[EdChange] Social Justice News

Thu Oct 11 08:24:18 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
October 11, 2007

 <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,196270.shtml>
October 11th is National Coming Out Day
Earthtimes.org - New Zealand
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender advocacy group, is marking the twentieth anniversary of the 1987
...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/11/america/LA-GEN-Colombia-Military-
Killings.php> Human rights panel says Colombian military killing more
civilians
International Herald Tribune - France
The commission, comprised of US, European and Colombian academics and human
rights advocates, based its report on testimony from victims' family members
and ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/648/648_09_Che.shtml> Who was Che?
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
So, for example, Marx's insistence that the mass of working class people
could--and had to--make their own revolution in order for it to be genuinely
...

 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/648/648_10_Class.shtml> What's class
got to do with it?
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
ADAM TURL responds that the US working class is the vast majority in
society--and that American workers are not pampered and prosperous, but
struggling ...

 <http://www.proudparenting.com/node/856> There are many challenges for LGBT
parents of color. Oppression ...
Proud Parenting - USA
For LGBT parents of color, the obstacles grow into a more intangible list
that includes the fear of becoming involved in state systems; oppression
brought ...

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/taylor10102007.html> Nooses at Columbia
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
Invoking progressive themes like "free-speech" and combating "the oppression
of women in Islam" as a cover, they plan to harass Muslim Student
Associations ...

<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=vn2007101004022
6672C774880> SA's 40% living below poverty line - Langa
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
"In a country in which more than 40 percent of the people live below the
poverty line, one would expect an incredible flow of applications made to
the ...

 <http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/4033/1/1?TopicID=1> EPA Cut
Corners in TRI Rule
OMB Watch - USA
Despite being required under Executive Order 12898 to analyze the
environmental justice impacts of the rule, GAO concluded EPA had failed to
adequately ...

 <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/334832_masried.html> Supreme Court:
Excused injustice
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The Supreme Court's decision to throw out the appeal of a man who, mistaken
for a terrorism suspect, was kidnapped, detained and sent to Afghanistan is
...

<http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_lor_071001_neo_cons_as_heirs_o
f.htm> Neo-cons as Heirs of Social Darwinism
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Right wing authoritarianism, classism and wedded pharisaic "Christianity"
have become a national religion and staple of our "red states" whose
primitive ...

 <http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=14032> Poverty
remains key barrier for many London children
Greater London Authority (press release) - London,England,UK
'This report has some uncomfortable messages, namely that London's high
levels of child poverty and inequality are at odds with the story of its ...

 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/dawson101007.html> Racism in Corporate
Marketing
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
White people remain the largest racial group in the society. 400 years of
white supremacy ideology continues to exert influence on their minds. ...

 <http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20071019506308000.htm> White man's
burden?
Frontline - India
They need us to commit to dismantling white supremacy as an ideology and a
livid reality. The world does not need white people to civilise the 'other'.
...

<http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1191257264368&pagename=JPost%2FJ
PArticle%2FShowFull> Report: Gap in medical services widening between rich
and
Jerusalem Post - Israel
The increasing inequity in health care has been highlighted by a 43-page
report written by Prof. Leon Epstein and Dr. Tuvia Horev of the
Jerusalem-based ...

<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d8c6de62-49
c3-42c4-8293-e901d227c65e> Inequality in society means the poor are sick
more often
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The growing body of research showing that poverty is a key indicator of
health should not come as a shock to anybody who knows the difference
between junk ...

 <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/08/content_6848887.htm> UN
report: Disparity widening in Asia
Xinhua - China
Another indicator measuring income inequality called Gini-indexreflects that
in the past decade or so, out of 20 countries in the region, ...

 <http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/09/2055214.htm?section=world>
Rights group wants death penalty scrapped ahead of Olympics
ABC Online - Australia
Human Rights Watch has urged China to end the death penalty ahead of the
2008 Beijing Olympics. Observers estimate that China executes more people
than the ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/64567/> The Health Risks of Racism
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... health problems of black women and black infants stem not just from
inadequate medical care but from stress, racism, poverty and other social
pressures. ...

 <http://www.socialistworker.org/2007-2/648/648_08_Iran.shtml> Using women's
rights as an excuse for war
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
Since the early 1980s, a trend called Islamic Feminism has come into being,
whose proponents use arguments taken from Islamic texts and traditions
rather ...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2007-10-09-voa24.cfm> Global
Warming Linked to Worst Mass Extinctions in Earth History
Voice of America - USA
By Rosanne Skirble A new book explores how global warming is linked to the
worst mass extinctions in earth's history. In Under a Green Sky, ...

<http://www.theguardianonline.com/news/2007/10/10/Opinions/Domestic.Violence
.Affects.Every.Sexual.Orientation-3021627.shtml> Domestic violence affects
every sexual orientation
Guardian - Dayton,OH,USA
In 2006, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported 3534
incidents of domestic violence in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
(GLBT) ...

 <http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29922320071009> Iraq
wants Blackwater to pay $136 mln compensation
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government wants US security firm Blackwater
to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people
killed in ...

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