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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
January 4, 2007
 
Barack Obama, RFK, and Blackwater (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/barack-obama-rfk-and-bl_b_79751.html
)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Blackwater, that reactionary private mercenary outfit headed by the
right-wing Christian nationalist Erik Prince stands to lose big time
with an Obama ...
 
Racism at immigration centres revealed in report (
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2235178,00.html
)
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The report was commissioned after a documentary in 2005 exposed
alleged racism and mistreatment at Oakington immigration centre in
Cambridgeshire. ...
 
Military contractor Lockheed pays $2.5 million to racism suit by ...
(
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/03/business/NA-FIN-US-Lockheed-Racism.php
)
International Herald Tribune - France
... a former avionics electrician who claims he was called the
N-word, threatened with death and laid off after he reported racism at
Lockheed Martin Corp. ...
 
Textile factory workers protest against injustice (
http://news.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=47375
)
Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
Workers from other factories also joined the protest to stand united
against the frequent injustice delivered by factory owners.
 
Report documents growth of social inequality in France (
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jan2008/fran-j04.shtml )
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
By Alex Lantier A report by Camille Landais of the Paris School of
Economics, titled “High Incomes in France (1998-2006): An Explosion of
Inequality? ...
 
Dollar's decline harms working class and poor (
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/OPINION01/801030402/-1/LOCAL17
)
Indianapolis Star - United States
As we enter into a new year, the impact of the falling dollar is
going to have a disproportionate effect on the working class and poor.
...
 
Female bouncer wins 'landmark' case after being harassed for being
... (
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=505928&in_page_id=1770
)
Daily Mail - UK
In a landmark case, married Sharon Legg, 33, used legislation put in
place to protect gay, lesbian and bi-sexual people from harrassment to
win the ...
 
New Jersey makes first move toward slavery apology (
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/03/slavery.apology/ )
CNN - USA
The symbolic atonement would follow apologies for slavery made in
2007 by legislators in Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia.
...
 
Viewpoint: Curing hunger means curing poverty (
http://www.twoharborsmn.com/articles/index.cfm?id=16323&section=Opinion
)
Lake County News Chronicle - Two Harbors,MN,USA
The answer is on several levels that food bankers and their
affiliates are beginning to address: The root of hunger is poverty.
The root of poverty is ...
 
Poverty is a problem that impacts us all (
http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/OPINION01/801030445/1208/NEWS19
)
South Lyon Herald - MI,USA
For those in Michigan lucky enough to see poverty as someone else's
problem, or no more of one than the moment of guilt as one breezes
past the Salvation ...
 
Who Are The Real Criminals? (
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/02/18469752.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
“The Black Panther Party stands for revolutionary solidarity with all
people fighting against the forces of imperialism, capitalism, racism,
and fascism. ...
 
ACLU Names Inside-the-Beltway 'Best and Worst' for Civil Liberties
... ( http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/33466prs20080103.html )
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Members of Congress voted not to remove civil rights protections
prohibiting the hiring of teachers, staff and volunteers based on
religion in Head Start ...
 
Georgia's Racist Death Penalty (
http://www.counterpunch.org/gray01022008.html )
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
It is a tragic fact that traditionally capital punishment in Georgia
has been used to perpetuate white supremacy." This continues today, of
course! ...
 
Measuring Medical Racism (
http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1141
)
texascivilrightsreview.org - Austin,TX,USA
Racism is something you can count. In today's Journal of the American
Medical Association, racism in the emergency room is reduced to an
"odds ratio" of .66 ...
 
Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2234323,00.html )
Guardian Unlimited - UK
In itself, this economic inequality does not cause mental illness.
WHO studies show that some very inequitable developing nations, like
Nigeria and China, ...
 
Economic inequality is key to immigration (
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/02/economic_inequality_key_immigration/
)
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
The cause is the economic inequality both between the countries and
within Mexico. The fact that hourly salaries in the United States are
daily wages in ...
 
Class Is In Session ( http://www.countercurrents.org/niver020108.htm
)
CounterCurrents.org - India
By Harold Niver It would be fairly easy for working class Americans
to buy into the line of rhetoric that CNN's Lou Dobbs is selling, and
sure enough, ...
 
Lesbian and gay high school dropout rates (
http://www.afterellen.com/node/27765 )
AfterEllen.com - USA
I've been noticing a lot lately that in my high school there aren't
very many gay people. Then I started noticing that all of the lesbians
and gay guys are ...
 
Economy in the shadows of corporatocracy (
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20080103.(27&irec=24
)
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
But why is the growth of the modern real sector economy supposed to
be the solution to poverty and unemployment? Here we usually cite
graphs and statistics ...
 
Anti-poverty drive is failing working families (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2234428,00.html )
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Almost a million and a half children are living in poverty despite
having a working parent - as many as when the government came to power
in 1997, ...
 
Discrimination, Oppression, and Identity in Dominican Society (
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/opinion/2008/1/2/26566/Discrimination-Oppression-and-Identity-in-Dominican-Society
)
Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
Cultural Imperialism means that the “dominant group” in a society
renders their meaning, views, values, and overall experience as the
“natural” or ...
 
STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CHARTER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE (
http://media-newswire.com/release_1059292.html )
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Victoria will make history on 1 January as it becomes the first
Australian state to fully implement a Charter of Human Rights and
Responsibilities, ...
 
Brief Replies to Arguments Regarding ''The Great Debaters'' (
http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1140
)
texascivilrightsreview.org - Austin,TX,USA
Anyone who says "all white folks were portrayed as bad in the film"
wasn't paying very close attention to the redemptions of whiteness
that were offered, ...
 
California and Coalition Sue EPA Over Global Warming Law (
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/california-greenhouse-gas-47010210
)
Daily Green - USA
“Blocking California’s global warming standards is a desperate final
act of denial from an administration with just one year left to live.
...
 
Media conference in Kenya focuses on globalization and gender (
http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=307069&LID=1
)
International Journalist's Network - USA
The conference, which will focus on the role of the media in economic
globalization, is scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from
January 29-31. ...
 
The Man Who United Labor and the Environment (
http://www.alternet.org/environment/72101/ )
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Fortunately for both the environmental movement and workers, economic
justice and environmental protection don't have to be mutually
exclusive. ...
 
Israelis' support for privatization increases with income (
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000293136&fid=1725
)
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
Most of the Israeli public supports the privatization of government
companies and public services, including Israel Electric Corporation
(IEC), ...
 
Kenya burns, death toll rises (
http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=5222 )
Times Now.tv - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
There can be no peace when there is injustice. Injustice committed by
the electoral commission together with mr Kibaki is what has brought
the country to ...
 
India rising, so is gender inequality (
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=66cfd6a5-0883-4481-bfd7-612bd7cf7758&ParentID=3507fe95-5267-4366-8c24-f09f9a798778
)
Hindustan Times - India
As per an Assocham survey, women are finding it increasingly
difficult to get promoted to top jobs. As a result, more women in
metros are self-employed, ...
 
Welcome to Third World, USA (
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/290065 )
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
It's time to face up to the fact that rising inequality is driven by
the giant income gains of a tiny elite, not the modest gains of
college graduates. ...
 
 

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