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from Paul C. Gorski
October 27, 2007
 
BUSD Nondiscrimination Policy to Include LGBT Students (
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=10-26-07&storyID=28311
)
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
By Riya Bhattacharjee The Berkeley Board of Education approved a
policy to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and
their families from ...
 
Cuban struggle against imperialism: A lesson for other countries (
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C27%5Cstory_27-10-2007_pg11_3
)
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Cuban resilience is a unique example of unity of the Cuban
people against the US imperialism and unjustifiable sanctions, said
speakers at a ...
 
'Imperialism behind UK action in Iraq, Afghanistan' (
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C27%5Cstory_27-10-2007_pg4_6
)
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
LONDON: British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is a hangover
from its imperial past, a distinguished military historian has said,
accusing politicians ...
 
Blackwater: Retail Warriors Buy Their Casualties at Wholesale (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/26/blackwater-retail-warrio_n_70030.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
What goes unmentioned by the Post is a previous case in which US
officials negotiated a bargain-basement price for a Blackwater
casualty. ...
 
Migrants endure increasing violence and discrimination, says UN ... (
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24441&Cr=human&Cr1=rights
)
UN News Centre - 
26 October 2007 * Migrants are increasingly subject to violence and
discrimination, from prolonged detention to ill-treatment from
authorities, in countries ...
 
MSU-led study: Women face workplace weight discrimination (
http://msutoday.msu.edu/research/index.php3?article=26Oct2007-6 )
MSU Today - East Lansing,MI,USA
by Andy Henion October 26, 2007 - Women are 16 times more likely than
men to report weight discrimination in the workplace, according to a
MSU-led study ...
 
Our American Tragedy: The Killing Fields of Childhood Poverty (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/our-american-tragedy-the_b_70041.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Deprivation of a child wrecks the mind and body, and if you don't
believe that try living in one of our American poverty killing fields.
...
 
Zimbabwe: Emancipation of Women Not an Act of Charity (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200710260846.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
We are seeing regular instances of sexism and misogyny, sadly
perpetrated by would-be liberators whose leadership is now marked by
moral decadence. ...
 
Human rights tribunal orders Calgary woman to stop spreading hate ...
(
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBvIc1V7faWVZqausR9LQgwNd3cA
)
The Canadian Press - 
OTTAWA - A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Calgary woman
to stop posting hate messages against minority groups on a US-based
white supremacist ...
 
Racism, science, politics, and revisionism. (
http://www.slate.com/id/2176709/ )
Slate - USA
All they do is make racism harder to identify, scrutinize, and test.
In the original interview, Watson said he was "gloomy about the
prospect of Africa," ...
 
Fundamental rights trampled by Swiss immigration policy (
http://europe.courrierinternational.com/eurotopics/article.asp?langue=uk&publication=26/10/2007&cat=POLITICS&pi=4
)
Courrier International - Paris,France
Against children's rights, this measure is not applied to Europeans
in Switzerland. In the same line of thinking, family entry and
settlement will be ...
 
Humanity's survival at stake: UN (
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/Environment/article/270709 )
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The report also calls for environmental justice * "perhaps the
greatest moral question emerging in relation to environmental change
and sustainable ...
 
Child slavery thriving in Indian cotton industry (
http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154549/1/5339 )
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
India has distinction of having the largest area under cotton
cultivation in the world and has been a pioneer in developing hybrid
cotton seeds for ...
 
'Fed Up With FedEx,' Says Civil Rights and Workers Rights Group (
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20071025/DC0542624102007-1.html
)
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was
released today by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and
American Rights at Work: ...
 
How can women of color deal with stereotypes? (
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f13682dc66987647 )
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
The recent attention to ways in which both internalized sexism and
internalized racism are being played out in music videos, particularly
certain hip-hop ...
 
Oxbridge 'failing on state pupils' (
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbd5lTQsI_5XMEgATP053Wu8Do1w
)
The Press Association - 
Last month, Mr Denham condemned the "huge waste of talent" arising
from the "social bias" against working class students in higher
education. ...
 
Remembering Australian Child Slavery (
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6550 )
On Line opinion - Australia
Yet despite reassurances that the worst excesses of slavery are over,
it has been estimated by the UN that currently there are around 27
million people ...
 
Redistricting Alarms Civil Rights Leaders (
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1172196&sectionID=1
)
WAMC - Albany,NY,USA
ALBANY, NY (2007-10-25) Civil Rights leaders in Albany testified
before the Assembly Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and
Reapportionment, ...
 
Homophobia has no place in doctor's office (
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=27584 )
pride source.com - Farmington,MI,USA
The LGBT community has had to face daunting health issues; from
HIV/AIDS, to provider neglect, to increased incidences of disease due
to stress related ...
 
Fury at French immigration law (
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070030492&ch=10/25/2007%208:03:00%20AM
)
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The controversial law requires prospective immigrants to pass tests
in French and respect what it calls ''the values of the republic''.
...
 
LGBT discrimination and hatred in Europe's margins (
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5857.html )
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
Two leading gay rights groups have compiled a report into the serious
situation gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people face in two
countries aspiring ...
 
US deadline on N-deal is an insult: CPI-M (
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=627ee0ec-23b5-4305-a56e-2670c1327d25
)
Hindustan Times - India
"In addition, US imperialism sees enormous potential in a far greater
defence cooperation with India. This, according to Burns includes,
'training; ...
 
Roma urge Romania to end discrimination (
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL25820759 )
Reuters - USA
BUCHAREST, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Activists urged the Romanian government
on Thursday to do more to curb discrimination against Gypsies, in
response to an ...
 
Waxman: Blackwater stole 2 Iraqi planes (
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_military_10_25.asp
)
World Tribune - USA
Henry Waxman has demanded that Blackwater provide his panel with
documents on the shipment of the Iraqi aircraft abroad. Waxman also
wanted to know the ...
 
Scientists Denounce Global Warming Report 'Edits' (
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/GlobalHealth/story?id=3775766&page=1
)
ABC News - USA
Substantial White House edits to a CDC report on global warming's
potential effects on public health have outraged some scientists. ...
 
The Deep South, the white tree, the noose (
http://www.newstatesman.com/200710250028 )
New Statesman - London,England,UK
Shocking events in small-town Louisiana are confronting white
Americans with a poisonous racism they usually ignore. You have to
drive 223 miles north-west ...
 
5 Hispanic officers claim discrimination by Hoboken department (
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--hoboken-policebia1024oct24,0,6749167.story
)
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEWARK, NJ - Five Hoboken police officers are suing their department,
charging they have endured constant racial slurs and intimidation
because they are ...
 
Winn-Dixie hit with Age and Race Discrimination Class Actions (
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/01507/winn-dixie-discrimination.html
)
Lawyers and Settlements - Vancouver,BC,Canada
One suit alleges age discrimination and the other alleges race
discrimination. "Anybody that feels discriminated against will
definitely be part of the ...
 
Study: DC Poverty Up Despite Boom (
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5242101.html )
Houston Chronicle - United States
_ The city's poverty rate for 2005-2006 was 19.8 percent, compared
with 15 percent in 1999-2000. That translates into 27000 additional
poor residents. ...
 
Environment, Nutrition, Poverty Impact Childhood Mortality (
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-24-voa22.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
In the year 2000, the United Nations set goals to reduce poverty and
improve the ability of poor nations to feed and sustain their people
by the year 2015. ...
 
 
 
 

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