In his essay The AFL-CIO and the Iraq War, published by Rebelion.org he argues the Iraq War resolution approved at the AFL-CIO’s latest convention, apart from an ambiguous phrase thrown in to pacify a few dissidents, remained true to its history of supporting imperial wars and tyranny while continuing to lose members and loyalties in the US for its efforts.
[James Petras has worked with the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement for the last eleven years in addition to his work with the unemployed workers’ movement in Argentina. He is coauthor, with Henry Veltmeyer, of Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century (Zed Books, 2001), which won the 2002 Kenny Prize in Marxist & Labour/Left Studies. He is also author of a collection of short stories, Andando por el mundo (Altamira Publishing Group, 2001).]The AFL-CIO and the Iraq war
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Sounds like The Boss is taking himself a wee bit too seriously these days. Church? Sounds like a rock ‘n roll torture chamber to me … I’ve gotta go pee…