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May 30, 2007
 
 
<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/260836/russia_detains_homosexuals_
petitioning.html> Russia Detains Homosexuals Petitioning for a Parade,
Raising ...
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
The chairwoman of the party, Claudia Roth , requested that Angela Merkel,
the German Chancellor speak with Russian President Putin about human rights
issues ...
 
Looking HIV And AIDS  <http://www.countercurrents.org/sirajul290507.htm>
Issues Through Gender And Human Rights Lenses
CounterCurrents.org - Mahrashtra,India
While analysing gender, HIV and AIDS and human rights, we acknowledged that
when men are fighting a deadly human immunodeficiency virus, women are
fighting ...
 
Poland Investigates  <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/05/052807poland.htm>
Tinky Winky For Homosexuality
365Gay.com - USA
The Reuters news service reported Monday that the government's watchdog for
children's rights has asked a panel of psychologists to investigate the
popular ...
 
Robinson:
<http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070529/OPINION/70520011/1
049> A mix of racism and driving
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
By EUGENE ROBINSON. WASHINGTON -- This just in: Driving while black is still
unsafe at any speed, even zero miles per hour. The same goes for driving
while ...
 
Parents see  <http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1382/article15475.asp>
racism in decision to close North Side schools
Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis,MN,USA
by Beth Hawkins. Call it the shortest protest in the history of the
Minneapolis Public Schools. At the start of last week's board meeting, a
neatly dressed ...
 
 <http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/17295963.htm>
Supreme Court restricts time limits on filing discrimination ...
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court conservatives on Tuesday made it harder for women
and minorities to win employment-discrimination complaints, perhaps setting
up ...
 
New Kenya  <http://www.afrol.com/articles/25553> atlas connects poverty and
ecosystem
afrol News - Oslo,Norway
afrol News, 29 May - A new atlas, designed to improve understanding of the
relationships between poverty and the environment, has been released by the
...
 
Criminals
<http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3725&catid=4&volume_id=254&issue_id=
299&volume_num=41&issue_num=35> of poverty
San Francisco Bay Guardian - San Francisco,CA,USA
The most recent invention in the march toward increasing the criminalization
of poverty in San Francisco is Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposed Community
Courts ...
 
 <http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/225> Poverty in India
Newstrack India - Delhi,India
May 29: Even after 55 years of independence from the British rule, the large
scale poverty remains the most embarrassing thing on the face of India. ...
 
 <http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0507/426889.html> Garden Opens Next Month
at National Slavery Museum
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
While the US National Slavery Museum will not open until at least next year,
a garden meant to signify the struggle of slaves to be free is scheduled to
...
 
Calls for more  <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1936714.htm>
effort to stamp out sexism in the mining industry
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy says more needs to be done to combat
sexism and sexual harassment in Western Australia's resources sector. ...
 
Environmental  <http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=4730> NGOs
rally against forest privatization
Daily Georgian Times - Georgia
NGOs say the if the speed of forest privatization is maintained, Georgians
will have no woodsin 10-15 years. 'If they continue cutting woods as they do
this ...
 
County
<http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/30/opinion/commentary/18_56_425_29_
07.txt> should reject Blackwater site
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
A good case in point involves the large private security firm of Blackwater
and its proposal to place an 824-acre combat-skills training base in the
small ...
 
 
<http://malangbaba.blogspot.com/2007/05/blackwater-to-build-private-military
.html> Blackwater to Build Private Military Base at US-Mexico Border
By malangbaba(malangbaba) 
Bob Filner: "But when you see Blackwater, you have all kinds of other
problems, with what they're doing in the world, what they're doing in Iraq,
how they function as a company. Their mercenaries in Iraq are unaccountable
to any law ...
 
Beware
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein-and-lawrence-mishel/beware-of
-economists-defe_b_49899.html> of Economists Defending Inequality
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
In a variety of venues, including the New York Times and here, they've tried
to reassure us that rising economic inequality is "beneficial and desirable"
...
 
