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Sun Oct 12 06:42:31 EDT 2008

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from Paul C. Gorski
October 12, 2008

<http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr001=azl7m7v3l1.app13a&page=
NewsArticle&id=10161&news_iv_ctrl=1261> Irish national liberation activists
stand up to state repression
Party for Socialism and Liberation - USA
With grinding poverty affecting many in the six counties, the war-weary
Provisional Sinn F¨¦in has sought a rapprochement with imperialism in an
attempt to ...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/us/cleveland_1016> Cleveland: ¡®Bail out
workers, not bankers¡¯
Workers World - USA
... by members of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Now), FIST (Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) and the Peoples Fightback
Center. ...

<http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.2459708.0.the_oppressio
n_of_untouchables_is_modern_indias_shame.php> The oppression of
¡®untouchables¡¯ is modern India¡¯s shame
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
"In the villages you know what is happening and can be careful; here it is
psychologically oppressive and dehumanising. They always ask your name: they
find ...

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/10/EDJN13EGHC.DTL>
Before paying that $700 billion ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Instead, Reich should have been more direct about solving the problem of
wage inequality, especially for lower-income workers. Nearly a century ago,
...

<http://www.snponline.com/articles/2008/10/11/multiple_papers/news/allcoleld
e_20081010_0435pm_1.txt> Former surgeon general says 'sick care' isn't
adequate
Delaware News - Delaware,OH,USA
Disparities in access to health care occur with a number of "isms," she
said: racism, sexism, classism and homophobism. The infant mortality rate
among ...

<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=503addce-97bc-40
b3-bcd6-ceac6763e3f9> Feminist art strikes back
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Art and the Feminism Revolution, she had one criticism of the Vancouver Art
Gallery exhibition, which focuses on the convergence of feminism and art in
the ...

 <http://www.whkp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1301>
Marches On Sunday...To Protest Round-Up Of Illegal Immigrants
WHKP - Hendersonville,NC,USA
The march stems from the round-up of workers said to be illegal immigrants
at the Mills Manufacturing Co. in Woodfin. After the round-up, 29 workers
were ...

<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/11/conn_ruling_allows_sam
e_sex_marriage> Conn. ruling allows same-sex marriage
Boston Globe - United States
"The real battle in this court case was not about rights, since civil unions
provide a vast number of legal rights to same-sex couples, but about
conferring ...

 <http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1011/1223560396837.html>
Mental health discrimination is 'live issue'
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST people with mental health problems was still ¡°a
very, very live issue¡±, a conference hosted by the Mental Health Commission
heard ...

<http://www.alternet.org/rights/102092/voter_election_guide_to_human_rights_
and_civil_liberties/> Voter Election Guide to Human Rights and Civil
Liberties
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... distinguish between Barack Obama's and John McCain's positions on some
of the most important human rights and civil liberties issues facing us
today. ...

<http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Research_270/Coming_Out_Would_Have_Pos
itive_or_No_Impact_on_Nearly_9_out_of_10_Heterosexuals.shtml> Coming Out
Would Have Positive or No Impact on Nearly 9 out of 10 ...
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
The survey also revealed that two out of three (67%) heterosexual adults
agree that if someone they knew is gay or lesbian, they'd want that
individual to ...

 <http://www.star-telegram.com/593/story/967231.html> Most gay students
report harassment, national survey says
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The survey and the ad campaign The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education
Network released its 2007 national survey this week. It includes responses
from 6209 ...

 <http://allafrica.com/stories/200810100987.html> Cameroon: Media Women
Resolve to Combat Gender Injustice
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Female media practitioners in the Southwest Province have resolved to combat
gender injustice in media houses. Over 25 female journalists made the
decision ...

 <http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/October/columns/0830DD9C5C.html> White
Indifference Entrenches Racial Assumptions Of Our Society
Namibian - Windhoek,Namibia
In essence, these principles guaranteed white privilege, notably with regard
to white ownership of the economy. In light of these principles, ...

 <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/10/10/2003425456>
Schools breaking the law: gender equality activists
Taipei Times - Taiwan
By Loa Iok-sin Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Sue-ying (üSÊç
Ó¢) and gender equality activists yesterday accused schools of violating the
...

 <http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01HEA101008>
Mentally ill patients face discrimination
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
Hoi also blamed the discrimination towards mental health illnesses for the
lack of investment in the mental healthcare sector, which has made it less
...

 <http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71800&sectionid=351020202> Racism
cause of Acre anti-Arab riot
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
In its 2007 report, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel announced
that racism against Arab citizens of Palestine" has dramatically increased
in the ...

<http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=81712>
Philanthropist publishes book depicting "crisis" faced by gay teens
EDGE Boston - Boston,MA,USA
The fact remains, however, lesbian and gay teenagers across the country
continue to face homophobia, violence and even death because of their sexual
...

 <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hUmscaJEWbsLqTXr7tKTevwWLaiAD93NQ3300>
10 years after Shepard, no federal hate crime law
The Associated Press
Fourteen states have adopted hate crime laws that don't cover sexual
orientation or gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a
Washington, ...

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