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from Paul C. Gorski
November 18, 2007

 <http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/comment/details/2144318347/Comment> Racial
justice campaigners must do more to challenge the system ...
Black Britain - UK
Education is not a panacea for a society that is built on white supremacy -
that continues to perpetuate systemized and structural forms of
discrimination ...

<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Eradicate_poverty_to_end_child_lab
our_Justice_Bhandari_/articleshow/2548885.cms> Eradicate poverty to end
child labour: Justice Bhandari
Times of India - India
Justice Bhandari said the other reasons for prevalence of child labour in
the country were caste system, educational backwardness and indifference of
...

 <http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1685199,00.html> A Last
Warning on Global Warming
TIME - USA
Global warming is "unequivocal." Climate change will bring "abrupt and
irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from
three ...

 <http://www.knbc.com/news/14625966/detail.html> Nooses At CSUF: Civil
Rights Leaders Want Federal Investigation
KNBC.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES -- Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation Friday
into a display of nooses found in the Cal State Fullerton quad area prior to
a ...

<http://www.newshounds.us/2007/11/17/hannity_uses_civil_rights_march_as_an_e
xcuse_to_attack_african_americans.php> Hannity Uses Civil Rights March As An
Excuse To Attack African ...
News Hounds - Newport Beach,CA,USA
White supremacist sympathizer Sean Hannity once again "discussed" civil
rights issues by attacking African Americans. As this blog has repeatedly
noted, ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/story/67465/> Does Porn Make the Man?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Other systems of dominance and oppression -- white supremacy, heterosexism,
predatory corporate capitalism -- mean that non-white men, gay men, ...

 <http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/iraq.blackwater.fbi/> Blackwater: FBI
hasn't interviewed key figures in killings
CNN - USA
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI has not yet interviewed five "key" members of a
Blackwater security team involved in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis, ...

 <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/14/content_7076672.htm> Report:
Most Blackwater killings in Baghdad unjustified
Xinhua - China
14 (Xinhua) -- Most killings of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security
guards on Sept. 16 were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules for
security ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/18/america/LA-GEN-Argentina-Gay-Prid
e-March.php> Thousands march in Gay Pride Parade in Argentine capital
International Herald Tribune - France
But activists said more needs to be done to correct discrimination against
gay, lesbian and transgender people. "It's a society that ... projects an
image ...

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/rosen11172007.html> The Scarlet Hypocrites
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
Adultery, marital infidelity and sexual scandal plague the Republican Party
and the Christian right. In 2006, the shameful sexual exploits of former ...

 <http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=35979&cat_id=1> Racism is
alive and kicking
Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus
To a large degree, outside of various hysterical contortions on the 'Cyprus
Problem', racism has never been adopted as a formal political discourse, ...

 <http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2007/nov/17/no-headline-17fcodesuit/> Workers
allege racism in suit in Fort Pierce
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
By Derek Simmonsen (Contact) FORT PIERCE - After three black code
enforcement officers were hired in October 2005, they allege they were
treated different ...

 <http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman161107.htm> Thanksgiving Hypocrisy
CounterCurrents.org - India
Today, the extremist Christian Right jeopardizes religious freedom with
frightening implications to consider. Their movement became dominant in the
Reagan ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200711160474.html> South Africa: The Truth
Will Prevail!
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
However, the rate of improvement of income for the poor has not matched that
of the rich, and thus while income poverty is declining, inequality has not
...

 <http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL1641088520071116> Rising
child poverty hangs over Germany's future
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
Yet though child poverty is rising, unemployment is falling as the economy
posts its strongest sustained growth in years. ...

<http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/OPINION05/71
1160302/1006/OPINION> Slavery in our midst: how we can fight it
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Trafficking is another word for modern-day slavery. Thousands of women, men
and children are trafficked every day in and out of Florida and the US The
...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/us/review-1122> Struggle for Black liberation
& socialism
Workers World - USA
Consequently, any effort aimed at repairing or re-correcting the historic
oppression and exploitation of African peoples will be met with maximum
resistance ...

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/16/MNHMTD7IA.DT
L> Truck, SUV mileage standards thrown out by US appeals court
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The decision is a huge win for several environmental groups and 11 states,
including California, that argued that the National Highway Traffic Safety
...

<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/averting-world-war-iii-ending-dollar-
hegemony-and-us-imperialism/> Averting World War III, Ending Dollar Hegemony
and US Imperialism
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Constituting itself at a time when decolonisation was well under way and
other empires were disintegrating, US imperialism could never openly speak
its name ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200711141003.html> Kenya: Sexism And the City
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
So why isn't sexism in the workplace? In an otherwise modern 'equal' world,
women are still not receiving the opportunities and the treatment they are
...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/politics/2005-6069.html> Italy gay
protection law moves forward
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
Details about the provisions on homophobia are sketchy, but AKI news agency
reports that "homophobia will be punishable with a prison sentence of up to
four ...

<http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ken_livingstone/2007/11/lets_crack_down
_on_homophobia.html> Let's crack down on homophobia
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Thus extreme homophobes are able to promote hatred with impunity. If their
activities were a crime, police and the criminal justice system would be
able to ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/us/conference-1122> Fighting for worldwide
class solidarity
Workers World - USA
Revolutionary organizations around the globe recognize the significance of a
gathering of Marxist fighters in the belly of US imperialism. ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/14/18461240.php> Why a US Attack
on Iran Must be Stopped
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Nuclear weapons enforce a world dominated by imperialism. And imperialist
powers use their nuclear arsenals to contend over "their share" of world ...

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,225804.shtml>
The National Association of Women Lawyers Releases Results of ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
NAWL's annual Survey insures that we are all aware of where firms need to
concentrate their efforts to ensure gender equity." In more detail, the 2007
...

<http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071114/hospital_gende
r_071114/20071114?hub=Health> Study finds gender bias in Canadian ICUs
CTV.ca - Canada
"In a health care system that is founded on the basis of equal access and
equity of care for all folks in the patient population, I think that when we
find ...

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