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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
November 14, 2007
 
Peter Navarro: American companies are assisting Chinese oppression (
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Peter+Navarro%3A+American+companies+are+assisting+Chinese+oppression&articleId=8dcf1d90-d933-45d0-abff-fb0fe93b8944
)
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
By PETER NAVARRO WHICH COMPANY has committed the greater evil? Yahoo
Inc. helped send a reporter to prison by revealing his identity to the
Chinese ...
 
Slave trade's legacy lingers among Britain's black people, says ... (
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/slave.trades.legacy.lingers.among.britains.black.people.says.jackson/14557.htm
)
ChristianToday - London,UK
"The slave trade ended; slavery did not end and the legacy has not
ended," Rev Jackson told Christian Today after a meeting with black
church leaders on ...
 
5000 Students Gather to Lobby Lawmakers on Global Warming (
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2007-11-13-voa24.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
Emboldened by their growing numbers and by the urgency of issues like
global warming, young people are looking for ways to make a
difference. ...
 
Ending the debate over Reagan's racist rhetoric (
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13574.html )
The Carpetbagger Report - USA
And Reagan meant it. He was opposed to the landmark Civil Rights Act
of 1964, which was the same year that Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney
were slaughtered.
 
Minority Communities Need More Parks, Report Says (
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=11-13-07&storyID=28458
)
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
In "Access to Parkland: Environmental Justice at East Bay Parks,"
Paul Kibel, adjunct professor at Golden Gate University's School of
Law and director of ...
 
Lithuania: Amnesty rallies supporters to oppose rising homophobia ...
( http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17521 )
Amnesty International UK - UK
Amnesty International today called on its 2.2 million members
worldwide to address the rising tide of homophobia in Lithuania. ...
 
Homophobia rife in region: survey (
http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2007/11/13/1194766627913.html
)
Warrnambool Standard - Warrnambool,Victoria,Australia
A survey of 150 same-sex-attracted people in the region found 83.5
per cent thought homophobia existed in the community. Only 11 per cent
of respondents ...
 
Climate change threatens human rights -small island states (
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnSP233436.html )
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
... world's small island states met in the Maldives capital Male on
Tuesday to draft a resolution identifying climate change as a threat
to human rights. ...
 
Good to the Last Drop (
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?story_id=56298145803&issue=10012007&PC=
)
Canadian Architect - Toronto,Canada
The corporatization of McGill University continues unabated,
threatening the future of the successful student-run Architecture
Café. In the early '90s, ...
 
Poverty levels double * study (
http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=612308 )
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
The odds of South Africa halving the current poverty-stricken
4.2-million people living on less than a $1 ( R6.72) a day by 2015 are
extremely slim. ...
 
Middle-Class Black Kids Fall Into Poverty (
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/the_skinny/main3494063.shtml
)
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
A state-by-state look at US Census Bureau data on income and poverty
levels. (CBS) The Skinny is Keach Hagey's take on the top news of the
day and the best ...
 
Blacks More Pessimistic About Progress (
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hBBccWxBjlVbkGc_IGDM39Jd9tHgD8SSVOU02
)
The Associated Press - 
_Most blacks believe racial discrimination is pervasive when applying
for a job (67 percent), renting an apartment or buying a house (65
percent), ...
 
Housing discrimination complaints up 50 percent in county (
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071113/NEWS01/71113011/1263/update
)
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
The majority of complainants cited race as the reason for the
discrimination. Those with disabilities cited discrimination in 23
percent of complaint cases. ...
 
Jena 6: Protests Erupt Against Racist Injustice (
http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article15.php?id=646 )
Socialist Alternative - Seattle,WA,USA
It is another to see such a large mobilization to expose racial
injustice in a small, rural community. In September, after the big
marches and after bail ...
 
UC-Berkeley Signs $500 Million Partnership With Oil Giant BP to ... (
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/1448213 )
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
Critics at UC Berkeley point to the corporatization of academic
research, the ecological dangers of biofuels, and BP's long history of
environmental ...
 
Women in IT: A Lopsided Pay Scale (
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=management&articleId=306151&taxonomyId=14&intsrc=kc_feat
)
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
This salary inequity between men and women in IT is a longstanding
issue, but it could have short-term consequences for companies that
pay female IT workers ...
 
Gypsy, Roma and traveller children speak out over racism (
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/11/13/106414/gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-speak-out-over-racism.html
)
Communitycare.co.uk - Sutton,UK
They felt that there were "marked differences in responses to
prejudice against them compared to the racism aimed at other minority
groups". ...
 
Actvists to march against hate, racism (
http://news14.com/content/headlines/589535/actvists-to-march-against-hate--racism/Default.aspx
)
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
Thousands of people from across North Carolina are expected to "get
on the bus" and join the march for justice this week. It comes after a
rash of racial ...
 
Pop musician Peter Gabriel launches "YouTube for human rights" (
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/98846 )
Heise Online - Hannover,Germany
To achieve this aim, human rights activists were given cameras and
taught how to use them. Web accessibility simplifies this process by
facilitating the ...
 
Homeownership: The Fast Path to Poverty (
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/67634/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. Posted November 12, 2007. Housing policy
at all levels of government pushed people into homeownership even as
it should have ...
 
Group says Micronesians suffer housing discrimination (
http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=13133 )
KPUA - HI,USA
By AP HONOLULU (AP) _ A legal aid group says Micronesians migrating
to Hawaii often suffer housing discrimination. Kokua Legal Services
has settled one ...
 
Pregnant women suffer discrimination, anxiety in workplace (
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/12/2088075.htm?section=business
)
ABC Online - Australia
Author Amanda Cooklin says the types of discrimination included overt
remarks to being overlooked for positions. She says the study found
women in such ...
 
Environmental Racism is a Killer (
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20071112k
)
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
As chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Environment and
Hazardous Materials, I would like to discuss the issue of
environmental justice, ...
 
Saying 'No' to racism ( http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/731/37897 )
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
More than 100 people gathered in the Footscray mall for the western
suburbs' community rally "African refugees are welcome here!" on
November 10. ...
 
Racism in Italy. Gypsy woman murdered in Milan (
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=88866 )
Indymedia Paris Île-de-France - Paris,France
EveryOne Group is carrying out a campaign against the discrimination
and instigation to racial violence that is becoming more and more
desperate every day. ...
 
Rush Limbaugh: On the long Trail of Indian Disrespect (
http://radio-utopie.de/index.php?themenID=1195 )
Radio Utopie - Berlin,Germany
... together" posturing rather than let`s all address the real
problems of White privilege and power in America and the colonial
situation of North American ...
 
Rights group slams 'contempt for African lives' (
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/12/2087878.htm?section=world
)
ABC Online - Australia
The New York-based group Human Rights Watch says the failure of the
international community to end the violence in Somalia reflects a
contempt for the value ...
 
Report: Muslim women facing greater inequality in workplace, politics
(
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20071108-0449-globalgendergap.html
)
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Frank Jordans AP GENEVA * Women in predominantly Muslim countries
are struggling to compete for jobs, win equal pay and hold political
office, ...
 
India rising, so is gender inequality (
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=66cfd6a5-0883-4481-bfd7-612bd7cf7758
)
Hindustan Times - India
PTI Women's empowerment in India still has a long way to go if the
World Economic Forum report, which has put the country among the
bottom 10, when it comes ...
 
 

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