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May 31, 2007

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/30/18422924.php> Help fight
racism and protect free speech at UCSC
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by UC Activist Defense Committee. We are writing to ask you to join us in
supporting the UC Activist Defense Committee's campaign in defense of Alette
...

<http://leninlives.blogspot.com/2007/05/fascist-tricks-at-cnn-racism-of-lou.
html> FASCIST TRICKS AT CNN? THE RACISM OF LOU DOBBS
By Thomas Riggins(Thomas Riggins) 
I would argue no one is a true populist who bases his or her message on
lies, slander and racism. This information is available in a Times article
by David Leonhardt ("Truth, Fiction And Lou Dodds" in the Business Day
section of 5-30-07 ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leora-tanenbaum/goodbye-fword-hello-_b_49856.
html> Goodbye, F-Word; Hello, 'Women's Lib'
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Throughout the feminist "first wave" of the suffrage movement and the
"second wave" of the late 1960s and early 1970s, feminism was alternately
deemed ...

 <http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/123913.html> Lost: A generation of
civil rights leaders
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
South Florida's civil rights leaders fear the stories of those who have died
will be forgotten without a concerted effort to document their struggle. ...

<http://www.wxyz.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=3083afda-bbd2-4798-b2
8a-1f1fb7400762> SUBURBAN SLAVERY: Local Couple Sentenced
WXYZ - Detroit,MI,USA
DETROIT (AP) - A couple who brought a teenage Cameroonian girl to the US and
used her as a slave in their home have been sentenced to time in federal
prison ...

 <http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6595139> Alabama governor signs
resolution apologizing for slavery
WDBJ7.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
Today, Alabama Governor Bob Riley signed a resolution expressing "profound
regret" for Alabama's role in slavery and apologizing for slavery's wrongs
and ...

<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/0b33ae52b613dc6814370042e769d
9e3.htm> NIGER: New slavery study welcomed by human rights experts
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Lompo Garba, president of the National Commission for Human Rights and Civil
Liberties, the group conducting the new study, said: "Slavery as it was in
the ...

 <http://joswift.blogspot.com/2007/05/astonishing-americans-believe-in.html>
Astonishing! Americans Believe in 'America'
By Left Turn(Left Turn) 
Since the founding of our so-called republic, textbook authors, historians,
teachers, our government, the mainstream media, and the moneyed elite have
striven tenaciously to convince the working class, the rest of the world,
...

 <http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=14303> Universities Get Schooled
by Rising Dropout Rates
Daily Nexus - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
"Even though more black students are eligible for college, black economic
disparity compared to white privilege makes black communities more
embattled," ...

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/daniels05302007.html> Folding to Mr. 28
Percent
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
Even if a soldier does not lose his or her life, they lose in the long run
while Bush, Cheney, Rice, Halliburton, Blackwater trip over the money bags
on the ...

<http://thebridalblog.observer.com/2007/private-militias-pose-public-menace>
Private Militias Pose a Public Menace
By Lisa Medchill 
The government doesn't talk on this subject except to mislead, but Jeremy
Scahill does in his recently published book, Blackwater: The Rise of the
World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Mr. Scahill has testified before
Congress, ...

<http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2007/05/30/leaving-women-and-girls-behin
d-bush-s-global-aids-policy> Leaving Women and Girls Behind: Bush's Global
AIDS Policy
RH Reality Check - Washington,D.C.,USA
And while President Bush deserves praise for his call for this additional
money to fight HIV/AIDS, the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
has a ...

<http://www.now.org/news/whatsnew.html?title=gender_equity_handbook_now_avai
lable&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1> Gender Equity Handbook Now Available
By National Organization for Women 
The 2007 Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, Second
Edition, is a new guide designed for educators, researchers and activists.
It will provide all the information necessary to ensure that public schools
in your area ...

