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[Paul C. Gorski]

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from Paul C. Gorski
March 23, 2008
 
One Man's Personal Mission To End Slavery in Mauritania (
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/22/AR2008032202206.html
)
Washington Post - United States
The ancient tradition of slavery endures in Mauritania, although it
was officially abolished in the 1980s. There are roughly half a
million slaves among the ...
 
The real cost of the Easter eggs we buy (
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-real-cost-of-the-easter-eggs-we-buy-799638.html
)
Independent - London,England,UK
Industry promises were worthless, anti-slavery experts said
yesterday, adding that chocolate giants such as Nestlé and Mars cannot
guarantee that popular ...
 
Allegations of racism and discrimination at another school district (
http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x408980660 )
KOAA - Pueblo,CO,USA
A parent's claiming there's racism happening in Widefield School
District-3. This comes on the heels of yesterday's news conference,
where some parents made ...
 
Sorority party at UND prompts discrimination complaint (
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=221551 )
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
AP Grand Forks, ND (AP) A group of American Indian students is upset
about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which
students dressed ...
 
Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation (
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/us/23health.html?hp )
New York Times - United States
Peter R. Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, said:
“We have heard a lot about growing income inequality. There has
been much less attention ...
 
Germany: The shrinking middle class and the rise of inequality (
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/mar2008/germ-m22.shtml )
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Income inequality has increased, and this is substantially more
pronounced in West Germany than in the former East Germany. The DIW
study also ex amines ...
 
Canadian Study Finds Sexual Orientation Affects Healthcare Use (
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/101380.php )
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The study, which included responses from 346000 gay, lesbian and
bisexual persons, appears in Health Reports, a publication of the
Canadian government's ...
 
Parents Upset Over Racism (
http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/16913631.html )
KKTV 11 News - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Some Falcon School District 49 parents say racism is an ongoing
problem in their kids' schools. They are demanding the school district
do something about it ...
 
Rhode Island activists build for Poor Peoples March Against Poverty (
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/rhode_island_0327 )
Workers World - USA
By Frank Neisser Momentum is building here for a large Poor Peoples
March Against Poverty on April 4, the 40th anniversary of the
assassination of Dr. ...
 
The case for reparations: Fixing the damage done by oppression is ...
(
http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/article/article.asp?NewsID=87068&sID=13&ItemSource=L
)
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - Minneapolis,MN,USA
White Americans have to acknowledge their culpability and oftentimes
downright ignorance of the systemic causes of racism and oppression.
...
 
Dodging security Tibetans storm Chinese Embassy in Delhi (
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131227 )
Merinews - New Delhi,India
Over 50 Tibetans stormed the Chinese Embassy, on Friday, to stage a
protest against the oppression of the Chinese authorities. ...
 
Mozambique: Mozambican Girls Rescued From Sexual Slavery (
http://allafrica.com/stories/200803210735.html )
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Two Mozambican girls have been rescued from sexual slavery in South
Africa, and their testimony, shown on Mozambican Television (TVM), is
vivid evidence ...
 
Nebraska could join other states in apologizing for slavery (
http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8050627&nav=menu606_24_10_1
)
KPTM-TV - Omaha,NE,USA
(AP) - Nebraska could become first state west of the Mississippi to
apologize for slavery if lawmakers approve a resolution to express
"profound regret" and ...
 
Join May Day rallies for immigrant rights! now! (
http://www.themilitant.com/2008/7213/index.shtml )
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
With six weeks leading up to May 1, we urge all readers of the
Militant to build and participate in the important working-class
mobilizations that will take ...
 
Some Comments on Racism (
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6632/1/323/ )
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
*The propaganda against affirmative action and non-discrimination
laws is intense, and has the purpose of convincing working class
whites that they are the ...
 
WW in 1968: French student strike sparked great proletarian
revolution ( http://www.workers.org/2008/world/france_1968_0327 )
Workers World - USA
Now, it is plain to see that the French working class, in alliance
with the revolutionary students and other social groupings, have what
amounts to de facto ...
 
Violation of Human Rights In SF Area: Interview with Karen Parker ...
( http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/21/18487643.php )
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Cathy Garger ( savorsuccesslady3 [at] yahoo.com ) A raging human
rights battle is brewing between the Department of Energy and the
people of the greater ...
 
Poll shows Koreans' differing views on discrimination (
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/03/22/26/0302000000AEN20080322000200315F.HTML
)
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans rank high in demanding
government action to prevent racial and ethnic discrimination, but
they also believe ...
 
The Psychopathology Of Male Psyche (
http://www.countercurrents.org/woodward210308.htm )
CounterCurrents.org - India
Globalization is unmistakably a male movement of economics on a
worldwide scale. In frank terms, it is a global reach of unprecedented
greed by males at the ...
 
What really is Capitalism? (
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/10146 )
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
Other aspects of uncontrolled capitalism are-bribery, money
laundering, tax evasion, and income inequality. These contribute to a
gap between rich and poor ...
 
Fighting for change (
http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=29665 )
pride source.com - Farmington,MI,USA
A report prepared by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
shows that children of LGBT parents often deal with the same issues -
and that their ...
 
The Secret to Helping Whites Understand Racism in America (
http://www.blacknews.com/news/looking_over_black_shoulders101.shtml
)
BlackNews.com (press release) - Columbus,OH,USA
"Racism is clearly seen as a benefit to white Americans," said
Perkins. "I've battled for years to come up with a solution that could
help them understand ...
 
Obama, Ferraro, Wright: 'Postracial' Meets Racism (
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080407/younge )
The Nation. - New York,NY,USA
Feminism that does not embrace antiracism, like antiracism that does
not embrace feminism, is little more than a campaign for sectional
interests ...
 
Thank you Thursdays: Toni Morrison (
http://feministing.com/archives/008845.html )
Feministing - New York,NY,USA
Did you have any relationship to the word "feminism" when you were
growing up, or did you have a sense of yourself first as black and
then as female? ...
 
The Persistent Inconvenience of Black Rage (
http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=4962 )
Muslim American Society - Falls Church,VA,USA
White privilege isn't a popular dinnertime conversation topic in
Boise or Allentown (or, I imagine, most of America ). And his call for
trans-racial "unity" ...
 
 
 
 

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