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from Paul C. Gorski
May 18, 2008

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/aam-m18.shtml> Reject UAW
sellout at American Axle! Mobilize auto workers against ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
American Axle workers should reject the sell-out agreement reached by the
United Auto Workers union and fight to mobilize auto workers and the working
class ...

<http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Stephen-McGinty-Colour-rears-its.4094268.j
p> Stephen McGinty: Colour rears its ugly head in White House race
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By Stephen McGinty IF A black presidential candidate was to seek out the
white working-class, who may, or may not be reluctant to vote for him on the
basis ...

 <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3344134,00.html> One in Eight
Germans Lives in Poverty
Deutsche Welle - Germany
One in eight Germans lives in the poverty and the divide between rich and
poor is growing, according to a new government report. ...

 <http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/349635.html> Poverty in the golden
years
Buffalo News - NY, United States
Foster is just one of many local women living out her retirement years in
poverty. According to a recent study published by the AARP Public Policy
Institute ...

 <http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/13054> The 'Kurdish question' and
the fruits of imperialism
People's Weekly World - USA
As I see it, the events are a textbook case of how imperialism cynically
operates to divide and exploit peoples Kurds are a people who trace their
history ...

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/nakb-m16.shtml> Bush backs
Israel as Palestinians mark 60 years of exile and ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
This terrible oppression resulted in a mass political movement for the
national liberation of the Palestinians. But the experience of this national
project ...

 <http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/3/article_5955.php> World marks Day
Against Homophobia
Gay NZ - New Zealand
In Ankara, Turkey, there will be a high profile march against homophobia,
and across Canada this week, anti-homophobia campaigns in schools,
presentations, ...

 <http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/16/global18856.htm> Homophobia
Threatens Lives and Families
Human Rights Watch (press release) - USA
On May 17, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in dozens of
countries will commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, ...

<http://www.modernghana.com/news/165621/1/bridge-gap-between-rich-and-poor-n
ations-wolfensoh.html> Bridge gap between rich and poor nations - Wolfensohn
Modern Ghana - Ghana
By GNA Former World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn on Wednesday urged
the world community to bridge the increasing inequity between rich and poor
...

 <http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5016> 120 years after the
abolition of slavery, the fight goes on in Brazil
MyNews.in - Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India
The law that abolished slavery in Brazil 120 years ago today, known as the
"Golden Law", had only two articles. The first one prohibited any form of
slavery ...

<http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS01/805140
77/1075> Man pleads guilty in human slavery case in Immokalee
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
One of the six people charged in a human slavery case out of Immokalee
pleaded guilty today to five charges and now faces up to 37 years in federal
prison. ...

 <http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3602/context/archive>
Barack Obama Wins the Sojourner Truth Vote
Women's eNews - New York,NY,USA
While feminism speaks to sexism, womanism speaks to sexism, racism, classism
and ethnocentrism. As an endnote to her definition of womanism, Walker
writes, ...

<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/1
4/sexism___stoked_by_the_media> Sexism - stoked by the media
Boston Globe - United States
Privately, some leaders of the Democratic Party would probably acknowledge
the sexism that still pervades society and politics but is not talked about.
...

<http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/sexism-driving-women-out-of-news-1501790
9/> Sexism 'driving women out of science and technology jobs'
Women in Technology - London,UK
Sexist attitudes in the science and technology industry are driving women in
their late thirties away and creating a "hidden brain drain", new research
...

 <http://www.alternet.org/environment/85433/> Vandana Shiva: Why We Face
Both Food and Water Crises
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
But a decade and a half of globalization's perverse rules have led to 200000
farmers committing suicide because they can't make a living anymore -- all
...

 <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dot.comments/2008/05/obama_and_racism.html>
Obama's Candidacy and Racism
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama's "phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are
encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed --
and unreported ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200805150390.html> South Africa:
Understanding Racism
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
These all point to a South Africa that can no longer be in denial about
racism in our country and a South Africa that needs to engage in dialogue
about ...

 <http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Georgina/article/74706> Racism played
role in assaults: probe
Georgina Advocate - Keswick,ON,Canada
A probe into harassment and assaults against Asian-Canadian anglers at Lake
Simcoe last year has confirmed racism played a role. The provincial human
rights ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR200805130
3112.html> Immigrants Can Linger In Detention for Months
Washington Post - United States
Under a practice that was expanded during the summer of 2006, undocumented
immigrants caught within 100 miles of the Mexican border -- and within 14
days of ...

 <http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/05/12/daily17.html> NC
Community College System closes door to illegal immigrants
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The North Carolina Community College System on Tuesday said that it would no
longer admit illegal or undocumented immigrants into curriculum degree
programs ...

 <http://wearecentralpa.com/content/fulltext/?cid=7108> Graffiti Stains An
Entire Community
WTAJ - Altoona,PA,USA
Officers say there are white supremacy messages throughout the Duncansville
Memorial Park. There's some stuff that we couldn't even show you because
it's ...

<http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
622&Itemid=1> The Deeper Racism in Iowa: Beneath the White Obama Craze
Black Agenda Report - Jersey City,NJ,USA
As Ford notes, "the very premise - that race neutrality is possible in a
nation built on white supremacy - demand[s] the systematic practice of the
most ...

<http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
625&Itemid=1> Police Terror and Lawless Order
Black Agenda Report - Jersey City,NJ,USA
However, the American culture of white supremacy, notwithstanding, there is
no essential relationship between whiteness and rightness. ...

 <http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4696.shtml> Why Blue
Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
FinalCall.com - Chicago,IL,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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