FYI: http://accuracy.org/press_releases/PR120199.htm WTO VS. DEMOCRACY? REP. DENNIS KUCINICH A letter to President Clinton initiated by Rep. Kucinich (D-Ohio) and signed by 113 House Democrats says: "The WTO infringes on the sovereignty of nations to enforce worker rights. A proposed bill to ban products made with child labor is WTO-illegal..." Speaking to World Trade Watch, a daily national radio program co-produced in Seattle this week by the Institute for Public Accuracy, Kucinich stressed "how important it is for the people to stand up for their rights." The congressman said that a basic issue is citizens' "control over civic institutions and over their own government... that people can make decisions about clean air, clean water, human rights, better health care, better retirement. If private interests are simply running things, then that means that people are at their mercy... The market is not going to be parceling out democratic rights." Kucinich warned of "sacrificing human existence on the altar of the great dollar bill." He specifically criticized the Clinton administration's plan for a working group on labor conditions as "simply window-dressing" that lacks real substance or power. Respectfully, Jay Fenello, New Media Strategies ------------------------------------ http://www.fenello.com 770-392-9480 Aligning with Purpose(sm) ... for a Better World ------------------------------------------------ "If we want to change the world, we have to begin by changing ourselves" -- Deepak Chopra
