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from Paul C. Gorski
September 22, 2008

 <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_10517639> Stomach turns
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
This is the same type of social injustice that César Chávez and Robert
Kennedy spoke out against. As a US citizen, I love my country and want our
borders to ...

<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=b02d8037-a563-417a-9c
d5-31146a42fb6e> Gay-friendly course halted by Abbotsford school board
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Abbotsford high schools have been prevented from teaching the controversial
new Social Justice 12 course because the local school board wants to review
its ...

 <http://regionaltimes.com/21sep2008/nationalnews/prm.htm> PRM protests
against the dictates of American imperialism
Regional Times - karachi,Pakistan
... against the dictates of American imperialism both in the form of the
direct military incursions into Pakistani territory and in the economic
imperialism ...

 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/768/39634> Latin America: ‘Don’t mess us’
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
This decision not only put an important brake on imperialism’s plans for
Bolivia, it demonstrated that a new political bloc existed in world
politics. ...

 <http://www.stillwater-newspress.com/letters/local_story_264234544.html>
Economic inequality
Stillwater NewsPress - Stillwater,Oklahoma,USA
Last year, the Wall Street Journal (hardly a Marxist newspaper) published a
table ranking the world’s major nations for income inequality. ...

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/21/18540539.php> SF Rally at
Wells Fargo Bank urges end to oppression of Day Laborers
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Bill Carpenter ( wcarpent [at] ccsf.edu ) Several Bay Area organizations
were contacted by the Phoenix Day Laborer Center (Casa Mazahuali) and the
...

<http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/2008-shministim-letter-israeli-
high-school-students-refuse-military-service-enlistment-20080921.html> 2008
Shministim Letter: Israeli High School Students Refuse ...
Alternative Information Center (AIC) - Jerusaelm,Israel
We, Israeli youth who have just graduated from high school, declare that we
will work against the policy of occupation and oppression of the Israeli ...

 <http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080921/focus/focus4.html> The
courage to fight back
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Like most other 'nine-day wonder' stories about the continuing oppression,
repression and discrimination against women and children in the Jamaican
society, ...

<http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS01
/809210365/1006> NJ falling behind rest of US on equal pay for women
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
New Jersey is in the middle of the pack compared to other states when it
comes to pay equity between men and women and actually trails the national
average, ...

 <http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=470865&sid=NAT> NALSA, UN launch
campaign on peace, justice, non-violence
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
The campaign would also focus to form gender equity groups at 100 villages,
gender dispute resolution camps at 25 panchayats as also to hold gender ...

<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-brazil_21
int.ART.State.Edition1.26a9d6c.html> Reform pledges undelivered since
jailhouse slavery case shocked Brazil
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
AP Despite pledges of reform, little has changed since a sexual slavery case
scandalized Brazil nearly a year ago. RENATO CHALU/The Associated Press A
...

<http://newsminer.com/news/2008/sep/21/palins-ideology-far-cry-feminism/?opi
nion> Palin’s ideology: a far cry from feminism
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
Sarah Palin a “feminist,” but Palin’s policies related to reproductive
freedom are a threatening attack on feminism. Katha Pollitt’s apt
observation in The ...

<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-feminist-palin-thinksep21,0,
1435363.story> Fault lines in feminism
Chicago Tribune - United States
A "big-picture" feminism that considers a candidate's policies on choice in
concert with his or her positions on welfare, health care, Immigration
reform, ...

 <http://www.stuff.co.nz/4700447a2201.html> Sport: the last bastion of
sexism
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Tatiana Golovin is one over several female tennis stars to be labelled a
"sexpot" in a sporting world that remains the last bastion of sexism
according to ...

<http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Racism-hurts-Obamas-campaign-438199674.htm
l> Racism hurts Obama's campaign
ITV.com - UK
Deep seated Racial prejudices held by some US voters, are hurting Barack
Obama's campaign for the white house. A new poll has found that one third of
white ...

 <http://www.haitinews.net/story/409188> Obama could lose presidency over
racism
Haiti News - Port Au Prince,Haiti
Barack Obama could lose the close race to the White House if racism takes
hold amongst some white Democrats. A new Stanford University poll has said
racial ...

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/30240
42/Race-an-issue-as-Hillary-Clintons-supporters-shun-Barack-Obama.html> Race
an issue as Hillary Clinton's supporters shun Barack Obama
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Tim Shipman in Washington Racism among white Americans has cost Barack
Obama a commanding lead in the presidential election and could yet deny him
...

 <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgrakSgXJl00HGo-q8BN5eIsUZHA> Fears of
violence ahead of Bosnia's first gay festival
AFP
SARAJEVO (AFP) — Bosnia's first-ever gay festival opens this week amid fears
of violence, with homophobia overriding usual divisions among the country's
...

 <http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/54955> It's The System,
Stupid!
Media Monitors Network - CA,USA
This resistance is not always unified and often unclear on exactly what it
is against beyond injustice, but since injustice is at the system's core,
...

 <http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/21/stories/2008092150090400.htm> For an
equal share
Hindu - Chennai,India
Inevitably, those on the wrong side of inequality are denied their full
rights as human beings. Inequalities are endlessly rationalised but at root
they are ...

<http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/A_OPINION02/80
9200314/-1/A_OPINION> There's no excuse for inequality
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
Californians have an opportunity in November to defeat Proposition 8 and
affirm the justice of gay marriage. Christian groups betray their
foundational ...

 <http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=137017> Protest in Islamabad
against live burial of women in Balochistan
The News International - Karachi,Pakistan
... demanding a firm stand against the American imperialism, both in the
form of direct military incursions on the Pakistani territory and the
economic ...

<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/honduras-bolivarianism-and-central-am
erica/> Honduras, Bolivarianism, and Central America
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
But first, one must understand Central American anti-imperialism and to do
this the close correlation with South American resistance must be studied.
...

 <http://www.workers.org/2008/world/nato_0925> Will NATO’s expansion bubble
burst?
Workers World - USA
By Sara Flounders US imperialism’s every effort to assert itself and reverse
its declining global domination confirms its weakened position. ...

 <http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=29026> Immigration Agents Accused
of Racial Profiling
Chicago Public Radio - Chicago,IL,USA
And Immigration and Customs Enforcement hailed its operation in the city’s
Little Village neighborhood for putting the suspects behind bars. ...

 <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4790779.ece>
Children sold into slavery for a punishing life in the circus
Times Online - UK
As many as 500 Nepalese children have been sold into slavery to Indian
circuses over the past year, according to a new report from the Himalayan
state. ...

 <http://www.koat.com/news/17519849/detail.html> Former NMSU Employees Claim
Discrimination
KOAT - USA
... State University employees filed a lawsuit in federal court charging
certain university administrators with racial discrimination and
retaliation. ...

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR200809190
3437.html> US DISTRICT COURT Transgender Va. Woman Wins Discrimination
Lawsuit
Washington Post - United States
... had no legitimate reason to deny Schroer the job and said their decision
violated the Civil Rights Act's prohibition against sex discrimination. ...

 <http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143995277&cid=300> Racism far
from over in America
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
When I lived in Kenya, racism was an abstract concept that was mocked in
movies, music videos and comedies. The only time people worried about the
colour of ...

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