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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
September 30, 2007
 
St. Cloud still reeks of racism ( http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6973 )
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis-St. Paul,Minnesota,USA
If St. Cloud condones racism, maintains racism, and boasts a psychopathic history of racism, it's racist. The many investigative studies and media reports ...
 
Ex-Cherokee chief says tribe allowing return of racism ( http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=7145735 )
KSWO - Lawton,OK,USA
... of the Cherokee Nation says efforts made by the tribe to take away the citizenship of the descendants of the tribe's former slaves have revived racism. ...
 
Work still needed to fight racism ( http://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/local_story_272085049.html?keyword=topstory )
Oneonta Daily Star - Oneonta,NY,USA
We still face challenges to desegregate schools, and more-subtle racism persists. Columnist and radio commentator Bill O'Reilly reminded us of that. ...
 
Washington Museum Presents Art Of Feminist Revolution ( http://www.huliq.com/36027/washington-museum-presents-art-of-feminist-revolution )
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Art and the Feminist Revolution, a landmark survey of the remarkable body of work that emerged from the relationship between art and feminism in and around ...
 
Poverty is injustice, not personal failure ( http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=668798 )
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The moral ground on which to view poverty is one of injustice, rather than blame. It is nothing short of a moral outrage to have politicians and policies ...
 
BACK IN IRAQ: THE 'WHORES OF WAR' ( http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1724225.0.0.php )
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
America's hired guns in Iraq have been called 'the coalition of the billing', but Blackwater mercenaries are accused of more than just taking the money. ...
 
Children Must Be a Priority in Canada: UNICEF Canada Says ( http://newsblaze.com/story/20070928182207tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html )
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Already, more than 60 independent institutions promoting children's rights have been established in other countries. A Commissioner in Canada would work to ...
 
The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery ( http://international.ucla.edu/asia/showevent.asp?eventid=6104 )
UCLA Asia Institute - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery will be held at UCLA from October 4-7, 2007 -- the first global gathering of influential scholars, ...
 
Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895: He Fought for Freedom and Equality ... ( http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2007-09-29-voa1.cfm )
Voice of America - USA
He said he began to understand the evil and oppressive system of slavery. In eighteen twenty-six, Frederick was sent to work for Hugh Auld, in Baltimore, ...
 
Civil rights leaders disappointed with Justice Department in 'Jena ... ( http://www.kxmc.com/News/166732.asp )
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
AP WASHINGTON (AP) Civil rights leaders who met today with top Justice Department officials say they're discouraged that the department hasn't filed any ...
 
New commissioner pledges action on gay rights and equal pay for women ( http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1724290.0.new_commissioner_pledges_action_on_gay_rights_and_equal_pay_for_women.php )
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
By Adam Forrest SCOTLAND'S GAY and lesbian communities are not being given the same protection from hate crimes as those in England. ...
 
Report to shed light on racism in schools ( http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=vn20070928112119547C327278 )
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The report comes almost nine months after more than 50 coloured pupils refused to return to Vredenburg High, claiming they had been victims of racism. ...
 
WILLIAM T. HOSTON: OVERT RACISM MAKING A COMEBACK ( http://www.kansas.com/205/story/186595.html )
The Wichita Eagle - Wichita,KS,USA
The real reason that I contacted Uncle Bill is because he reminds me of you, Racism. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. ...
 
We are a nation of Christians, not a 'Christian nation' ( http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070928/FON06/709280454/1347/FONopinion )
The Reporter - Fond du Lac,WI,USA
Historical revisionism, also known as "fake history" from the Christian right, has crept into the mainstream and the media has fallen down on the job of ...
 
Column: Hate groups back on the rise in US ( http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/09/27/column__hate_groups_back_on_the_rise_in_u_s_ )
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition - Blacksburg,VA,USA
The Bush administration then shifted emphasis from seditious, racist thugs to a darling issue of the Christian Right, human trafficking. ...
 
Ending War for Profit ( http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=237655 )
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
(Anderson and Cray suggest that the mandate for the Commission be broadened to look at the corporatization of war, intelligence, and other inherently ...
 
Why did union leaders vote to end Labour democracy? An open letter ... ( http://www.workersliberty.org/node/9238 )
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
Your willingness to go along with Brown and his cronies in driving the trade unions, the organised working class, out of politics. That is what the decision ...
 
Greenpeace Activists Protest US Inaction on Global Warming ( http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0928-08.htm )
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
"President Bush is trying to take the world in the wrong direction on global warming, and this meeting is nothing more than a propaganda effort to deflect ...
 
Calling All Citizens: Demand Action on Global Warming ( http://www.alternet.org/environment/63799/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
"Backs against the wall" is not a scientific measurement, but it's right where we are on global warming. It's the vernacular translation for when the ...
 
UN: Human Rights Council Takes Important First Step on Burma ( http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/09/28/burma16971_txt.htm )
Human Rights Watch (press release) - USA
(Geneva, September 28, 2007) - The Human Rights Council's decision to hold an urgent full-day meeting on the situation in Burma is a welcome step, ...
 
"Green for All" Launches National Green-Collar Training Effort ( http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007342.html )
WorldChanging - USA
This is, of course, the same idea behind Sustainable South Bronx, founded by Majora Carter to bring green jobs training and environmental justice to one of ...
 
Bullying of gays rife in schools: survey ( http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/article3005188.ece )
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
ATL director in Northern Ireland Mark Langhammer said: "Regrettably, homophobia and homophobic bullying remain a pervasive problem within our schools and ...
 
Nigeria: Unity Schools - The Ugly Face of Privatisation ( http://allafrica.com/stories/200709270307.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The overall strategic framework laid down by imperialism is what mattered to that reactionary woman and other pro-imperialist technocrats who drove the ...
 
The facts about LGBT youth suicide ( http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/33/article_5008.php )
Gay NZ - New Zealand
By GayNZ.com - 27th September 2007 Homophobic bullying and confusion about sexuality head the list of reasons that young gay, lesbian or bisexual people ...
 
The New Slavery ( http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article2547157.ece )
Times Online - UK
The trafficking of women feeds a modern slavery that is thriving behind net curtains and neighbours' averted eyes. To ease appalling suffering, ...
 
 
 
 

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