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from Paul C. Gorski
January 12, 2008

<http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/highlights/Home-work-puts-women-on.3663375.j
p> Home work puts women on an unequal footing
Yorkshire Post - Leeds,England,UK
According to a study based on a sample of more than 40000 workers, it seems
gender inequality is alive and well. But forget about the usual reports
about ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/marcy_0117> Capitalism's day of reckoning
approaches
Workers World - USA
Why has Marxism persisted as the doctrine of the working-class struggle,
despite persecution in almost every land? Some seek mystical answers. ...

<http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Report_AsianAmericans_faced_discrimination_in
_midterm_0111.html> Report: Asian-Americans faced discrimination in midterm
elections
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
According to a report by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
(AALDEF), Asian American voters faced discrimination in the 2006 November
...

 <http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/536799/> What Straights Can Learn
>From Gays about Relationships and Parenting
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise — Psychological studies of lesbian and gay couples reveal two key
factors that promote healthier relationships and provide examples for all
...

 <http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=24257> Conflict sustained
by world equating oppressor and oppressed - paper
TamilNet - Sri Lanka
The international community’s “stubborn refusal to accept, even when it is
thrust in their faces, the racist oppression that underpins ethnic politics
there ...

 <http://www.abpnews.com/2964.article> Zambian boy’s ordeal shows slavery
lingers, even in America
Associated Baptist Press - Jacksonville,FL,USA
By John Hall COLLEYVILLE, Texas (ABP) – Given Kachepa’s father died when he
was 7. He lost his mother when he was 9. He ended up living with 15
relatives in ...

 <http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/january16/grusky-011608.html>
Stanford poverty center launches new policy magazine
Stanford Report - USA
BY LISA TREI The Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford
has launched a new magazine called Pathways to highlight policy debates
about ...

<http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1065954
&srvc=rss> Census: More school children in western Mass. live in poverty
Boston Herald - United States
By AP SPRINGFIELD - New US Census information shows that the percentage of
school children living in poverty has grown in the last five years in more
than a ...

 <http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/01/11/burma17729.htm> Burma’s Gem Trade
and Human Rights Abuses
Human Rights Watch (press release) - USA
Human Rights Watch has called on governments to adopt strict sanctions on
Burma’s gem trade and urged traders to stop buying gems from Burma. ...

 <http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1495> Rights & Wrongs:
Taylor Trial, Amputation, Human Trafficking and More
World Politics Review - USA
Africans and human rights groups have hailed the trial as a watershed moment
that may signal the end of a long era of impunity for African strongmen. ...

<http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2008/gb20080110_528611.htm
?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories> German Immigrants Are Fed Up
BusinessWeek - USA
After weeks of being portrayed by Hesse Governor Roland Koch as being little
better than uncivilized savages, Germany's immigrants on Thursday struck
back. ...

 <http://www.abhaber.com/news_page.asp?id=3736> Koch fanning racism, say
immigrant groups
ABHaber - Brüksel,Belgium
In an open letter, they said Roland Koch, a senior member of Chancellor
Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, could feed racism with his
stance. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morra-aaronsmele/who-are-the-womens-vote_b_80
940.html> Who are the women's vote? Here are some voices.
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
I think it's the way that a vote for Hillary symbolized not only a vote for
old-fashioned politics, but for old-fashioned feminism (and old fashioned
white ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/73020/> Conservative Myths and
the Women Who Love Them
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Perhaps it's unfair that women's anti-feminism irritates me more than men's,
but there it is nonetheless. The latest in anti-women diatribes comes from
...

<http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=
87943> Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
As for the rest of the detainees, the prevailing injustice at Guantanamo is
best summed up by the manner in which they are regarded by the Bush ...

<http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/education/private-schools-under-attack-$118
7227.htm> Private schools under attack
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Private schools are contributing to growing inequality in British society,
it has been claimed. Two studies from the Centre for Economic Performance
find ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jan2008/rept-j11.shtml> Notes on the
political and economic crisis of the world capitalist ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Declines of this magnitude must have a devastating impact on the personal
finances of working class families. It is well known that home equity loans
have ...

 <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/politics/2005-6529.html> Stonewall speaks
out about homophobic bullying after teen suicide
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
"Stonewall's recent pioneering research The School Report shows that,
shockingly, 65 per cent of young lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils have
experienced ...

 <http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/01/011008teen.htm> British Teen Driven To
Suicide Over Gay Taunts
365Gay.com - USA
The declaration was prepared by the LGBT caucus in Parliament called the the
Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights. It's members are mainly from the
Nordic ...

 <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_washington_poverty.html>
Census: Number of WA people in poverty on the rise
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The number of Washington residents living in poverty is up sharply since
2001, with increases in every county except Garfield, according to new
figures from ...

 <http://www.wlwt.com/news/15024653/detail.html> Poverty On Rise Throughout
Butler Co.
WLWT - Cincinnati,OH,USA
NEW MIAMI, Ohio -- When school lets out in New Miami, recent census data
show that one in five of those students will go home to poverty. ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200801101090.html> Uganda: Endless Projects
But Poverty is Worsening
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
We have a Poverty Alleviation Action Plan (Peap); the Plan for Modernisation
of Agriculture (PMA); National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads); ...

 <http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7604324> 1 of 3 Milwaukee students live
in poverty
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
AP - January 10, 2008 8:35 AM ET The Census Bureau estimates 1 of every
three school-age children in Milwaukee lived in poverty in 2005. ...

 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/barahona100108.html> More on "Nonviolent
Imperialism"
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
by Diana Barahona I am writing in response to Michael Barker's commentary
titled "Peace Activists, Criticism, and Nonviolent Imperialism" (MRZine,
January, ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-kohn/gender-race-and-the-pres_b_80921.h
tml> Gender, Race and the Presidential Election: A Response to Gloria ...
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The reality is that racism and sexism are both profound and pervasive
throughout our society. Ranking different forms of oppression is a
ridiculous waste of ...

 <http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20080110090304902>
America’s Racism is a Human Rights Violation
Infoshop News - USA
In 1964, Malcolm X called Uncle Sam "the earth's number-one hypocrite" on
the issue of human rights. It's nearly four and a half decades later; ...

 <http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN0959757220080109> Canada
welfare system seen letting down immigrants
Reuters UK - UK
Well-educated immigrants earn less money after they leave the welfare system
than do less-educated native-born Canadians, new research says. ...

<http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080110/NEWS01/80110
0330/1010/NEWS01> Experts discuss solution to infant-mortality inequity
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
By Angeline J. Taylor No one knows exactly why black babies in Florida die
at higher rates than white babies. But with the help of a state law and the
...

<http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail
&ID=19542> Reform Teaching and Equity in Math Education
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
On the other hand, analysis of another study suggested that reform teaching
contributes to greater within-school inequity. The new study accounts for
this ...

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