Why does AFL-CIO endorse Globalist Free Traders

Cleveland Plain Dealer Associate Editor Jim Strang says Democrats vote for a man in Senator Kerry who would become the third-richest president in U.S. history and who voted for the passage of NAFTA, GATT and trade with China.

2/19/04 Jim Strang said in his column, ...If I was a Democrat, I'd vote for Dennis Kucinich......I am not, and I won't. His politics and mine, for the most part, are polar-opposites. Many like Jim Strang who have populist tendencies are trying to tell Democrats to wake up. Hard working men and women who have seen their jobs disappear across the oceans will cast there vote for a senator who helped make NAFTA the law. Peace-loving gentle people will give their assent to candidates who helped make the Iraq war possible. Then they will come home and look at themselves in the mirror, and try to convince themselves they've done the best thing they could do. And that's part of the reason that so many citizens are so disenchanted with the major parties. They've too often compromised their principles for pragmatism, then were shocked when the people they had helped elect didn't govern as they had hoped they might. Had they been true to their consciences, they might have actually have helped instigate change.

( Dennis Kucinich may be too liberal for many populists but if it was not for him during the presidential candidates debates, the issue of the workday and the betrayal of workers by unfair trade agreements like NAFTA and GATT with the WTO controlling the flow of wealth and jobs outside any democratic process would not have been on the table as it is. And even conservative populists need to praise him for his dedication.)

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From the Cleve Plain Dealer 2/24/04 Should electability be Dems' primary concern?.....by Ray Tapajna

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Jim Strang tells it like it is. Millions have lost their jobs due to NAFTA, GATT and trade with China, and yet Democrats and union leaders will cast ballots for a senator who helped make NAFTA and GATT law and supported trade with China. Dennis Kucinich is the only candidate in favor of rescinding NAFTA and GATT and making a quick exit from the WTO.

Sen. John Kerry never promised to repeal or radically modify existing trade agreements, And now, th AFL-CIO endorses Kerry. They want a fox to guard the chicken coop.

Looks as if the Democrats want to go back to the land of "is" again. Democratic President Clinton and a Democrat-controlled Congress passed both NAFTA and GATT. President George W. Bush followed with Fast Track. When will American workers wake up?

( Added note: It seems like the AFL-CIO is more interested in global unions rather than protecting workers in the USA. )

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From Cleve Plain Dealer 02/26/2004 Settling for second-best because the best "can't win".......by Michael Kwiatkowski

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I would like to thank Ray Tapajna for his excellent response (Letters, Feb 24) to Jim Strang's recent column.

In our fervor to replace George W Bush, Democrats are again at risk of making the same mistake we did in electing Bill Clinton- whose backing of NAFTA has cost America millions of manufacturing jobs- by voting fora candidate who does not oppose this disastrous trade agreement.

Ohio voters have a prime opportunity this year to help elect a Democrat who will look out for the interests of American laborers; they should vote for Dennis Kucinich on March 2.

Democrats, particularly in Ohio, need to drop the anybody-but-Bush mentality. If we don't then what is the point of voting? What is the point of replacing Bush with a candidate who will continue NAFTA, which bleeds American jobs, and continues the occupation of Iraqi lives and bankrupts our country to the tune of more than $1 billion per week?

Settling for second-best because we are told the best "can't win" is largely what has gotten America in the mess it's in now, thanks to the likes of George W Bush and Bill Clinton, By making sure Dennis takes Ohio, we can send a clear, strong message to the Democratic nominee- whoever he (or she) may be. What we want and need him to do this election year is pledge to drop NAFTA and teh WTO and get us out of the mess in Iraq that Bush has got us into. Michael Kwiatkowski

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(You can reach Jim Strang at jstrang@plaind.com Strang is an associate editor of The Plain Dealer's editorial pages.)

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