[EdChange] Social Justice News

Fri Nov 2 09:54:18 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 2, 2007

<http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-epa.artnov01,0,5249047.st
ory> A Poor Environmental Legacy
Hartford Courant - United States
A review by The Washington Post of several years of US Department of Justice
and Environmental Protection Agency statistics shows the numbers of criminal
...

 <http://www.alternet.org/environment/66729/> Is Carbon Trading Just a
Giveaway to Big Polluters?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Annie Petsonk is international counsel with Environmental Defense, a leading
national environmental advocacy group. She has participated in the
development ...

 <http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/341608.html> Du Bois' advice of a
hundred years ago should be considered today
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
In the beginning he blamed white supremacy for many of the problems that
blacks faced at that time. Since the age of industrialization was booming,
...

<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/OPINION01/71101
0428/-1/LOCAL17> Iraq shares lack of concern for human rights with US
Indianapolis Star - United States
The Bush administration states we're fighting in Iraq to preserve human
rights and freedom for its citizens. According to Amnesty International, ...

 <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/eveningnews/main3442450.shtml>
Blackwater Shooting Evidence Comes To US
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
(CBS) CBS News has learned two bullet-ridden cars from the scene of the
September Blackwater shooting that killed 17 Iraqis have been purchased by
FBI ...

 <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5LyfxXkUV5_okZK9oEuH1loOTRwD8SKBVP81>
Study: Kids Hurt by Immigration Raids
The Associated Press - 
(AP) - Thousands of children whose parents are arrested in immigration raids
in the US face mental health issues including post-traumatic stress
disorder, ...

 <http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2007/508/pp2109.htm> Racism dominates
election campaign
Socialist Party - UK
THE RESULTS of the recent general election in Switzerland reflect a highly
polarised society, with the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) securing a
29% ...

 <http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/534957/> Working "In the Closet"
Hurts Both Employee and Employer
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise - A questionnaire study of more than 500 gay, lesbian and bisexual
employees across the US has found that "fears about disclosing a gay
identity at ...

 <http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1740312007> Religion 'is no excuse for
inequality'
Scotsman - United Kingdom
With characteristic aplomb, she attacked the continuing inequality of
women's role in world religion and said differences of culture or religion
could not ...

 <http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=1059> HIV Epidemic in Latin America
and the Caribbean Rooted in Gender ...
UNFPA (press release) - New York,NY,USA
In this context, gender inequality needs to be reduced through public
policies aimed at empowering women and by introducing a gender perspective
in national ...

 <http://www.africasia.com/newafrican/na.php?ID=1501> Profiting from poverty
Africasia - London,UK
As the British journalist George Monbiot puts it: "Debt, unfair terms of
trade and poverty are not causes of Africa's problems but symptoms. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harleen-kahlon/damsels-in-success-a-deb_b_706
04.html> Damsels In Success: A Debate: Do Women Need Men and/or Children In
...
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Feminism teaches that male and female are the same and sex roles are merely
"stereotypes" imposed by men. As a result, millions of people are clueless
about ...

 <http://www.stuff.co.nz/4256877a12.html> UN envoys find profound racism in
Dominican Republic
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
Two United Nations experts says racism is a "profound and entrenched"
problem in the Dominican Republic, triggering denunciations by the
government of a ...

 <http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=75165> Immigrant
Advocates Accuse Pharmacies Of Discrimination
NY1 - NY,USA
Immigrant groups that say pharmacies are discriminating against non-English
speaking New Yorkers filed a discrimination complaint with the state
attorney ...

<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Guest_Writer/Poverty__inequality/articl
eshow/2506994.cms> Poverty & inequality
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... in 'Inequality and reforms' (ET, Oct 29) warns India of the dangers of
falling prey to the urge to control inequality at the cost of poverty
reduction. ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/651/651_13_IranDebate.shtml> Will
Bush start a war on Iran?
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
He concluded by arguing that US imperialism "will most likely wait until it
can delegate this task [war] to a President Clinton or Obama" since the Bush
...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/493674597?JServSessionIdr009=im2mue7wu4.ap
p5b&page=NewsArticle&id=7531&news_iv_ctrl=1261> World condemns US blockade
of Cuba
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
In a failed attempt to bribe and blackmail other countries into supporting
its anti-Cuba policies, US imperialism was only able to recruit Israel-a US
...

 <http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?id=7334&lang=6> Sex slavery still
a problem
Nordic Council - Copenhagen,Denmark
We must dispel the myth of happy, voluntary prostitutes and we must solve
all problems of sex trading and sex slavery in the Nordic countries. ...

 <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR9U3GxuUfweFVtAqFI-Tmq4dplg> Children
particularly at risk from global warming: report
AFP - 
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Children are especially vulnerable to the adverse health
effects of global warming, said a report released Monday. ...

 <http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/291028.html> Civil
rights leaders plan protest of noose
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
By DAVID OVALLE Civil rights leaders will rally Thursday to protest after a
noose was found hanging at a county water and sewer treatment plant in North
...

 <http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_9941.shtml>
Perspectives: Hanging Nooses, Hate Pose a National Health Risk
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
Hanging nooses are powerfully heinous symbols of hate and White supremacy
that evoke an especially hideous epoch in US history, from 1882 - 1968, ...

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