sweeney is speaking monday at the pro-israel rally with netanyahu

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Apr 13 09:23:28 PDT 2002


Tim Shorrock wrote:


>Sweeney's 'progressive' foreign policy at work. What a disgrace. He doesn't
>speak for me, that's for sure.

More great progressive moves by U.S. labor. This is from Jackie Calmes's WorkWeek column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal:


>GOP PROTECTIONIST and textile magnate Roger Milliken forms a new
>lobbying group, Attac, to oppose both "fast track" trade-negotiating
>power for Bush, and the president's bid to give trade preferences to
>Andean nations. Milliken wins support from the main textile union --
>more than 140,000 jobs were lost last year -- and recruits other
>industries. Attac plans a spring march on Washington.

Milliken is a Buchanan-supporting, union-busting reactionary - and UNITE! is doing a deal with him? Cute of him to call his group Attac, too.

Doug



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