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Thu May 29 22:39:40 EDT 2008

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from Paul C. Gorski
May 29, 2008

 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/iran-m29.shtml> Iran: Inflation,
privatization lead intensify working class struggles
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
By Sina Mazdak Working class struggles are intensifying in Iran as a
consequence of inflation and the privatization of many industries. ...

<http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jP_7XZlCFxZt_k1vhcZA00FC7F6Q>
Child poverty and peaceful protest to highlight national native ...
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA
OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations is urging participants to stay on the
right side of the law during the national native day of action Thursday. ...

<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080528-1228-wst-gaymormons-marri
age.html> Gay Mormons to church: Don't fight California court ruling
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Formed by students at church-owned Brigham Young University in the late
1970s, Affirmation has more than 2000 gay, lesbian and transgender members.
...

 <http://www.mercurynews.com/religion/ci_9404412> Lesbian couple denied
infertility treatment take case to ...
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The California Supreme Court tackled another gay rights issue today,
questioning a doctor's right to deny artificial insemination treatment to a
lesbian ...

 <http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2949370/> NAACP, civil rights groups
lobby in Raleigh
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC — The NAACP and civil rights groups are in Raleigh to urge
lawmakers to give public employees bargaining rights and improve workplace
conditions ...

<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/world/americas/29briefs-AMNESTYINTER_BRF.
html?ref=world> World Briefing | Human Rights Amnesty International Seeks
...
New York Times - United States
By ALAN COWELL In an annual report on human rights worldwide, Amnesty
International again urged the United States to close the Guantánamo Bay
detention camp ...

 <http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN28414624.html> Chevron profits
shadowed by human rights complaints
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
They harangued the board on a range of human rights abuses in such countries
as Ecuador, Nigeria and Myanmar. "You are here comfortably, while other
people ...

 <http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9407766> Dozens protest Chevron
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Allegations of environmental and human rights abuses charged the annual
protest, led by Amazon Watch, Justice for Nigeria Now and other groups. ...

<http://www.business-standard.com/common/click_track.php?act=news_now&var=38
599> Resource gap in rural, urban schools in India
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
PTI / New York May 29, 2008, 12:50 IST A UN study that looked into the
impact of social inequality on the schooling children receive in countries
across ...

<http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/africa-news/survey-finds-under%11privilege
d-children-also-educationally-disadvantaged-200805285220.html> Survey finds
under-privileged children also educationally ...
Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
A new study by UNESCO's Institute for Statistics (UIS) h as brought to light
the strong effect of social inequality on primary education s ystems in many
...

<http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/article/article.asp?NewsID=88902&sID
=13&ItemSource=L> Obama and the myth of racial transcendence
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - Minneapolis,MN,USA
This is not a good thing, because what it really does at a deeper level is
solidify the normality of White supremacy. Therefore, Whiteness is the gold
...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/obama_0605> OBAMA - An Analysis
Workers World - USA
As far as advancing the interests of US imperialism goes, there is no
fundamental difference between Rodham Clinton and Obama—or McCain, for that
matter. ...

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/john-mccains-two-americas_b_
103929.html> John McCain's "Two Americas"
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
It is an America that defeated fascism and Japanese Imperialism and built
the world's largest middle class. It is an America of courageous, ...

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/29rent.html?ref=us> Judge Voids an
Ordinance on Immigrants
New York Times - United States
(AP) — A federal judge found Wednesday that a local ordinance prohibiting
apartment rentals to illegal immigrants was unconstitutional and could not
be ...

 <http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10216249.html> Male Iranian feminist
sentenced to one year in jail
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Iran frequently arrests feminists, many of whom are still in jail. Recently,
Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced four feminists, Rezvan Moghadam, ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/world/globalization_0529> Indian Marxist says:
Globalization means imperialist attack on ...
Workers World - USA
Globalization is a nice-sounding word that means an imperialist attack on
the workers and peasants. And imperialism is very bad for the common people.
...

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/washington/27cnd-scotus.html?hp>
Justices Favor Workers in Cases of Bias Retaliation
New York Times - United States
Retaliation complaints are a growing subset of workplace discrimination
cases, because it is often easier for employees to demonstrate that they
were ...

 <http://socialistworker.org/2008/05/28/what-us-wants-afghanistan> What the
US wants in Afghanistan
Socialist Worker Online - Chicago,IL,USA
The US has held up a country's terrible history of poverty, repression and
inequality as the pretext for a war that only aggravates poverty, repression
and ...

 <http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/may28/poverty-052808.html>
Stanford project promises more accurate measure of poverty in US
Stanford Report - USA
The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality is working to
present a clearer picture of the poor by regularly calculating and
publishing an ...

 <http://news.scotsman.com/uk/West-39failing-to--act.4124838.jp> West
'failing to act on human rights crises'
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Irene Khan, Amnesty International's secretary-general, said: "Injustice,
inequality and impunity are the hallmarks of our world today. ...

<http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/lawrence-westgaph
/2008/05/27/why-we-can-t-ignore-our-city-s-shameful-past-100252-20980318/>
Why we can't ignore our city's shameful past
Liverpool Echo - UK
Many in Liverpool certainly have a problem with highlighting the city’s
involvement in slavery. I have been criticised in the letters page of the
ECHO, ...

<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/0
5/27/race_gender_split_traced_to_adoption_of_15th_amendment> Race-gender
split traced to adoption of 15th Amendment
Boston Globe - United States
... Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, had been staunch supporters of the
anti-slavery/civil rights movement and its most prominent leader, Frederick
Douglass. ...

 <http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2008/05/swastikas_on_un.php> Swastikas
found on UND campus, home of the Fighting Sioux
Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Whenever something like a swastika or any other symbol of oppression appears
on a campus, we need to push back very quickly, very firmly. ...

 <http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=1613> Xenophobia tears apart SA’s
working class
New Socialist Group - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... Mike Davis describes these sites, a new generation of shack settlements
then emerged in the interstices of working-class Indian and African
communities. ...

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