 <http://www.liberaloasis.com/2007/05/flashback_samuel_alito_hostili.php>
FLASHBACK -- Samuel Alito: Hostility To Equality
By Bill Scher 
In light of yesterday's 5-4 Supreme Court ruling -- a disingenuous reading
of law by Sam Alito. screwing over a woman suffering pay inequity and making
it harder for others to challenge employment discrimination -- it seems
appropriate ...

 <http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/dobbs-leprosy/> Medical Expert Debunks
Dobbs Report Tying Immigrants To Leprosy
Think Progress - Washington,DC,USA
CBS later found that there had actually been 7000 cases in the past 30
years, and "nobody knows how many of those cases involve illegal immigrants.
...

 <http://www.hbns.org/getDocument.cfm?documentID=1518> Subtle Bias Affects
Mental Health of Korean Immigrants in Canada
Health Behavior News Service - USA
The study, which appears in the July issue of the American Journal of Public
Health, involved a survey of mostly middle-aged Korean immigrants now living
in ...

<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-immigfees3007may30,0,187
3271.story?coll=sfla-news-florida> Immigrants face huge fee increases
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Immigrants applying for the right to live and work in the United States will
pay a steeper price starting July 30. The fees that immigrants pay to
request ...

 <http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/2007/05/gay-genocide-in-iraq.html> Gay
genocide in Iraq
By IRAQI LGBT(IRAQI LGBT) 
Murdered and set ablaze April 2006, Karar Oda is just one of the many Iraqis
dragged from their homes by hooded militia and shot, set on fire or beheaded
because they were believed to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. ...

<http://www.antiracistparent.com/2007/05/30/how-do-other-isms-intersect-with
-racism/> How do other -isms intersect with racism?
By Dawn Friedman 
In other words, it's impossible to talk about racism without acknowledging
sexism, classism, heterosexism, etc.. I thought of this again in light of
the comments on naming. As Meera said, "[R]ace and class are substituted for
one ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/chry-30.shtml> The
Cerberus-Chrysler deal: The case for public ownership of the ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
The support given to the buyout by the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the
Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) unions is a historic betrayal of the working
class. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-reardon/what-next-180-days-to-n_b_49
931.html> What Next? 180 Days To Notice Racial Discrimination?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Apparently it's also 179 days shy of when you need to file a prophylactic
lawsuit to protect yourself from pay discrimination. Most people aren't even
out ...

<http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1434595.0.
marchers_to_say_sorry_for_slavery.php> Marchers to say sorry for slavery
Wiltshire Times - Wiltshire,UK
"We hope to engage with schools, public forums and the media about the true
history of slavery and abolition, promoting greater understanding, ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/the-world-bank-after-wolf_b_500
30.html> Mark Weisbrot: The World Bank After Wolfowitz: Harm Reduction
By Mark Weisbrot 
The IMF/World Bank cartel is still operating in the poorest countries, and
it is through this cartel that the World Bank does its worst damage: the
privatization of water in countries like Ghana and Tanzania, the imposition
of user fees ...

<http://thehollytree.blogspot.com/2007/05/rep-dennis-j-kucinich-privatizing-
iraqs.html> Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich: "Privatizing Iraq's Oil is Theft!"
By Robin(Robin) 
Kucinich explained how the proposed Bill, now pending before the US
Congress, via its benchmarks, will provide for the privatization of Iraqi
oil. It requires the regime in Iraq to pass a law called, "The Hydrocarbon
Act. ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/05/053007judge.htm> Bush Court Nominee Has
Record Of Homophobia
365Gay.com - USA
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (Washington) A civil rights group on
Wednesday called for the Senate to reject President Bush's nominee for the
Fifth ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/52664/> Welcome to Grandpa's World, Baby
Cheney
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Considering the homophobia that his grandpa's Grand Old Party has
perpetuated in past decades, it is not likely that he will have an easy
time. ...

<http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309691&area=/insight/insight
__africa/> Africa's gay and lesbian people combat bias
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
The new law, adopted by a 230-to-41 vote, was welcomed by gay and lesbian
activists in South Africa and around the world as a significant advance for
equal ...

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