Rwanda: Men Needed in  <http://allafrica.com/stories/200705291333.html>
Fight for Women's Emancipation
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Gender equality contributes substantially to improving the well-being of
women, men, girls and boys. Gender equity is the process of being fair to
women and ...
 
 
<http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/news/petition_against_homophobia_in_russi
a_and_the_eu> Petition against homophobia in Russia (and the EU!)
After an attack on Member of European Parliament (MEP) Sophie in 't Veld,
the Jonge Democraten (young democrats of the Netherlands) decided to start
an online petition against homophobia in Russia (and the EU!).
 
 <http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/29/397> Homophobia in Sweden
By Jim Burroway 
Anti-gay activists often claim that because there is supposedly no
homophobia in Sweden, then every social ill that occurs there will happen
here if we accept full equality for gays and lesbians. But if there is no
homophobia in Sweden, ...
 
Wealth gap  <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6666532,00.html>
'widens in Blair decade'
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Tony Blair's decade in power has delivered a large increase in inequality
between rich and poor in both wealth and health, according to a new report.
...
 
Women's
<http://aidscarewatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/womens-rights-key-to-africa-aids-
crisis.html> rights key to Africa AIDS crisis
By AIDS-Care-Watch(AIDS-Care-Watch) 
Physicians for Human Rights said its study of 2000 women in Botswana and
Swaziland showed inequality and gender discrimination were major factors
behind a pandemic which has seen the two countries struggle with the worst
AIDS crises in ...
 
Mormon
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/mormon-leaders-still-wo
n_b_49680.html> Leaders Still Won't Come Clean on Race Tainted Past
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... the pages of their revered Book of Mormon that explicitly exult
whiteness as the fount of purity and good and blackness as the paragon of
evil and sin. ...
 
 
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/NEWS01/3052800
10/1056/COL02> Veterans endured racism
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
African-Americans who served not only endured racism in the military but
here at home. It was unsafe for them to wear a uniform in parts of the South
during ...
 
 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-jong/ghetto-not-fabulous_b_49701.html>
Ghetto (Not) Fabulous
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
We need a new wave of feminism to set things right. But we'd better find a
new name for it because like all words evoking women, the term feminism has
been ...
 
World
<http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/252402/
cs/1/> lacks will in tackling global poverty
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
That anyone should be doomed to abject poverty and deprivation in an age of
plenty is an unacceptable aberration. Today, thanks to the giant leaps in
...
 
Age  <http://www.seniorscopie.com/actu/article.asp?id=070529184055&rub=swi>
discrimination is skyrocketing at work
Seniorscopie.com - Paris,France
The findings show that discrimination in India is relatively high by global
standards, with India ranking fifth on the list of 28 countries. ...
 
 
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sex-slave-victim-wins-abuse-claim/20
07/05/28/1180205160434.html> Sex slave victim wins abuse claim
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
There have been only two successful prosecutions for sex slavery since the
introduction of anti-slavery laws in 1999. Brunswick brothel owner Wei Tang
was ...
 
Iran: Persian Gay  <http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=671&L=fr> And
Lesbian Activist Urges Tolerance
Tolerance.ca - Montréal,Québec,Canada
Gay and lesbian groups are marking International Day against Homophobia
today, celebrating the day 17 years ago that the World Health Organization
(WHO) ...
 
 <http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2591514.ece> Immigrants
mistreated by Britons
Independent - London,England,UK
Many eastern European immigrants who come to this country find it hard to
build friendships with Britons, research shows. Even after two years, ...
 
 
<http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070528_blackwater_opens_fire_
in_baghdad/> Blackwater Opens Fire in Baghdad
Truthdig - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Security contractor Blackwater USA was involved in two shootings in Baghdad
last week. After firing on and killing an Iraqi driver, Blackwater guards
found ...
 
Why
<http://joswift.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-did-we-invade-iraq-its-imperialism.
html> Did We Invade Iraq? It's Imperialism, Stupid!
By Left Turn(Left Turn) 
At the heart of the occupation is imperialism. The United States is an
empire and that far from the lofty pretensions of liberating the oppressed
and spreading democracy, "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was done for self-serving
reasons, ...
 
 
 
 
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