<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I think you have to ask the people in these "places" what they think, if care about old-fashioned values like democracy and freedom. </DIV>
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<DIV>I know that in Haiti, for example, the US puppet "leaders" and export-enriched elites (big latifundista landowners, Disney and Wal-Mart subcontractors, etc.) are generally the only ones who welcome sweatshops. Peasant and worker organizations generally reject them, and the "free trade" zones that come with them. <BR><BR>Ricky<BR><BR>"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 1/16/10, rlangenh@illinois.edu <I><rlangenh@illinois.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: rlangenh@illinois.edu <rlangenh@illinois..edu><BR>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Obama lies about nukes, too<BR>To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher@illinois.edu>, "Stuart Levy" <slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu><BR>Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><BR>Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 11:51 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>In some places, bad as it may be, introduction of sweatshops represents economic progress. Ralph Langenheim<BR><BR>-- <BR>This message has been scanned for viruses and<BR>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<BR>believed to be clean.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Peace-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be</b></font> Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</A><BR><A href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" target=_blank>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>
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