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from Paul C. Gorski
April 12, 2008

<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=06e193e2-6d21-40a6-aff6-08
ab67097b82&k=80533> Children of Poverty: 14 years later
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Ayla Thompson (right) holds a 1994 photo of her mother Sandy Hall, herself
and sister Jasmine published in a Vancouver Sun Children of Poverty feature
story ...

 <http://www.mississauganews.com/article/13041> Poverty 'distressing'
Mississauga News - Ontario, Canada
It sickened me to read that one in four families are living in poverty in
the Peel district. To know that one million people in my own neighbourhood
do not ...

<http://www.indypendent.org/2008/04/12/martin-and-malcolm-alive-in-todays-bl
ack-radicalism/> Martin and Malcolm Alive in Today's Black Radicalism
The Indypendent - New York,NY,USA
He suggested the need to build a transformative movement, not only
addressing the continuing grievances and oppression of Black America, but
also looking ...

 <http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/27261> Solidarity with Palestine in
Dublin and Belfast
An Phoblacht - Dublin,Ireland
A DEMONSTRATION focusing on the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Deir
Yassin in 1948 and the continued oppression of Palestinians in Gaza will
take ...

 <http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/10/report_40_years_after_king_little>
Report: 40 Years After King, Little Progress in Closing Economic ...
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies titled, "40 Years Later:
The Unrealized American Dream" lays out key elements of the inequality that
...

<http://www.torringtontelegram.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=&stor
y_id=1752> Gap between rich and poor increasing
The Torrington Telegram - Torrington,WY,USA
Neighboring Colorado ranked 24th highest in the United States for current
income inequality between the upper and lower class while Nebraska ranked
just ...

 <http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_8888068> How health is affected by
racial inequality
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
It is debated whether enough progress has been achieved in workforce
diversity, housing, education, legal rights and other areas of historical
inequality. ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/view/12872/> Modern-day slavery exposed by
'guest' workers
People's Weekly World - USA
Determined to break the chains of their modern-day slavery, Vijayan and
three other Indian welders at the shipyard got together with Castellanos and
took ...

 <http://www.msmagazine.com/winter2008/WardConnerlyPart2.asp> Ward Connerly
steals the language of civil rights to halt ...
Ms. Magazine - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
By Kimberle Crenshaw RUTHIE STEVENSON WAS ON HER WAY TO THE POST OFFICE IN
Mt. Clemens, Mich., when she was asked to sign a petition to "make civil
rights ...

<http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/dnc-john-mccain-is-wrong-on-civil-r
ights,348298.shtml> DNC: John McCain is Wrong on Civil Rights
Earthtimes - London,UK
[Huffington Post, 4/11/08] In 1990, McCain was the deciding vote upholding
the first President Bush's veto of the 1990 Civil Rights Act. It was the
first ...

<http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2008/04/11/opinion/letters%20to%
20editor/07letter.txt> Time to acknowledge rampant racism
The Valley Chronicle - Hemet and San Jacinto,CA,USA
... I believe it is particularly important that each of us acknowledge the
individual and institutional racism rampant in our country. ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6731/1/328/> The
Business of War
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
The truth is that US imperialism's loyalty is to the pursuit of profit for
corporations, particularly the large oil companies. Under the Bush
administration ...

 <http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008/2008-04-09-094.asp> Farmworkers
Sue to Block Use of Four Toxic Pesticides
Environment News Service - USA
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 9, 2008 (ENS) - A coalition of farmworker
advocates and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the US
Environmental ...

<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/10/2213517.htm?section=australia
> Aust guilty of 'sex slavery, eating child labour chocolate'
ABC Online - Australia
An international anti-slavery expert says the problem of human trafficking
and slavery in Australia is much worse than official figures suggest. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackandbrownnews/the-obama-feminists-why-y_b
_96128.html> The Obama Feminists: Why Young Women Are Supporting Obama
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Ironically, it was the male candidate rather than the female who exhibited
one of the values of feminism, the unwillingness to accept the old style
politics ...

 <http://www.7days.ae/en/2008/04/11/body-matters-12.html> Body matters
7DAYS - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
According to the authors of the study, "Feminism does appear to afford women
a more inclusive perception of who is physically attractive". ...

<http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080411-129635/Di
sability-rights-forgotten-human-rights> Passion For Reason Disability
rights, forgotten human rights
Inquirer.net - Philippines
These are the forgotten human rights, rarely the stuff of headlines, banners
and mass protests but, when violated, cause pain and sadness just the same.
...

 <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23522691-29277,00.html> Airline
discrimination 'endemic'
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE advent of low cost airlines in Australia and their over-zealous
interpretation of safety regulations has led to greater discrimination
against people ...

 <http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid53285.asp> Obama Talks All
Things LGBT with The Advocate
Advocate.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
When I spoke at Ebenezer Church for King Day, I talked about the need to get
over the homophobia in the African-American community, when I deliver my
stump ...

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