One of them, Alajdin Demiri, who returned from Switzerland to go into Tetovo politics, used to talk mildly about ending discrimination.

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His speech meandered through a checklist of old-school Democratic mantras (funding social programs, ending discrimination) before it arrived on Gore's doorstep with a deafening thump.

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To fight for an America defined by deep and meaningful equality -- from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families.

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So closing this pay gap -- ending pay discrimination -- is about far more than simple fairness.

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Tuesday will mark a decade since councils signed an agreement with trade unions committing them to ending pay discrimination.

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"We have already made good progress towards ending pay discrimination, " she said.

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He said the Democratic candidates would also be asked about hate crimes legislation, ending workplace discrimination and "kitchen table" issues to do with taxes and benefits for same-sex couples.

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But at its most basic level, the feminist label has never been solely or even predominantly about preventing and ending oppression or discrimination of women.

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