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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
October 3, 2007
 
USDA raises new questions over civil rights language in farm bill (
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/usda-raises-new-questions-over-civil-rights-language-in-farm-bill-2007-10-02.html
)
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA
The House farm bill includes language backed by the Congressional
Black Caucus (CBC) that addresses late claims filed under the 1999
Pigford civil rights ...
 
Two-fifths of discrimination 'occurs at work' (
http://news.crippssears.com/Two-fifths-of-discrimination-occurs-at-work-3c547d9
)
Cripps Sears - London,UK
Some 40 per cent of discrimination takes place in the work
environment, according to a new study. Research undertaken on behalf
of the newly-formed Equality ...
 
Gay rights groups angered by weaker antidiscrimination bill (
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/02/MN6QSHRA6.DTL
)
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Barney Frank, D-Mass., pulled transgender people from the legislation
that would protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination.
...
 
The Trade Union Movement, New Labour, and Working-Class Politics ...
( http://www.workersliberty.org/node/7426 )
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
We work towards integrating the three fronts into a coherent strategy
of class war and, ultimately, the struggle for working-class state
power. ...
 
Sri Lanka: To defend democratic rights, workers must oppose war (
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/sril-o02.shtml )
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Now these unions are engaged in various manoeuvres with parties that
are known for their hostility to the working class and support for the
war. ...
 
Building revolutionary parties (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13127 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
In conditions of capitalist collapse and near civil war across most
of Europe, some working class leaders whose course was far from
revolutionary felt ...
 
How mass struggle can start to shift the 'muck of ages' (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13149 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
It is that only in revolution can the working class "succeed in
ridding itself of all the muck of ages and become fitted to found
society anew", ...
 
Excuses, inaction only add to global warming burden (
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20071002.E04&irec=3
)
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
... had prevented 300 million births (a figure equal to the
population of the United States), and consequently had helped to fight
global warming. ...
 
Blackwater contractor's fun flight ends in six deaths (
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22524676-23109,00.html
)
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
By staff writers "THEY wouldn't pay me if they knew how much fun this
was", a Blackwater contractor to the US military said just before the
plane he was ...
 
Australia freezes out African refugees, denies racism (
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnSYD15828.html )
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Australia has placed a
freeze on the settlement of refugees from Africa, but Prime Minister
John Howard denied on ...
 
Arun Kundnani: How liberals lost their anti-racism (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13138 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Much of the progress made fighting racism in Britain over the last 40
years was the result of an implicit alliance between the activism of
black and Asian ...
 
US firefighter wins 1.43 million in racism lawsuit (
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g2PyPOAkO471k4VvH5m1n0QSkwKg )
AFP - 
LOS ANGELES (AFP) * A former Los Angeles firefighter who said his
co-workers were racist and even once fed him dog food was awarded 1.43
million dollars as ...
 
The Bush administration's ties to Blackwater (
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater_bush/ )
Salon - USA
Edgar Prince's widow Elsa, who remarried after her husband's death,
has served on the boards of the FRC and another influential Christian
right organization ...
 
Russian patriarch attacks homosexuality, says human rights are ... (
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/02/europe/EU-GEN-Russian-Patriarch-Gays.php
)
International Herald Tribune - France
"We can see it in a new generation of rights that contradict
morality," Alexy told the parliamentary assembly of the council,
Europe's premier human rights ...
 
Britain's brutal record of imperialism in Burma (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13130 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
by Anindya Bhattacharyya Many people horrified by the brutality of
the Burmese regime say that the "international community" should
intervene in the country ...
 
The Right Plays to its Nativist Base (
http://www.alternet.org/rights/64182/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
At others, it's making subtle snubs like this week's to make sure no
one's deluded into thinking that defending white privilege isn't the
first and most ...
 
How to Address Humanity's Global Crises? Challenge Corporate Power
... ( http://www.alternet.org/workplace/63541/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
For more information, visit the International Forum on
Globalization's website. Before I came here I was very fortunate to
join the group of scientists and ...
 
A Global Satyagraha against Imperialism (
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/a-global-satyagraha-against-imperialism/
)
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
Such a struggle is urgently needed today, given the carnage being
inflicted by imperialism in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan, and the
threat of even ...
 
Environmental justice means addressing discriminatory practices (
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=137168&ac=PHedi
)
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
The concept of environmental justice is a relatively new one and
affects our entire country. Though it is clear that, as a people, most
of us have ...
 
US Gov't Helped Blackwater Downplay Iraqi Civilian Killings (
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65294 )
ShortNews.com - Regensburg,Germany
The US Congress has obtained documents detailing how the State
Department assisted private security firm Blackwater in downplaying
incidents in which ...
 
Nobodies: Modern-day slavery in the United States (
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/01/onthejob.DTL
)
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
I'd been appalled by the stories of slavery happening here in the
States: immigrants forced to pick fruit in Florida, armed guards
keeping welders in a ...
 
Climate change, gender and poverty linked (
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20071001.F03&irec=2
)
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Climate change is a poverty issue. No one argues against this.
However, debates will immediately occur when one argues that climate
change is a gender issue ...
 
Obligation to eliminate discrimination against women (
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071001/flair/flair9.html
)
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
In 1984, the Jamaican Government became a signatory to the
international Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW). ...
 
Facing the fear (
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/582096,CST-NWS-sabina01.article
)
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
SABINA | One of Little Rock 9 warns that 50 years after they
integrated an all-white high school, racial injustice still smolders
BY MARK J. KONKOL Staff ...
 
Free the Jena 6! Join the Protest at the US Justice Department (
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr008=w3d4g2ju24.app7b&page=NewsArticle&id=7369&news_iv_ctrl=1501
)
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
The case of the Jena 6 has garnered international attention, and
shone a spotlight on the racist nature of this country's criminal
"injustice" system. ...
 
Students & teachers believe gays feel unsafe (
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5016.php )
Gay NZ - New Zealand
Youth Development Project which says that homophobia and homophobic
bullying can undermine gay teenagers' sense of self-worth and even
lead to actual abuse. ...
 
Inequality in India growing faster than IT: P Sainath (
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=7230 )
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
New Delhi, Sep 30 : Noted journalist and Raman Magsaysay award winner
P Sainath today said inequality in India is growing faster than
software or ...
 
UN envoy slams 'insidious' racism in France (
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=175612&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
)
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
PARIS: France's ethnic minorities are trapped in social and economic
"ghettos" because of an "insidious racism" tolerated by politicians, a
senior UN envoy ...
 
 
 
 

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