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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
September 26, 2007
 
Mohammed Atif Siddique: civil rights queries over 'terrorist ... (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13105 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Civil liberties and anti-war campaigners agree. "The case took place
in the context of a climate of virulent Islamophobia," Nicola Fisher,
chair of Glasgow ...
 
Botswana: Metsef Top Manager Accused of Racism (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709250728.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
This racism and harassment, they claim, is making them miserable as
they do not have a choice of leaving their work due to the high rate
of unemployment and ...
 
Construction workers strike against racism (
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13092 )
Socialistworker.co.uk - London,UK
Hundreds of workers building one of Wales's biggest engineering
projects went on strike last week because one of them was taunted with
Nazi salutes. ...
 
Son of Jim Crow in Jena (
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0926/p08s01-comv.html )
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
Today's racism is more subtle than in the days of Selma and Jim Crow,
as the case of the Jena 6 shows. The tens of thousands who marched
12-across and a ...
 
EEOC files sex discrimination lawsuit against Adelphi University ...
( http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lidisc0926,0,840278.story )
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... September 25, 2007 The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
filed a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit in federal court
Tuesday against ...
 
Anti-Poverty Organization Questions Bush's UN Remarks on Hunger (
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-25-2007/0004669756&EDATE=
)
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40
countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice
together. ...
 
The US Economy Helps Sink The Middle Class (
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21973&Itemid=9
)
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
There are many ways to make the national economy appear healthy than
it is for the average working class family. Adjusted for inflation the
federal minimum ...
 
Corporate greed, greed, greed (
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=153718 )
Tehran Times - Iran
The private corporation has become the key ingredient in modern-day
imperialism, allowing big businesses to profit at unprecedented
rates while abusing the ...
 
Bush criticized as obstacle in halting global warming (
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=7128477 )
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
by Steve Handelsman WASHINGTON, DC -- President Bush hosts a major
global warming conference in Washington later this week, but when
he's at the United ...
 
Women Turn Up Gender-Equity Heat at Climate Talks (
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3326/context/archive
)
Women's eNews - New York,NY,USA
Roundtable organizers want UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and
government leaders to integrate gender equality into all climate
change negotiations and ...
 
Blackwater's Prince Has GOP, Christian Group Ties (
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14659780 )
NPR - USA
AP NPR.org, September 25, 2007 · With more than $800 million in
contracts, Blackwater USA, led by Erik Prince, is among the biggest
companies providing ...
 
Blackwater's Man in Washington (
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2007/09/blackwater-contractors-doug-brooks.html
)
Mother Jones - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Bruce Falconer Last Wednesday afternoon, amid news that Blackwater
USA security contractors had killed 11 Iraqi civilians and wounded 12
others in a ...
 
Does Globalization Bring War or Peace? (
http://www.alternet.org/audits/62848/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... unilateral policies are more likely to lead to conflict. Beyond
this, globalization influences the ways these policies may interact in
specific instances.
 
Indigenous rights need to be included in Victorian charter (
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/indigenous-rights-need-to-be-included-in-victorian-charter/2007/09/25/1190486307024.html
)
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
This month the UN General Assembly adopted the declaration, which
reaffirms that indigenous people are entitled to all human rights
recognised in ...
 
Amnesty International Says President Bush's Message on Human ... (
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,185531.shtml
)
Earthtimes.org - USA
The president's commitment to human rights would carry greater
authority and credibility if the United States was not itself
seriously violating human ...
 
Students show support for bullied classmate. Pink clothes are now ...
( http://www.proudparenting.com/node/786 )
Proud Parenting - USA
But two classmates watching the display of homophobia decided to take
action in a provocative - and inspirational - way. David Shepherd and
Travis Price ...
 
Actor raises chorus of voices against male violence (
http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=29356 )
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
Atherton-Zeman's play deals with issues such as men's violence
against women, abusive relationships, sexism, consent, sexual
harassment, sexual assault and ...
 
Report: Global Warming Melting Kashmir's Glaciers (
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-24-voa62.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News An international humanitarian group says that melting
Himalayan glaciers are causing water levels in Indian-controlled
Kashmir to decrease by ...
 
If Blackwater Escapes Accountability, American Credibility Suffers (
http://www.northstarwriters.com/eb013.htm )
North Star Writers Group - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
After a bunch of Blackwater security contractors opened fire on Iraqi
civilians, Iraq's government looked on the verge of taking a stand.
...
 
The Globalization of North America Continues (
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/vogel230907.html )
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
The issue that the non-existent international union is diverting
attention away from is the continuing globalization of North America
and the havoc that it ...
 
The Whole (Jena 6) Story? ( http://www.alternet.org/rights/63420/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
He might not be the ideal man for the job but at least he allowed my
classmates to learn a real-world lesson in the wrath that white
supremacy evokes while ...
 
Switzerland attacks immigrants with racist law (
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/1815500501?JServSessionIdr007=58etr52dl5.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=7350&news_iv_ctrl=1261
)
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
Anti-immigrant racism is becoming widespread in Switzerland--where
immigrants compose 25 percent of the total workforce--and all over
Europe. ...
 
Time to ban job discrimination against gays (
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.gayrights24sep24,0,1753740.story
)
Baltimore Sun - United States
5, Michael Carney, an openly gay Massachusetts police officer,
eloquently told members of the House of Representatives why the
Employment Non-Discrimination ...
 
A personal look at pills and poverty (
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003899367_malariapills10.html
)
Seattle Times - United States
Pills that cost $7 each protected me from malaria. At the first
murmur of intestinal distress, I could reach for Cipro. Shots from the
University of ...
 
Poverty doubles in wealthy Hong Kong in past decade (
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1358999.php/Poverty_doubles_in_wealthy_Hong_Kong_in_past_decade
)
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Hong Kong - Poverty among workers in wealthy Hong Kong has almost
doubled to more than 418000 people over the past decade, the charity
Oxfam said in a ...
 
 
 
 

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