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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 8, 2007
 
Working-class home buyers the losers in economic tug-of-war (
http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/workingclass-home-buyers-the-losers-in-economic-tugofwar/2007/11/07/1194329319385.html
)
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Most borrowers will be able to absorb that, but in the working-class
suburbs where mortgage stress is concentrated, it will do a lot of
damage, ...
 
George Washington's Slave Cabin Reconstructed (
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3833070&page=1 )
ABC News - USA
It is here, in a small log and mud cabin, that one of his relatives,
Nancy Carter Quander, was born into slavery. "When you come here and
you see this, ...
 
Feds accused of disinterest in hate crimes (
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-06-hatecrime_N.htm )
USA Today - USA
By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY The Justice Department is prosecuting the
fewest hate crimes in 10 years as civil rights activists cite noose
hangings and other ...
 
Did Bush stack the deck against civil rights? (
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Did_Bush_stack_deck_against_civil_1106.html
)
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
Using a questionable, unprecedented maneuver President Bush has
installed a solid Republican majority on a supposedly bipartisan civil
rights panel, ...
 
Environmentalism With a Social Conscience (
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071119/wright )
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
Majora Carter is the founder of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), an
organization working for environmental justice in that low-income
neighborhood. ...
 
A question of class ( http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7896 )
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA
It's all too easy, for even the most well-meaning of us, to help
perpetuate classism by buying into that mindset, implementing
activities and strategies for ...
 
US Water Boarding, 1899 Style ( http://www.hnn.us/articles/44411.html
)
History News Network - Seattle,WA,USA
The Philippine occupation unfolded at the high tide of American
segregation, lynching, and a triumphant white supremacy ideology. ...
 
Poverty reduction not reaching very poor - report (
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN724209.html )
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Developing countries have made much progress
in reducing poverty and hunger but have not been as successful in
reaching the poorest ...
 
Most Metro Students Live In Poverty (
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7328395 )
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA
More than half of the students enrolled in Nashville's public schools
live in poverty. School officials said the number has steadily
increased. ...
 
Karat slams US 'double standards' (
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Karat_slams_US_double_standards/articleshow/2526935.cms
)
Times of India - India
Those who talk of US imperialism not affecting our national
sovereignty should learn," he said. Karat also gave the instance of
Japan, saying the Japanese ...
 
Socialism Conference in Los Angeles (
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/2002115483?JServSessionIdr009=oxtbt3vm63.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=7565&news_iv_ctrl=1261
)
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The conference will be a great way for anyone who wants to get
involved in the struggle against racism and imperialism, and for
socialism, to do so. ...
 
On Protecting Gay Americans from Workplace Discrimination (
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/07/EDD7T6UMC.DTL
)
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
This legislation was initially intended to protect LGBT Americans
from arbitrary firing and other forms of employment discrimination.
...
 
Watch: Gay Congressman Gives Emotional Speech About Anti ... (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/07/watch-gay-congressman-gi_n_71675.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Barney Frank (D-MA) held back tears as he spoke from the House floor
Wednesday about a bill that would finally give federal
anti-discrimination protections ...
 
Discrimination claims rise among pregnant women (
http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1194490529231530.xml&coll=1
)
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission saw pregnancy
discrimination claims jump 23 percent from 1997 to 2006. Pregnancy
discrimination cases are ...
 
A bill to ban Blackwater ... and save democracy? (
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/a_bill_to_ban_blackwater_and_s.html
)
Baltimore Sun - United States
In September, guards employed by the security firm Blackwater USA
killed 17 Iraqi civilians and provoked cries of outrage in Iraq and in
Washington. ...
 
Fear, Hate and Hand Grenades: Extremists' Unrelenting Assault on ...
( http://www.alternet.org/rights/67031/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Northern Virginia residents are hell-bent on driving undocumented
immigrants away. With demonstrations and lawsuits, the immigrants
are fighting back. ...
 
The golden haves in the age of globalization (
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=86590
)
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
Rather than punitively taxing wealth, globalization strengthens the
case for shifting to a flat tax on income (or better yet consumption)
with a moderately ...
 
Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance Responds to ... (
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,217380.shtml
)
Earthtimes - London,UK
6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Responding to growing economic
inequality in the United States and the lack of education about the
issue, the Southern Poverty ...
 
South Africa: Income Gap 'Widens for Country's Blacks' (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200711070325.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A SURVEY by the South African Institute of Race Relations released
this week has shown that inequality among blacks in SA is rising
faster than among any ...
 
UN expert warns that racism is increasingly manifest as violence (
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24575&Cr=human&Cr1=rights
)
UN News Centre - 
7 November 2007 * Racism is increasingly being expressed through
violence, and is also being institutionalized by xenophobic political
parties in what ...
 
Disabled hate crime law planned (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7081085.stm )
BBC News - UK
It will be added to proposals announced last month to make it a crime
to incite hatred against gay, lesbian and transgender people. ...
 
Marxism At Work: Inequality And Class (
http://www.workersliberty.org/node/9509 )
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
Without that organisation and mobilisation, inequality breeds
inequality. As in Britain today. Inequality of wealth and income
has grown since Margaret ...
 
English tests for migrants are 'lace curtain racism' (
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2205945,00.html
)
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The introduction of English language tests for skilled migrants from
outside Europe next year was last night branded "lace curtain racism"
by community ...
 
Ani DiFranco (
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=91&ItemID=14208
)
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
For DiFranco, feminism, as a counteracting force against the
imbalance produced by patriarchy, is relevant to both women and men.
'From patriarchy comes war ...
 
'Comfort women' to tell European Parliament about sexual slavery (
http://www.kois.go.kr/news/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20071106021&part=103&SearchDay=&page=1
)
Korea.net - South Korea
Victims of wartime sexual slavery under the Imperial Japanese Army
during World War II will testify before the European Parliament in
Brussels for the first ...
 
Bush's scheme to stack the US Commission on Civil Rights (
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13497.html )
The Carpetbagger Report - USA
We've known for quite some time that the US Commission on Civil
Rights * for a half-century, the government's chief watchdog for
racism and discrimination ...
 
ACLU and Civil Rights Lawyers Renew Effort to Desegregate Hartford
... ( http://www.aclu.org/racialjustice/edu/32569prs20071106.html
)
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
O'Neill that Hartford's racially segregated schools violated minority
students' constitutional rights to an equal education. Although the
court urged the ...
 
Gay rabbi hits out at Bible-inspired homophobia (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5963.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
An Orthodox American rabbi spoke out against using the Bible to
justify prejudice in a sermon yesterday. Steven Greenberg, America's
first openly gay rabbi, ...
 
Homophobia in the Black Church (
http://www.afterellen.com/node/26362?comment=414940 )
AfterEllen.com - USA
I just joined a predominantly black church here in my small college
town. I've been attending for a few months now, and I like it. I don't
consider myself a ...
 
 
 
 

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