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from Paul C. Gorski
November 22, 2007

<http://www.thevitalvoice.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000001/000198.h
tm> GLBT Youth Fired Up To Create Change
Vital VOICE - St. Louis,MO,USA
Hundreds of them attended the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Youth
Institute to explore issues of sexism/genderism, heterosexism, racism and
classism ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/world/annapolis-1129> No solution for
Palestine, no end to occupation
Workers World - USA
But the doubtful fate of the grandly projected "peace conference" reflects
US imperialism's total inability and unwillingness to provide solutions to
any of ...

<http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
440&Itemid=1> African Americans: Stand Up Like World Warriors
Black Agenda Report - Jersey City,NJ,USA
All three evils are wrapped up in the package of US imperialism, the menace
to all humanity that demands a response from those of us situated in the
"belly ...

<http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_joseph_j_071121_little_known_americ
a.htm> Little Known American History
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Jefferson incurred the wrath of the "Christian Right" in his day because he
did not hide his disdain for them. He dared to echo the feelings of many of
his ...

 <http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/sayitloud/weathersbee1121>
Commentary: A Statue Honoring Denmark Vesey Would Not Only Teach ...
Black America Web - Dallas,Tx,USA
What's laughable is the fact that slavery, the thing that made Charleston's
economy thrive, was rooted in genocide. African religions were forbidden,
...

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/145629.html> 820 indigenous
Brazilians freed from slavery
Earthtimes - London,UK
According to figures of the International Labour Organisation, some 25000
workers have been freed from slavery-like conditions in Brazil since 1995,
...

 <http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/498636.html> Leonard Pitts: Sexism lives
on in 2008 race
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
By Leonard Pitts - "So," the woman asked, "how do we beat the bitch?" And
Sen. John mccain laughed. It was, he said, an "excellent" question. ...

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/21/nbeeb121.xm
l> BBC to explore Britain's white working class
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The BBC is to provoke controversy with a series of programmes this winter
exploring Britain's "under siege" white working class. The White season on
BBC2 ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2007/us/goldstein-1129> Imperialist globalization
transforms working class
Workers World - USA
The US working class is now poorer, more downtrodden, more insecure, more in
debt, more Black, Latin@ and Asian, more women, more lesbian, gay, ...

 <http://thepost.com.pk/CityNewsT.aspx?dtlid=129791&catid=3> International
Children's Rights Day | Every day 4 children abused ...
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
LAHORE: The provincial metropolis Tuesday observed the International
Children's Rights Day Tuesday with various mass campaigns and seminars
arranged in this ...

 <http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/11/92893.shtml> I Don't Want To Be a
Gypsy Anymore
NYC Independent Media Center - New York,NY,USA
Many Eastern European immigrants carry over to the USA their racism and
homophobia. This is an account of two incidents that i had to go thru in NYC
as a ...

<http://www.thevitalvoice.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000008/000810.h
tm> Progressive black organization takes on gay, lesbian, bisexual ...
Vital VOICE - St. Louis,MO,USA
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) equality is not an entirely
new issue to OBS, who sponsored a panel discussion on homophobia in August
of 2005 ...

<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.coal19nov21,0,2521416.story>
World's coal addiction fuels global warming, UN says
Baltimore Sun - United States
In a series of reports this year, the panel outlined the causes and
consequences of global warming, along with solutions to avoid its most
serious effects. ...

 <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_7518296> Burning legacy: Bush is
responsible for ignoring global warming
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
More than any other one person, George Bush is to blame for the disaster
that global warming will undoubtedly bring. That is because he not only
denied it ...

 <http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/11628036.html> Accusations of
Racism at Smith College
WSHM-TV - Springfield,MA,USA
By Matthew Campbell Accusations of racism fly at a Northampton college after
a student shows up in black face at a school-sanctioned party. ...

