Sweeney Defends Gore Endorsement

[Dace]

>Dace wrote:
>
>>The "blue-green" alliance is a wonderful thing.  But just as importantly,
we
>>need a North-South alliance.  Sweeney stands with Clinton and Gore, not
with
>>the primary victims of global capital.
>
>Sweeney isn't identical with organized labor, and even the
>organization he heads is doing a lot more to solidarize (gag, what an
>awful word) with unions in the South. Any generalization about U.S.
>labor, other than that it's full of contradictions and internal
>conflict, seems to oversimplify.
>
>Talk about contradictory class positions...
>
>Doug
>
>
Regarding the alliances Big Labor is developing with unions in the South,
are these efforts directed toward ultimately stemming the tide of peasants
being driven into the maw of the Beast?  Or will newly emerging labor rights
help only the "lucky" few who manage to get work in the metastasizing market
economies of the world's SAPped nations?  The AFL-CIO, at least under
current leadership, is not prepared to defy the Clinton/Gore neoliberal
agenda.  When it comes to big issues, Big Labor will cave.  Our opponents
are not limited to the corporate elite.  Sometimes any elite will do.

ted