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from Paul C. Gorski
February 4, 2008
 
Racism still haunts natives (
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/02/04/4824800-sun.html )
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By ANDREW HANON Back in October, even as the first compensation
cheque was presented to a residential school survivor, the head of the
Assembly of First ...
 
Central ID minorities say subtle racism remains, bias shows daily (
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/02/03/ap-state-id/d8uj5l2g0.txt
)
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
"People believe for the most part that they're good and they wouldn't
participate in this racism," she told the Lewiston Tribune newspaper
in an article ...
 
Heed the adage that peace and injustice cannot cohabit (
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=25&newsid=116042
)
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
True, we need peace, but as the wise have cleverly said, peace and
injustice cannot cohabit. Those who are realistic are clear that
the root cause of our ...
 
Blacks have important stake in environmental issues (
http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=369 )
Chicago Defender - IL, United States
Earth preservationists state environmental issues have everything to
do with the Black community, especially when it comes to environmental
injustice. ...
 
The Injuries of Class ( http://www.monthlyreview.org/080101yates.php
)
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
It is through the labor of the working class that the goods and
services necessary for our survival are produced. It is through the
ownership of society’s ...
 
Third International Anti-Homophobia Meeting (
http://news.kaosgl.com/item/2008/2/3/invitation-to-the-third-international-anti-homophobia-meeting
)
Kaos GL - Ankara,Turkey
As Kaos GL Association, we are organizing the Third International
Anti-Homophobia Meeting which will take place in Ankara on May 12-19,
2008. ...
 
Kansan spread anti-slavery message (
http://www.kansas.com/news/state/kansas_history/story/301205.html
)
Kansas.com - KS,USA
"A great work is to be done, and Kansas is the great battlefield
where a mighty conflict is to be waged with the monster slavery, and
he will be routed and ...
 
Welfare hurdles and poverty-line high jump among games at Poverty ...
(
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1IM1M4cygsaARSquvBKTlGb5mMA
)
The Canadian Press - 
VANCOUVER - Poverty-line high jump, long-jumping over a
bedbug-infested mattress and welfare hurdles won't be official sports
at the 2010 Winter Olympic ...
 
Education, health, housing and anti-poverty programs face budget ...
(
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Bush-Budget.php
)
International Herald Tribune - France
... W. Bush's tax cuts are squeezing popular education, health,
housing and anti-poverty programs in the budget blueprint that he
hands lawmakers Monday. ...
 
Poverty's grasp grows wider (
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/338105.html )
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
Poverty numbers across the Carolinas have been growing in the past
years, according to officials in Horry and Georgetown counties and
Brunswick County, ...
 
Afghanistan: Action needed to stop US-installed regime executing ...
( http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/738/38215 )
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
However, due to their specific obligations and interests, these
forces continue to dance to the drum of US imperialism. The Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan ...
 
A new type of African-American politician (
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-id.focuspolitics03feb03,0,6896546.story
)
Baltimore Sun - United States
Today, a new crop has emerged: post-civil rights, change-chanting
candidates who defy conventional racial and political categories.
Illinois Sen. ...
 
Rights Group Again Slams Jamaica For `Homophobic Violence` (
http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=241
)
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM - Jackson Heights,NY,USA
The latest call from Human Rights Watch comes following a January
29th attack against four gay men in Mandeville, Jamaica. The rights
claimed the attack ...
 
All together now, scratch your armpits if you like racism (
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4385815a2201.html )
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Racism is alive and well in the 21st century. And also doing quite
nicely thank you is stupidity. It doesn't matter now whether Indian
cricketer Harbhajan ...
 
No black-out, no whitewash: Reopen (
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/738/38208 )
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
But the obscure forces of injustice kept working. The police
denounced Clements claiming she’d run an anti-police “witch-hunt” to
please the residents of ...
 
Victoria Police launch "homophobia" awareness campaign. (
http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040466-677,00,00.html )
Australia.TO - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Victoria Police have launched a campaign
in a bid to encourage gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans gender people
to report acts of ...
 
Court: NY must recognize Canada gay marriages (
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2008/02/03/141774/Court:-N.Y..htm
)
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
AP ROCHESTER, New York -- An appeals court has ruled that a gay
couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York state.
...
 
Liberia: Mistreatment of Child Workers by Superbowl Advertiser ... (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802020049.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
For 82 years, the company has secured a steady flow of rubber from
Liberia to the United States through a system based on modern-day
slavery. ...
 
AN INTERFAITH VIEW: Islamophobia and racism (
http://www.infocusnews.net/content/view/20067/484/ )
Southern California InFocus - Anaheim,CA,USA
In this case, as in many others, the hate campaign against Barack
Obama demonstrates that religious bigotry is often a continuation of
racism by other means ...
 
The Evolution of Evil ( http://www.nolanchart.com/article1620.html )
Nolan Chart LLC - Warrenton,VA,USA
Concurrently, economic inequality rises, as the rich extract
unusually high fractions of global wealth. When the rich get richer,
the powerful get stronger. ...
 
Rally against sexual harassment, racial discrimination taken out ...
(
http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=41000&typeid=1
)
KanglaOnline - Kangla,Manipur,India
By A Staff Reporter IMPHAL, Feb 1: A rally against sexual harassment
and racial discrimination on north east people was taken out in North
Delhi yesterday, ...
 
Saudi women face systematic discrimination: UN report (
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgzX41x-71c9VP2Idhgz9pXplaBw )
AFP - 
GENEVA (AFP) * Women in Saudi Arabia are the victims of systematic
and pervasive discrimination across all aspects of social life, a
United Nations report ...
 
The Boom Was a Bust For Ordinary People (
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102828.html
)
Washington Post - United States
This is what a stimulus package needs to address: the persistent and
growing struggles of the middle class and the working class, which is
increasingly ...
 
Freedom Surge: Palestinians Break Through Gaza Wall (
http://www.indypendent.org/2008/02/01/freedom-surge-palestinians-break-through-gaza-wall/
)
The Indypendent - New York,NY,USA
That Palestinians went over that line again and again illustrates the
powerful urge for freedom from oppression and occupation. ...
 
'The Great Debaters': Challenging racism then & now (
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/the_great_debaters_0207 )
Workers World - USA
They give testament of the willingness and determination of Black
people to engage in the struggle against oppression and racism no
matter the circumstances ...
 
Clinton’s Gradual Education on Issues of Race (
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/us/politics/02race.html?ref=us )
New York Times - United States
Yet Mrs. Clinton’s passage from sheltered Park Ridge, through the
ferment of the civil rights era, to competing for black votes across
the South, ...
 
Hate Speech Cited in Immigration Debate (
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gb2JsX8Z6x3URVp778MDujaWDaKwD8UH43K00
)
The Associated Press - 
"Hate groups and extremists have taken over the immigration debate in
an unprecedented wave of hate," Murguia said. Although some comments
could be ...
 
 
 
 

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