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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
February 18, 2008
 
Community Unites Over Murder of Gay Teen (
http://www.generationq.net/news/usa/Community-Unites-Over-Murder-of-Gay-Teen-18208.shtml
)
GenerationQ - Sydney,NSW,Australia
It is a horrific reminder that harassment of and violence toward gay,
lesbian and gender non-conforming students is still a serious problem
in schools ...
 
Sexism in the sporting world seems to be rife (
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Sexisminthesportingworldseemstoberife/tabid/209/articleID/46541/cat/41/Default.aspx
)
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
Daisy Thomas and Mishca Davis are two of the country’s top women
surfers, Thomas is ranked number one on the national circuit and Davis
is in fourth ...
 
College Park's Links To Slavery on Syllabus (
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701885.html
)
Washington Post - United States
Next fall, 30 students at the University of Maryland at College Park
will begin a year- long effort to research the history of slavery on
the campus. Prof. ...
 
Report: Less experienced teachers go to schools with higher ... (
http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19305864&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6
)
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
A report issued by a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, shows less
experienced teachers in Texas go to higher poverty/higher minority
schools, while those with ...
 
Human Rights Watch: Israel breaches law with cluster bomb use (
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/46453/cat/41/Default.aspx
)
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
Israel breached international law when it bombed southern Lebanon
with cluster weapons during its campaign against Hezbollah in 2006,
Human Rights Watch ...
 
Study Finds Civil Unions Make LGBT 'Second Class' Citizens (
http://angelcitysdevil.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=507&Itemid=2
)
Angel City's Devil - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Reiterating the mantra that anything less than full access to equal
rights amounts to inequality, a new report in New Jersey has put what
we all know in ...
 
Fred Hampton * A Fighter for Black Liberation, Revolution and ... (
http://www.fightbacknews.org/2008/02/fredhampton.htm )
Fight Back! Newspaper - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Despite his young age, Fred Hampton made tremendous contributions to
the movement for black liberation, working class revolution and
socialism in the US His ...
 
Offensive team names can be changed (
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/02/17/offensive_team_names_can_be_changed
)
Boston Globe - United States
Well, this country has had lots of traditions: slavery, lynching,
segregation, denial of votes to women, homophobia, and the shameful
abuses committed ...
 
Why be a feminist activist today? (
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/740/38317 )
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
The ones who benefit from women’s oppression are the ruling elite who
run society. Making women feel ugly is a billion-dollar industry, and
making sure ...
 
James McBride's new novel explores the evil that was slavery (
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/02/17/2008-02-17_james_mcbrides_new_novel_explores_the_ev-1.html
)
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
They also show how individuals, regardless of race, became locked in
this dehumanizing system protecting the institution of slavery. When
two young boys, ...
 
Summit recommends right-based approach to fighting poverty (
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=36454 )
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
“Only the poverty rate has been included but there is no issue
related to reaching the excluded groups," they pointed out. They said
that data should be ...
 
America's human rights shame (
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_552789.html
)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By David A. Love America does not practice what is preaches when it
comes to human rights. Despite its noble stated goal of promoting
democratic principles ...
 
China: Rich `culprits' on Climate Change (
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTjewaSVBHqU3bSz_EksG-1TNoIwD8URAEFO2
)
The Associated Press - 
UNITED NATIONS (AP) * Negotiations on a new treaty to fight global
warming will fail if rich nations are not treated as "culprits" and
developing countries ...
 
A slow, steady climb for race relations in Greensboro (
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NRSTAFF/968530918
)
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
With federal troops gone from the South, North Carolina's political
leaders swept the state in a white-supremacy campaign. Overnight,
blacks lost the vote ...
 
Kanishka: Canada denies racism in investigations (
http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/16/stories/2008021654921300.htm )
Hindu - Chennai,India
Ottawa: Dismissing allegations that systemic racism played a role in
the way its authorities responded to the 1985 bombing of Air India
plane Kanishka, ...
 
'Appalling' race-hate crimes in spotlight (
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4403338a10.html )
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
The racial discrimination chapter of the 2007 Race Relations report
issued to The Dominion Post lists 18 vicious hate crimes last year -
including several ...
 
One in four school pupils in Brighton and Hove have been bullied (
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2049278.0.one_in_four_school_pupils_in_brighton_and_hove_have_been_bullied.php
)
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
A total of 34 per cent of bullying victims said sexual orientation
and homophobia played a part in the bullying. Green city councillor
Rachel Fryer said: ...
 
Islamophobia rears its ugly head again (
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/islamophobia-rears-its-ugly-head-again-1290047.html
)
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
I use that word with care because, like that other word, homophobia,
it is hurled about with abandon and used to attack anyone who is in
the least critical ...
 
Joyous magnificence, African American experience through words and
... ( http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/12498/1/410
)
People's Weekly World - USA
This result can be understood, if not excused, given the context of
oppression, exploitation, inequality and injustice. All that is
left is the glamorized ...
 
Trafficking: A very modern slavery (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7243612.stm )
BBC News - UK
By Stephanie Holmes Penny was almost 29 when she was trafficked from
Rwanda to the UK, tricked into believing she could start a new life.
...
 
Child poverty scandal (
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.2049703.0.Child_poverty_scandal.php
)
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Any child in the UK living in poverty is a scandal. With the 2010
target - of halving child poverty - in jeopardy, it is now critical
that the Treasury ...
 
House declares 2 Bush confidants to be in contempt (
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.contempt15feb15,0,5710991.story
)
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Richard B. Schmitt February 15, 2008 Washington - The House voted
yesterday to refer to the Justice Department criminal contempt charges
against two Bush ...
 
The scourge of global neoliberalism and the need to reclaim democracy
( http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2959.shtml )
Online Journal - Silver Springs,FL,USA
To confront the deadly politics of capitalist globalization, a
transnational democratic political movement must develop that not only
recognizes the ...
 
Blacks have important stake in environmental issues (
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4384.shtml )
FinalCall.com - Chicago,IL,USA
According to Mr. MacDonald, there are no environmental justice laws,
but people can still affect change. Some believe there will be a cost
to do something, ...
 
Courting Injustice Scalia on Torture (
http://www.counterpunch.org/hornberger02152008.html )
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
By JACOB HORNBERGER Justice Scalia's remarks about torture reflect a
fundamental problem with conservative judges. While oftentimes sound
on economic ...
 
Injustice at Guantanamo: Torture Evidence and the Military ... (
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_marjorie_080215_injustice_at_guantan.htm
)
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
by Marjorie Cohn Page 1 of 1 page(s) The Bush administration has
announced its intention to try six alleged al Qaeda members at
Guantánamo under the ...
 
 
 

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