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Sat Sep 22 17:48:15 EDT 2007

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from Paul C. Gorski
September 22, 2007

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5511.html> COMMENT: Schools
must clamp down on homophobic bullying
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
The guidance, which will be available for all schools, was created in
conjunction with Stonewall and Educational Action Challenging Homophobia
(EACH). ...

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/passions-burn-again-in-the-south-amid-blac
k-calls-for-justice/2007/09/21/1189881777314.html> Passions burn again in
the South amid black calls for justice
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
One man's T-shirt told that part of the story: "I came to Jena to cut down
the white tree of white supremacy." The white tree in question - that was
cut ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr007=vvngpxnf13.app5b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=7333&news_iv_ctrl=1030> 2000 Howard Univ. students rally to
free the Jena 6
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
... activist and PSL member Eugene Puryear brought students to their feet
with calls for students to confront white supremacy "everywhere it rears its
head. ...

 <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5156376.html> Advocates think
police profiling for illegal immigrants
Houston Chronicle - United States
2007 AP IRVING, Texas -- The Mexican Consul General of Dallas is advising
immigrants to steer clear of this Dallas suburb because of what he calls a
high ...

<http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-blackmen24sep24,1,7666795.stor
y?coll=la-headlines-health&track=crosspromo> Racism's toll may be physical
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Racism, more than race, may be cutting black men down before their time. It
is possible, they believe, that the ill health and premature deaths can be
laid ...

<http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070921/OPINION01
/709210329/1014/OPINION> End of silence can end racism
The Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
So, what will it take to bury racism? That question undoubtedly swirled
through the minds of many, as thousands of people embarked on a journey this
week to ...

 <http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070921/cm_thenation/1235197>
Blackwater, Oil and the Colonial Enterprise
Yahoo! News - USA
The Nation -- Blackwater USA's mercenary mission in Iraq is very much in the
news this week, and rightly so. The private military contractor's ...

 <http://www.innercitypress.com/unama092107.html> In Afghanistan, UN
Discourages Blackwater and Proselytizing, Had ...
Inner City Press - Bronx,NY,USA
In light of Iraq's apparently-stalled effort to oust Blackwater for shooting
civilians, Inner City Press asked about the company's reported presence in
...

<http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/local-jena-protestors-face-injustice-themsel
ves/119389.htm> Local Jena 6 Protestors Face Injustice Themselves
WKRN - Nashville,TN,USA
AP Regional A local group in Jena, Louisiana Thursday to rally against
social injustice said they can't believe their trip was marred by just that.
...

 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7006684.stm> Rise in sex discrimination
claims
BBC News - UK
The tribunal system which deals with sex discrimination cases is close to
breaking point, the Equal Opportunities Commission has warned. ...

<http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/sep/21/seeking_a_just_and_sust
ainable_peace_for_darfur> Seeking a Just and Sustainable Peace for Darfur
TPMCafe - New York,NY,USA
Because those tribes are largely Arab, there is a definite racial component
to this oppression. But race has been exploited by General Bashir and his
...

 <http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2007/502/pp1871.htm> Egypt: Worker
militancy shows pressing need for political voice
Socialist Party - UK
THE EGYPTIAN working class over the last year has jumped into action, coming
out in mass strikes, blockading their work-places and more importantly, ...

 <http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2034720070920> War
privatization worrying trend: German spy chief
Reuters - USA
By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN (Reuters) - An increasing reliance on private
security firms in foreign conflicts, with no international oversight to
ensure ...

 <http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/11755/1/391> EDITORIAL:
Blackwater and privatization
People's Weekly World - USA
The impact of the privatization of US military forces bubbled to the
surface, again, when the Iraqi government announced it was revoking
Blackwater USA's ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/63036/> Kucinich: Privatization of Iraqi
Oil--Spoils of War to Bush Ally?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
"But the Hunt Oil deal with Kurdistan should expose the real intent of that
legislation, and that is, promoting a privatization scheme. ...

 <http://technocrat.net/d/2007/9/20/27232> Draft UN Guidelines for Human
Rights and Medicines
Technocrat.net - Boston,MA,USA
Access to medicines is characterised by profound global inequity as 15% of
the world's population consumes over 90% of the world's pharmaceuticals",
...

<http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/09/20/news/top/doc46f32931a3e
55702670896.txt> Speaker says celebrating diversity does not end racism
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
A self-described activist who became involved in education after he was an
activist, Gorski said the first step in addressing racism is to address our
own ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR200709200
1958.html?hpid=opinionsbox1> Jim Crow Comes for Our Kids
Washington Post - United States
Some in mainstream America may think that blacks feel vindicated or
satisfied by tales of racism such as this one, since America often lives in
denial about ...

<http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c16877/publikasjon/vis.html?tid=47659&stru
kt_tid=16877> Making space for indigenous feminism
Kilden Informasjons- og dokumentasjonssenter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning
- Oslo,Oslo,Norway
The majority of scholarly and activist opinion by and about Indigenous women
claims that feminism is irrelevant for them. Yet there is also an
articulate, ...

 <http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200709/200709200025.html>
America's Human Rights Policy: Rhetoric Versus Action, Scott Snyder
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
A coalition of American and Korean human rights groups demanded last week at
a press conference in Seoul that human rights be addressed at the
inter-Korean ...

 <http://www.scottishleftreview.org/index.php?action=article&docid=393> Tax,
poverty and devolution
Scottish Left Review - UK
In terms of poverty, the blunt truth is that things are getting worse in
Scotland . Many of the findings of the Executive study came as no surprise.
...

 <http://www.metromodemedia.com/devnews/civilrightscenterdearborn0036.aspx>
American-Arab Center for Civil and Human Rights going up in Dearborn
Metromode Media - metro detroit,MI,USA
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is the largest civil rights
group for Arab-Americans. More Arabs call Metro Detroit home than anywhere
else ...

 <http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-19-voa43.cfm> Report Says Racial
Inequality Widespread in Britain
Voice of America - USA
By Tendai Maphosa A report issued by an independent commission says racial
inequality is prevalent in Britain despite progress. Tendai Maphosa reports
for ...

<http://www.themountainmail.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleI
D=11918> Why aren't the poor on the media agenda
Mountain Mail Newspaper - Salida,CO,USA
A 2006 Syracuse University study revealed more than 80 percent of Americans
viewed income inequality as either a "serious problem" or "somewhat of a
problem ... 

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