<http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=472815298&no_view=1
&SEARCH_TERM=1> Sri Lanka inequality on the rise despite growth: UNDP
Lanka Business Online - Sri Lanka
Nov 20, 2007 (LBO) – Inequality is on the rise in Sri Lanka despite the
island making much progress in economic development, an international expert
said. ...

 <http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155393/1/1893> In India gender
inequality rampant despite economic growth
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
In the World Economic Forum's (WEF) most recent Gender Gap Index, released
recently, India is placed at 114th place out of 128 countries in achieving
gender ...

 <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/89149.php> Low Standards Of Child
Well-being Linked To Greater Income Inequality
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Improvements in child wellbeing in rich countries might depend more on
reductions in income inequality rather than further economic growth,
according to a ...

 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7055586,00.html> Report:
Poverty Reduction Misses Poorest
Guardian Unlimited - UK
>From AP By HENRY SANDERSON AP Writer BEIJING (AP) - The world's poorest
people are not seeing the benefits of a global poverty rate decline driven
by Asia's ...

 <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071120111550.htm>
Unemployment And Poverty Remain Dramatically High Among Workers ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
20, 2007) — There is a dramatic employment and poverty gap between
working-age people with disabilities and those without disabilities,
according to a new ...

 <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jcFgW-rWaOSdzIXqECdqxFWeLxsQ> UNICEF
study says Canada fails children
AFP - 
OTTAWA (AFP) — A new UNICEF study that examined the state of children's
rights in Canada on Tuesday scathed the nation's inflated levels of child
poverty, ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200711200035.html> Botswana: The Face of
Poverty
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Eventually 27-year-old Dikeledi Motlhabane narrates the painful story of
every orphaned and poverty-stricken family. One thing particularly worrying
is that ...

<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/11/20
/1120discriminate.html> Palm Beach County prohibits gender identity
discrimination
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
By Jennifer Sorentrue WEST PALM BEACH — County commissioners voted 5-1
today, with Commission Chairwoman Addie Greene dissenting, to prohibit
discrimination ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13577> Tell it like it is:
interview with editor Brian Richardson
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Most working class parents haven't got the money to send their children to
public school even if they wanted to – and why should they? ...

 <http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/20/va_contracts/> Corporate
profiteering against Iraq vets?
Salon - USA
"This administration, besides the cronyism, they have this ideologue thing
that government is bad and privatization is good," she explained. ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13578> Oppression lies behind
the low rape conviction rates
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
We live in a society where the dominant ideology tells us that women's
oppression no longer exists. Yet rape is itself a product of women's
oppression. ...

 <http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=12398> A mythical approach to
oppression of women
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Oppression of women at home is not a random phenomenon in the male dominated
society. In fact, the issue is as old as time. Famous American poet Adrienne
...

 <http://www.periodico26.cu/english/news_cuba/un-cuba111707.htm> UN Ratifies
End of Anti-Cuban Human Rights Mandate
Periódico 26 - Las Tunas,Cuba
The UN General Assembly has approved by overwhelming majority the
ratification of the decision of the Human Rights Council to eliminate the
US-imposed human ...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-16-voa66.cfm> Human Rights
Advocates Slam Pakistan's Musharraf
Voice of America - USA
By Meredith Buel Human rights groups are sharply criticizing Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf's decision to suspend the country's constitution
and ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/lifestylechannel/family/112007family.htm> Whatever
Happened to the Lesbian Feminst?
365Gay.com - USA
However, just like the needs and political desires of the gay and lesbian
movement have evolved over time, feminism has been transfigured by changing
laws, ...

 <http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10830&size=A> Xinjiang brick
factory closed down for "slavery"
AsiaNews.it - Italy
It stands accused of forcing workers, many of them children and mentally
disabled, to over 20 hours of labour a day. Overtime was not paid and wages
were ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6098.html> New homophobic
bullying resources for schools launched
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
Leicestershire Anti Bullying Team has produced its unique whole school
resource pack to enable school staff to address homophobia and homophobic
bullying in ... 

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