Communist Party Statement on CAFTA

Communist Party USA Online ^ | Aug. 2, 2005 | National Board

[Kitten Festival]

This morning President Bush signed the Central American Free Trade Act-Dominican Republic (CAFTA) a trade agreement between the United States, and El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. Last week the bill narrowly passed the Senate after midnight-hour wrangling, threats and bribery by the Republic Party. The Communist Party, USA denounces this agreement and believes it bodes ill for the working people of the U.S. and Central America.

CAFTA is modeled on the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) that has destroyed communities, labor and environmental standards, and jobs for over a decade. CAFTA will bring more of the same. The agreement will only benefit the large transnational corporations, particularly those based in the U.S; it will undermine local laws, protections and regulations in the name of “free trade”; it will devastate small farmers and indigenous communities; it is a blow against national independence, sustainable development and self-sufficiency.

[Kitten Festival]

Just so you know.

[jdm]

" Communist Party, USA denounces this agreement and believes it bodes ill for the working people of the U.S. and Central America."

Well, WTF else is new?!

[eleni121]

Oh I knew...but some around here don't get it.

[Dog Gone]

Wait a minute. Our Bircher buddies were saying that it required "sustainable development."

Major talking points breakdown...

[A CA Guy]

That is a sister branch of DU and the progressive Democrat party, correct?

[noblejones]

Who cares what Howard Dean and the DNC think anyway? </sarcasm>

[Kitten Festival]

ping!

[cripplecreek]

So who do you think the communist party sides with in our dealings with communist China?

[CWOJackson]

What a great site!

- Labor was at the heart of an incredible people’s coalition to defeat George Bush and the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party. And labor remains at the heart of keeping that coalition together and fighting back against the Bush agenda. (First published in People's Weekly World Newspaper)

- The Communist Party, USA calls for Karl Rove to be fired and prosecuted. Working people have more than enough reasons for removing Rove from the government and putting him on trial, and several are sufficient even for the Republican Party. Rove is now under fire for his role in defending and covering up lies which the Bush Administration used to build support for their invasion and occupation of Iraq. Rove launched an immoral attack on public officials who would not bear false witness in support of Bush’s illegal operations. Rove not only lied in public; he violated U.S. law and testified falsely to a grand jury....

- This is a deeply divided country. Out of some 114 million votes, George W. Bush garnered just over 3 million more than John Kerry. Bush will claim a mandate for his extremist agenda. Hell, he claimed a mandate when he grabbed the White House in 2000 by one Supreme Court justice vote. But the reality is at least half the country is against him.

- The Republican Party and the right wing are waging a well-financed campaign to weaken and destroy the impact of the African American vote. This campaign is in direct violation of the Voting Rights Act (1965) and the principle of one person, one vote. It is one of the clearest examples of the racist nature of the Bush administration.

- The movements against war and capitalist globalization. We are sincerely thankful to the Communist Party of Greece for once again hosting this vital meeting of fraternal Parties and for the opportunity to share thoughts and learn from our collective experience so that we may heighten our unity in action.

[SF Republican]

Its kinda like a statement from the DNC only it reads more professional.

[motzman]

" Communist Party, USA denounces this agreement and believes it bodes ill for the working people of the U.S. and Central America."


DO'H!

[Darkwolf377]

What a great site! - Labor was at the heart of an incredible people’s coalition to defeat George Bush and the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party. And labor remains at the heart of keeping that coalition together and fighting back against the Bush agenda. (First published in People's Weekly World Newspaper) - The Communist Party, USA calls for Karl Rove to be fired and prosecuted. Working people have more than enough reasons for removing Rove from the government and putting him on trial, and several are sufficient even for the Republican Party. Rove is now under fire for his role in defending and covering up lies which the Bush Administration used to build support for their invasion and occupation of Iraq. Rove launched an immoral attack on public officials who would not bear false witness in support of Bush’s illegal operations. Rove not only lied in public; he violated U.S. law and testified falsely to a grand jury.... - This is a deeply divided country. Out of some 114 million votes, George W. Bush garnered just over 3 million more than John Kerry. Bush will claim a mandate for his extremist agenda. Hell, he claimed a mandate when he grabbed the White House in 2000 by one Supreme Court justice vote. But the reality is at least half the country is against him. - The Republican Party and the right wing are waging a well-financed campaign to weaken and destroy the impact of the African American vote. This campaign is in direct violation of the Voting Rights Act (1965) and the principle of one person, one vote. It is one of the clearest examples of the racist nature of the Bush administration. - The movements against war and capitalist globalization. We are sincerely thankful to the Communist Party of Greece for once again hosting this vital meeting of fraternal Parties and for the opportunity to share thoughts and learn from our collective experience so that we may heighten our unity in action.

Stay off the DNC website, willya?

[Bringbackthedraft]

"But the reality is at least half the country is against him."

Commie math? 114 minus 3 divide by 2 = 50% of 300?

[gate2wire]

If the effin' communists are against it, I'm for it.

[xcamel]

Right up there with watching paint dry...

[hedgetrimmer]

IMPLEMENT this Agreement in a manner consistent with environmental protection and conservation, promote sustainable development, and strengthen their cooperation on environmental matters;

DR - CAFTA
Date of Signature: August 5, 2004
Preamble

[hedgetrimmer]

Its really really odd that you ignore the arguments of national sovereignty and the destruction of constitutional rights when you claim that the constitutionalists oppose CAFTA so they must agree with the communists. Do you do that because Hegel liked to use the technique? While the communists, Kerry and Kennedy object only to the labor issues, they want the ILO to have a stronger presence, the Constitutionalists on this site have a completely different objection. Why would you keep pushing a complete and utter falsehood that anyone who disagrees with you is a communist?

The communists don't object to "free trade". Remember Karl Marx actually said that "free trade" is a tool to create global communist revolution. Using your Hegelian argument, because you support "free trade" you support a global communist revolution.

Although I have never seen a poster say they are a member of the John Birch society, I am sure there are some out there. But to claim everyone who opposes the CAFTA is a Bircher is also out of the realm of civilized debate and then falls into the Hegelian style arguments you pose.

Your position is more in line with the communists than you admit, because you care nothing about the encroachments on our liberty and the agreements dissolution of borders, and the tax payer funding of a greatly expanded welfare state which now includes all the countries in Central America.

[Dog Gone]

The problem with your whole obsession with the sustainable development argument you promoted here at nauseum is that CAFTA didn't define the term. Nevertheless you defined it based based on the worst possible interpretation based on other proposed international agreements.

The preamble has no effect, as you may know, in any event.

Anyway, you and the commies can sort out whether this was a blow to whatever you two think the preamble means.

[Dog Gone]

But to claim everyone who opposes the CAFTA is a Bircher is also out of the realm of civilized debate and then falls into the Hegelian style arguments you pose.

Just give it a rest, hedgetrimmer. Nobody ever claimed that, so making up false statements you attribute to your opponents in this battle is a little ridiculous after the fight is over. It was a coalition of the far left, the sugar farmers, and the Birchers, which I assign a 99.99% chance of you being.

No shame in that. It just makes you wrong on a few issues.