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from Paul C. Gorski
May 24, 2008

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/23/18500964.php> American River
Parkway ~ Systemic Racism in Sacramento County
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by khubaka, michael harris ( blackagriculture [at] yahoo.com ) The American
River Parkway remains the "crown jewel" of the entire Sacramento River
Watershed ...

 <http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1832> Globalization's discontents
ZDNet - USA
Globalization means more than a global supply chain that creates trade
linkages in one place with everywhere else on the planet. ...

<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7ffe1c3d-e088-4464-8b
49-9947dbcf0f9f> Child poverty rate unchanged in last 15 years despite
Canada's ...
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Despite a booming economy in Canada, the rate of child poverty changed
little between 1989 and 2004, a study from Statistics Canada said Friday.
...

 <http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL23414641>
ANALYSIS-Poverty a recipe for wider South Africa unrest
Reuters - USA
More than 14 years after the end of apartheid, millions are still trapped in
poverty despite record economic growth averaging five percent in the past
four ...

<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Fighting-Poverty
.php> International aid coalition says EU falling behind in its aid pledges
International Herald Tribune - France
The anti-poverty groups - which include Oxfam International, ActionAid and
CARE International - urged the 27-nation bloc on Wednesday to heed their
warning ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-deggans/does-clinton-camp-talk-of_b_1028
42.html> Does Clinton Camp Talk of Sexism Risk the Democrats' Future?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Indeed, Ferraro's examples of how sexism may have limited Clinton sounded
more like objections to any criticism of her at all. And now that Clinton's
hopes ...

 <http://www.newstatesman.com/200805220024> Hating Hilary
New Statesman - London,England,UK
This time it is gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind. It has been
shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-brendan-demelle/unear
thed-news-of-the-wee_b_103352.html> Unearthed: News of the Week the
Mainstream Media Forgot to Report
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Recent investigations such as Mother Jones' reports about corporate spying
on environmental groups confirm that companies like Burger King, Wal-Mart
and ...

 <http://www.cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1274> Winona LaDuke: The
Struggle For Environmental Justice
City on a Hill Press - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
LaDuke delivered compelling stories about her lifelong fight for
environmental justice and Native American rights to the students in the
Education for ...

 <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3993331.ece>
Immigrants flee hate killings in South Africa
Times Online - UK
The violence spread yesterday with gangs attacking immigrants in the
sprawling shantytowns outside Cape Town. More Zimbabweans were attacked in
the northern ...

 <http://www.alternet.org/rights/86248/> How Human Rights Groups and
"Hacktivists" Are Using Internet ...
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Now, thanks to the efforts of human rights groups, forward-thinking news
organizations and "hacktivists," more and more voices from around the globe
are ...

 <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/23/content_8235270.htm> UN human
rights council calls for realization of right to food
Xinhua - China
GENEVA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The UN Human Rights Council Thursday called on
the international community to take all necessary measures to ensure the ...

<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/NEWS07/805230435/1
009> Costs of ignoring global warming steep, study says
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY RENEE SCHOOF . MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS . May 23, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Doing
nothing about global warming would cost the United States dearly for the
rest of ...

 <http://www.cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1263> Gay and Lesbian
Asian-Americans Struggle to Find Acceptance in ...
City on a Hill Press - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
Despite the brevity of the film, it painted a hopeful picture for gay and
lesbian Asian-Americans striving for acceptance within their traditional
church ...

 <http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Ne&article_code=5463>
Survey: More Gay and Lesbian Adults Go Without Health Insurance
New England Blade - Boston,MA,USA
According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive,
nearly one in four gay and lesbian adults lack health insurance and are
nearly twice ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/malcolm_x_0529> Tribute to 'a martyr for
all the oppressed'
Workers World - USA
Also in 1965 Malcolm said: "All over the world, it is young people who are
actually involving themselves in the struggle to eliminate oppression and
...

<http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=74862>
Canadian Students Can't Wear Anti-Hate T's
EDGE Boston - Boston,MA,USA
by Steve Weinstein A handful of students in Calgary, the capital of Alberta
in Western Canada, wanted to make a statement against homophobia. ...

<http://www.westchester.com/Westchester_News/Crime/Premier_Issue_Of_Environm
ental_Justice_Announced_200805219762.html> Premier Issue Of Environmental
Justice Announced
Westchester.com - Westchester,NY,USA
New Rochelle, NY - Environmental Justice, a new quarterly peer-reviewed
journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a forum for the research,
debate, ...

 <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/freesaminow220508.html> One of the Biggest
Civil Rights Cases Post-9/11 Is about to Take a ...
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
... an upright citizen who dedicated his life to improving America, Dr.
Al-Arian has been imprisoned since 2003 for exercising his First Amendment
rights. ...

 <http://www.ilw.com/articles/2008,0521-dahl.shtm> Immipartheid: The Disease
Without A Name
ILW.com - New York,NY,USA
The apartheid prescription developed by South Africa included the molecular
components for the preservation of white supremacy, separation of the races
and ...

 <http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6873/1/335/> Book
Review: The Race Beat
Political Affairs Magazine - New York,NY,USA
... working class by race ensured the profits would roll in and that white
elites would always control the reigns of power in the name of white
supremacy. ...

<http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/health/news/article_1406930.php/Arbo
ur_Food_crisis_could_trigger_greater_spiral_of_inequality> Arbour: Food
crisis could trigger greater spiral of inequality
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
Geneva - The world food crisis could trigger a 'domino effect' of exclusion
and inequality if not handled correctly, the United Nations High
Commissioner ...

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