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May 4, 2008

<http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=25&n
ewsid=122472> From The Far East - Child slavery a blemish on Asian economies
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
Many were shocked at the rescue of more than 160 village children who had
been sold into slavery in factories in Guangdong province in China. ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17542> Race, Feminism and Hillary
Clinton
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
"What happened to the perspective that the failures of feminism lay in
pandering to racism, to everyone nodding that these were fatal mistakes--how
is it ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/84296/> Nationwide Rallies Highlight
Failure of War on Immigrants
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
If, it achieved nothing else, march organizers say, the May Day
mobilizations gave Norma, Olivia and the 12 million undocumented immigrants
and their ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR200805030
1733.html> Critics of Old Guard Take Black Activism Online
Washington Post - United States
A growing cadre of young black activists is using the Internet in an attempt
to eclipse traditional civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and hit
the ...

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr007=99hpglnlg3.app7b&page=N
ewsArticle&id=9045&news_iv_ctrl=1030> PSL LA conference highlights women's
struggle
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
During the lively question and answer session, the speakers explained that
the attack on women’s reproductive rights and institutionalized sexism are
...

 <http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/84150/> Hillary Struggles
Against Sexism But Regularly Plays Race Card
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
This maneuver is not only unhelpful for coalition-building but obstructs
understanding of how sexism and racism have played out in this election in
...

 <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/5/prweb903544.htm> Bloggers Unite For
Human Rights
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Tens of thousands of bloggers from all over the world will write about human
rights on Thursday, May 15, as part of Bloggers Unite For Human Rights
campaign ...

 <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_9142847> Guy: We can encourage businesses
to do the right thing
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Fair Trade means worrying about gender equity, working conditions, child
labor, the environment, trade relations, the payment of a fair price and
creating ...

 <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/04/ireland.immigration> Ireland's
immigrants return home as slump sharpens fear of racism
The Observer - UK
Kazik Anhalt and Barnaba Filip Dorda are arguing over whether racism is on
the rise in the Republic. Anhalt has first-hand experience of anti-foreigner
...

 <http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=75416> UND
department decries culture of ‘institutionalized racism’ on campus
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
“These are not isolated incidents but indicative of institutionalized racism
on the UND campus,” the writers state. The letter, which will be published
...

 <http://www.trudeausociety.com/home/Editorial/2008/03/17/01012.html>
Capitalism is Not Democracy: Beyond the Propaganda
Cité Libre Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... Bank use the broad capitalistocratic culture of financial system to
execute techniques of oppression on behalf of maintaining white elite
supremacy. ...

 <http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/region/10210244.html>
Injustice continues in Guantanamo
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
But the injustice of Guantanamo continues. On December 15, 2001, Sami Al Haj
was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan while carrying
out ...

 <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hSuLYdew02BRyU9VVdWYANWjuJkg>
Al-Jazeera cameraman returns home from Guantanamo
AFP - 
"We are entitled to shed tears of joy after these difficult seven years of
humiliation, persecution and injustice which we went through for no reason
other ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17530> Hidden Revolutionary Sentiment
in the Heartland – a Reason for HOPE*
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
One activist outflanked me on the Left, saying that he thought Obama might
be a worse than McCain because the former candidate's imperialism is cloaked
and ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/30/18495805.php> Lebanon and
Palestine: two peoples fighting imperialism
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
We want one free and democratic society, based not more on the violence and
the exploitation of the capitalism and international imperialism. ...

 <http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,551101,00.html> POVERTY
AMIDST AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE The Hungry School Kids of Chynow
Spiegel Online - national,Germany
But, in Chynow, there are children going hungry, and more than a quarter of
Polish schoolchildren are growing up in poverty. Nowhere in the European
Union ...

 <http://winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2008/05/02/5448571-sun.html> Child
poverty holds its ground
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By PETER ZIMONJIC, NATIONAL BUREAU There has been almost no progress in the
fight against child poverty in Canada for the past 25 years, ...

<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/whitehouse_epa_regulator_
firin.php> Whitehouse: EPA Regulator Firing Resembles US Attorney Firings
TPM - New York,NY,USA
... politicization of the Environmental Protection Agency has forced
comparisons to Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department, and it surely won't be
the last. ...

 <http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/religious.freedom/> US ignores religious
oppression, federal panel says
CNN - USA
(CNN) -- China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that
practice religious oppression, a federal commission says. ...

 <http://www.morungexpress.com/index.php?news=7615> The economics of
violence
MorungExpress - Dimapur,Assam,India
The story looks good till you notice the underbelly of economic growth:
unprecedented levels of inequality, violence, epidemics, congested roads,
...

 <http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=32050> HUMAN RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO DISCRIMINATORY MEASURE AFFIRMED ...
Out In America - Columbus,OH,USA
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today responded to the
United ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/the-game-of-monopoly_b_99793.htm
l> The Game of Monopoly
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Indeed, the current situation in Iraq should be a cautionary tale for all
democracies: If a state cannot guarantee the political and civil rights of
its ...

 <http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijrdeYgT1VMjV_i8R0rDMfSRtjcg>
Policeman demoted over racism
The Press Association - 
A police sergeant has been demoted for bringing "disgrace" on his force
after making racist and sexist comments while on duty. ...

 <http://www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/435283.html> Insidious
homophobia, sexism and racism still are rampant
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
Insidious homophobia, sexism and racism still are rampant in our
communities. There continues to be a lack of education about how HIV is
transmitted and how ...

 <http://www.zmag.org/zmag/viewArticle/17517> Berlet: Witch Hunts
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
... themes of anti-collectivism and anti-communism, but also with subtexts
of anti-integrationist white supremacy and anti-Jewish conspiracism. ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/mumia_0508> Symbols vs. substance
Workers World - USA
It’s because black-faced politicians can best advance the aims of white
economic supremacy, for they are but employees of white wealth, who do the
duty of ...

 <http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=4495> Rev. Wright Speaks Truth To Power
Black Star News - New York,NY,USA
We have accepted as our day of thanks a day that has its roots in White
supremacy and the genocide of indigenous people. These are all truths that
need to ...

<http://www.seattlemedium.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=88159&sID=34&I
temSource=L> Why Blue Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
Seattle Medium - Seattle,WA,USA
And if whiteness yields fewer hard economic returns, then the psychology of
White supremacy may grow as a resource to hold on to. The reason why blue
collar ... 

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