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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
February 10, 2008
 
Debate: why working-class independence is a principle (
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2008/02/09/debate-why-working-class-independence-principle
)
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
As a trade union activist, Eric supports the idea of independent
working-class organisation and struggle to force concessions from
the bosses. ...
 
Bread and roses for the rich (
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2008/02/09/bread-and-roses-rich
)
Workers' Liberty - London,UK
Working-class people throughout East London know * or will soon
realise * the horrific truth of what the Olympics will hold for them.
...
 
Child 'wives' - Sexual slavery illegal and harmful (
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080210/lead/lead5.html )
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Mary Clarke, children's advocate and former director of the Social
Development and Gender Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica
(PIOJ), is concerned ...
 
Sexist coverage of Hillary brings women to her corner (
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1072505&srvc=home&position=recent
)
Boston Herald - United States
But surely it’s not just MSNBC who covers her with more than a
smidgeon of negativism and downright sexism. Complaints are everywhere
online: “Sexist Media ...
 
American Psycho: An Elite Exposed in an Exit Speech (
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2008/020908Floyd.shtml )
The Baltimore Chronicle - Baltimore,MD,USA
For the elites, there is always a dark, sexually potent "other" out
there, whose overwhelming threat to white supremacy can only be
overcome by....giving ...
 
A feminist, and proud of it (
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/OPINION03/802090320
)
Detroit Free Press - United States
They scorn feminism even as they feast at a table feminism prepared.
Says Valenti, "The word has been so effectively misused and so
effectively ...
 
Matters of discrimination shouldn't be left up to voters (
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-brmail768sbfeb09,0,3117184.story
)
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
To those pushing to ban gay marriage through a ballot initiative: If
segregation had been left up to the voters back in the 1960s, Florida
would still have ...
 
Female Black Panther Leader Challenges Discrimination (
http://www.smithsophian.com/home/news/2008/02/07/News/Female.Black.Panther.Leader.Challenges.Discrimination-3198604.shtml
)
The Sophian - Northampton,MA,USA
... and policies which continue to encourage discrimination not just
against Blacks but against women, the poor, Latinos, exploited
immigrant workers, ...
 
Anti-gay police complaints 'rise' (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7236233.stm )
BBC News - UK
The number of complaints about homophobia within the police has risen
by almost a quarter, according to the Gay Police Association. ...
 
A Bad Day For Sexism Is A Good Day For Women (
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/02/08/a-bad-day-for-sexism-is-a-good-day-for-women/
)
Feministe - USA
There have been more nasty remarks about Senator Clinton, during her
extended stay at the front of the now two-candidate Democratic field,
than I’ll ever ...
 
The Civil Rights Act of 2008: Time for another revolution? (
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2008/02/08/Opinions/The-Civil.Rights.Act.Of.2008.Time.For.Another.Revolution-3198034.shtml
)
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson,AZ,USA
Senator Edward Kennedy and several others appear to think so,
introducing the Civil Rights Act of 2008, or S. 2554, into the Senate
this January. ...
 
Human rights groups condemn Israel's further power cut to Gaza (
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/08/content_7582481.htm )
Xinhua - China
8 (Xinhua) -- Human rights groups have slammed Israel for reducing
the electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, local daily Ha'aretz
reported on its website ...
 
Global Warming: Nine Things that Will Put us Over the Edge (
http://www.alternet.org/environment/76053/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... dangerous state that could last for many centuries have been
identified by scientists investigating how quickly global warming
could run out of control. ...
 
Cop: racism still exists in GMP (
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1035696_cop_racism_still_exists_in_gmp
)
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
Charles Crichlow, the chairman of the Black and Asian Police
Association (BAPA), said after the case the issue of institutional
racism `remains largely ...
 
Study finds teacher inequity in Texas' poorest schools (
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5523145.html )
Houston Chronicle - United States
The study by Washington-based The Education Trust examined the 50
largest school districts in Texas, finding "sometimes stunning"
inequities in teacher ...
 
Same job, different pay ( http://miller-mccune.com/main/article/161
)
Miller-McCune.com - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
7.2008 | 11:15 PM (UTC) Income inequality is rising more rapidly
within professions than between professions, according to a new study.
...
 
Discrimination Against Blacks Linked To Dehumanization, Study Finds (
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207163811.htm )
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2008) * Crude historical depictions of African
Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream US culture,
but research ...
 
Report: US fails on anti-discrimination (
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/07/report_us_fails_on_anti-discrimination/9156/
)
United Press International - USA
7 (UPI) -- A human rights group said the United States has failed to
comply with its obligations under an international treaty to end
racial discrimination. ...
 
What is Class Struggle Anarchism (
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/07/18477717.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Wayne Price- NEFAC Part 1: Reasons for a working class
perspective. What is wrong with a nonclass perspective. Rooting class
struggle anarchism in an ...
 
Can Obama Muster a Counterpunch? (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-sacks/can-obama-muster-a-counte_b_85553.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
It's curious indeed when the working poor feel more connected to a
former First Lady than to an African American man of working-class
origins who once ...
 
'Homophobia puts men off teaching' - study (
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5545.php )
Gay NZ - New Zealand
By GayNZ.com News Staff - 5th February 2008 A New Zealand study shows
homophobia and sexism in schools are leading men to avoid entering
careers as primary ...
 
Guinea: Children Exploited, Abandoned, Sold Into Slavery (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802070738.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
After the sun sets on the streets of the Guinean capital, Conakry,
children drift by darkened storefronts and settle into nooks between
buildings, ...
 
The Moral Economy of an Anti-Poverty Foundation (
http://www.counterpunch.org/rockefeller02072008.html )
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
It would be too much to say the same about anti-poverty foundations,
but they are surely a symptom of the disease they aim to treat. ...
 
No to French Military Intervention in Chad! (
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/07/18477606.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Without the unwavering support of French imperialism so far, the
criminal regime of Déby, so hated by the Chadian population would have
collapsed long ago* ...
 
Stanford professor explores conundrum of 'racism without racists' (
http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_book.racecard.2839e2c.html
)
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
By THERESA BRADLEY AP The fight against racism is nearing a
crossroads, a "crisis of success" that's blurring definitions of
discrimination and allowing ...
 
Black or White: Tentacles of racism spread to sports (
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Games_People_Play/Black_or_White_Tentacles_of_racism_spread_to_sports_/articleshow/2770120.cms
)
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The tentacles of racism spread across all sports and cannot be
noticed upfront. In the women tennis, there were only three ‘coloured’
grand-slam champions ...
 
 
 
 

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