There are very few successful businesswomen as the major economic activities
are in the hands of men. Because of illiteracy and traditions, many African
women have ...

Diary
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/diary-of-a-christian-terr_b_49
167.html> of a Christian Terrorist
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Christian right leaders from the late Falwell to James Dobson have turned
Muslim-bashing into a cottage industry, using the words of bin-Laden and his
...

The legacy  <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=11582>
of Frantz Fanon
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Fanon's views encouraged a deepening of the revolt against imperialism - but
also pointed people away from workers and towards the dispossessed and the
...

What
<http://www.blackmystory.com/2007/05/22/what-racism-and-classism-in-america-
can-create/> Racism and Classism in America can create
By JP Smith 
However, medical racism and classism did not stop there. The supporters of
eugenics, for more than forty years, carried out programs of sterilization
on populations they considered unworthy. This was not just a couple of
crackpots ...

<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=150807&ve
rsion=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21> Racism leads to Aborigines' shorter
lives, claims report
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
SYDNEY: Institutionalised racism against Australia's Aborigines resulted in
poorer health treatment and a life expectancy 17 years less than white ...

New York  <http://cbs4.com/topstories/topstories_story_143191923.html>
Couple Indicted On Slavery Charges
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
Assistant US Attorney Demitri Jones has called the allegations "a case of
modern-day slavery." The women, prosecutors said, were subjected to
beatings, ...

Majority In UK  <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/05/052307ukpoll.htm>
Support LGBT Civil Rights
365Gay.com - USA
The YouGov survey of 2000 Britons was conducted for British LGBT rights
group Stonewall. For Stonewall leader Ben Summerskill, the poll confirms
that ...

Amnesty
<http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=37909&typeid
=1> report on state of world`s human rights released
KanglaOnline - India
IMPHAL, May 23: As done elsewhere, the polycentric people`s launch of the
Amnesty International Report 2007 - The state of the world`s human rights
was held ...

<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/05/22/0523metdf
cs.html> Watchdogs blast child welfare
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Children's Rights Inc., which settled its lawsuit with the state two years
ago, formally notified the Georgia Department of Human Resources that it
believes ...

 <http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0523-01.htm> Kucinich Will Expose
Iraqi "Hydrocarbon Act" Privatization In ...
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
WASHINGTON - MAY 23 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will invoke a
rarely used House procedure today to discuss the privatization of Iraqi oil
on the ...

 <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2553772,00.html> "Privatization
is Not a Natural Law"
Deutsche Welle - Bonn,Germany
DE spoke to documentary filmmaker Florian Opitz about "The Big Sellout," his
recently released movie about privatization's victims and the problems of
...

World
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=13&ItemID=12889> Bank
in Historical Perspective
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
The World Bank, a prominent Western financial institution, has played a
major role in the changed strategy of imperialism, pursued after the Second
World ...

Tanking
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/tanking-on-the-daily-_b_49180.html>
on The Daily Show: No Child Left Behind Dogma
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Stewart cut to the heart of the No Child Left Behind crisis by asking if she
observed the problem that the law was "moving the schools just for the ...

<http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=735ebf3cf
39a1104f0f9838ad31f261a&from=rss> How to (Really) Leave A Child Behind
By Linda Darling-Hammond(DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com) 
As Congress begins to consider reauthorization of the Bush Administration's
2002 No Child Left Behind Act, The Nation asked Linda Darling-Hammond, a
leading education expert, to examine the law, its consequences and prospects
for ...

 <http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705240083.html>
Discrimination rife following A-bomb
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
... the survey showed that atomic-bomb victims strived to live their lives
despite health fears, discrimination and being abandoned by their
government. ...

Senate passes bill  <http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6558612>
prohibiting gender identity discrimination
WTNH - New Haven,CT,USA
(Hartford-AP) _ A bill is making its way through the legislature that would
prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. ...

 <http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/5/23/9546/64742> Poverty In America
By Forgiven 
WASHINGTON - The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe
poverty has reached a 32-year high, millions of working Americans are
falling closer to the poverty line and the gulf between the nation's "haves"
and "have-nots" ...

<http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=20565>
Study Shows Anti-Gay Prejudice Among Middle Schoolers
EDGE Boston - Boston,MA,USA
"This survey, like so many before it, illustrates the difficulties lesbian,
gay and bisexual students experience in school," said Gay, Lesbian and
Straight ...

Globalisation's
<http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-fifty/gender_globalisation_4639.jsp>
broken promise
Open Democracy - London,UK
But globalisation also interacts with a history of gender inequality,
casting a long shadow over the present and the futures of Africa's women.
...

WHO report  <http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care-news-articles-9877.html>
highlights inequality in health resources
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
Highlighting vast inequality in health resources between developed and
developing countries, a new UN report has said the deaths caused by
non-communicable ...

<http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=36302023c
e4f7f25c8570ce2ab635d49&from=rss> Gay and Lesbian Asian-Americans Report
High Rate of Discrimination
By DW Alliance LLC http://www.dwalliance.com 
A majority of gay and lesbian Asian-Americans say that they experience
discrimination and harassment, according to a report released by the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, reports the Chinese-language
publication World Journal.

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