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from Paul C. Gorski
August 3, 2008

 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/761/39303> Women need a new society
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
In response to such blatant examples of sexism, Broderick announced that the
first initiative would be to undertake a national survey, only the second of
...

<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oe-zirin3-2008aug0
3,0,852196.story> The fists still hold power
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Smith and Carlos were protesting more than racism in sports and society.
They wanted South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) banned from the 1968
Games for ...

 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/761/39321> Islam, racism and women's
rights
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... the fact that the court also justified it on grounds of "failing to
assimilate" reveals the Islamaphobic and anti-immigrant racism behind the
decision. ...

 <http://www.sabcnews.com/world/other/0,2172,174533,00.html> Stigma and
discrimination remains AIDS challenge
SABC News - Johannesburg,South Africa
... living with HIV and AIDS and lots of achievements have been made in
preventing new infections, stigma and discrimination still remain big
challenges. ...

<http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080803/education/teaching-non-d
iscrimination-pluralism-in-maltese-schools> Teaching non-discrimination
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
The principles upon which intercultural education is built are those of
non-discrimination, pluralism and equity. Such education calls for a
fundamental ...

 <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/5921379.html> Conference
targets AIDS stigma in Mexican health care
Houston Chronicle - United States
Activists plan to seize the opportunity to confront deep-rooted homophobia
in Mexico, which has deterred thousands of HIV carriers - a majority of them
gay ...

 <http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=1623&cat=13> US/UK: The horror
of hiding a lofty mountain
The Herald - Harare,Zimbabwe
Noteworthy is the call by this daughter of imperialism for the UN and donor
countries to bring pressure to bear on the Zimbabwean Government in order
"to ...

 <http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/08/01/connected-and-vunerable/>
Connected and Vunerable
Feministe - USA
While "This Bridge Called My Back" displaced whiteness, "This Bridge We Call
Home" carries this displacement further. It questions the terms of white and
...

<http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9080&Item
id=5813> Gender inequality growing despite State correction efforts
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
Several initiates have, however, been taken up by micro finance institutions
targeting women such Kenya Women Finance Trust and Equity Bank with women
... 

<http://www.alternet.org/immigration/93625/illegal_versus_inhumane:_unauthor
ized_immigrant_shackled_while_in_labor%3B_can't_feed_newborn/> Illegal
Versus Inhumane: Unauthorized Immigrant Shackled While in ...
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
That official was there as part of the federal 287(g) program, which trains
local police to enforce federal immigration laws. Two days later, Villegas
went ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-brendan-demelle/unear
thed-news-of-the-wee_b_116481.html> Unearthed: News of the Week the
Mainstream Media Forgot to Report
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... registered voters from being purged from voter rolls, according to a
review by civil rights attorneys working with national voting rights groups.
...

 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-kraus/beyond-sexism_b_116313.html>
Beyond Sexism
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Sexism is alive and well which is disheartening. One would have hoped that
it had long been banished from the consciousness of the American people. ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR200808010
2873.html> Calling China's Human Rights Bluff
Washington Post - United States
They should publicly focus on China's human rights record and its promises
to permit greater personal freedoms during the Olympics. Those promises have
been ...

<http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080801_11_hr637816>
Tulsa teen's discrimination complaint not Abercrombie & Fitch's first
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
... mega-clothier accused of not hiring a teenage Muslim because she wears a
religiously-mandated head scarf, has a history of discrimination complaints.
...

 <http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/07/28/daily84.html> House
passes bill to combat gender-related discrimination
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The US House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday that expands
female workers' ability to sue their employers for gender discrimination and
...

 <http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417841> Incredible
injustice for indigenous women
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Amnesty International's 113-page report, ''Maze of Injustice - The Failure
to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA,'' released
April 24, ...

 <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1168754.htm> Physicians for
Human Rights Demands Probe of Covert CIA Detention ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Cambridge, Mass (Vocus/PRWEB ) July 31, 2008 -- Physicians for Human Rights
(PHR) calls for a full trans-Atlantic investigation by Congress and the ...

 <http://socialistworker.org/2008/08/01/vermonters-against-anti-arab-racism>
Vermont forum to protest anti-Arab racism
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
The meeting, "Fighting Anti-Arab Racism," was organized by the International
Socialist Organization and endorsed by Iraq Veterans Against the War and ...

 <http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/10086> John McCain is a racist
Capitol Hill Blue - VA,USA
A few minutes listening to the racism, bigotry and homophobia of the Arizona
Congressman told me all I needed to know. McCain loved to tell jokes about
...

<http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2008/07/31/2784/inequality_is_real
_growing_%E2%80%93_and_it%E2%80%99s_making_us_sick> Inequality is real,
growing - and it's making us sick
MinnPost.com - Minneapolis,MN,USA
These monsters are: growing economic inequality and worsening health
indicators. "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed (and other Unsolved Economic
Mysteries)" ...

 <http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/07/30/44podesta.h27.html> NEEDED:
Federal Action for Fair Funding of High-Poverty Schools
Education Week News - Bethesda,MD,USA
Yet to make that happen, the United States must confront the fact that
inequality continues to plague its public schools. ...

 <http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=51583> Gender equality still a long way
away for Kenyan women
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Nairobi,Kenya
According to the report gender inequality still remains a thorny issue in
political , social and economic spheres where representation of women in
decision ...

<http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/222549,us-house-apologizes-for-slav
ery-reviving-reparations-call--feature.html> US House apologizes for
slavery, reviving reparations call - Feature
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
Washington - The apology by the US House of Representatives for slavery has
renewed discussion in the United States about reparations for descendants of
...

 <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93086561> Slavery
Apology Comes Too Late
NPR - USA
by Keith Josef Adkins All Things Considered, July 30, 2008 . The House of
Representatives apologized for slavery and the vicious inequality of Jim
Crow. ...

 <http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2008/07/31273.php> OBAMANIA IS DRIVING
ME CRAZY
Cleveland Indy Media - Cleveland,OH,USA
In no way will Obama be a break from the military interventionism - old
school imperialism - that's defined our foreign policy increasingly since
Reagan. ...

<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Justice-4-All-Includes-Wom-by-suzanne-broo
ks-080726-389.html> Justice 4 All Includes Women of Color: PLATFORM
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ...
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Secure the passage and sign the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act which will
correct two current inequities in tax-code treatment of settlements and
awards ...

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