tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257417832012-01-11T03:19:13.114-05:00OUTSOURCING AMERICAN JOBS destroys Middle Class Americans. Sending AMERICAN JOBS to other nations destroys American families, communities and working people. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING is not fair to AMERICAN WORKERS or GOOD for the United States. FREE TRADE undermines American living standards, the U.S. economy and U.S. national security. Outsourcing American jobs is legal because politicians like Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton choose corporate elites over America and average Americans.Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-19343448120343987362009-08-06T18:13:00.010-05:002009-08-06T18:45:11.810-05:00

Over the last several months one of my colleagues, a former EDS employee, told me about the deteriorating work conditions, declining benefits and shrinking incomes of his former co-workers at EDS, now an "HP company".I made several attempts to share this information with reporters at the Wall Street Journal who were writing about declining work conditions and benefits of American workers.However,

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Paul Craig Roberts has captured the moment. Americans are losing their jobs to offshore outsourcing and imported replacement workers as a direct result of the "free trade" ideology embraced by political, media and corporate elites. Courageous individuals (such as Senators Grassley and Sanders) who seek justice for American workers are opposed by the overwhelming power of corporate money and

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Ron Hira, college professor, author, scholar and IEEE-USA leader has published a devastating critique of Barack Obama's selection of pro-outsourcing advocates to high positions within his administration. As I cautioned people months ago, Barack Obama does not believe in the sort of change many of us seek: Obama is not the agent of "change we can believe in". <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]-

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As part of it's announced strategy to move all possible work out of the United States to India, Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publishing giant and parent company of Lexis Nexis continues to eliminate positions at the Dayton, Ohio Lexis Nexis "campus" site. Elsevier and Lexis Nexis white collar workers continue to receive news of job cuts. Occassionally, the news leaks out to the press and then

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In the wake of Hillary Clinton's claims of foreign policy expertise and the insinuation that she is prepared to take "3 AM calls", I would like to support Sen. Clinton's claim that she does have real foreign policy experience which voters would do well to consider.While Greg Craig, a former director of the State Department's Policy Planning Office rightly points out the exaggerations of Sen

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Even while LexisNexis and parent company Reed Elsevier are making local, state wide, national and international news with plans for eliminating all possible white collar jobs in Ohio, both Clinton and Obama have been completely silent on the subject. So far, Obama has used NAFTA as a club to hit at Clinton in Ohio. However, the 1,000 plus high tech and "back office" white collar jobs are

Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-40777887414785641152008-01-26T17:24:00.001-05:002008-01-26T17:34:08.761-05:00

The business class journalists at Fortune magazine who write for the corporate management class which reads Fortune have discerned that a large and growing majority of Americans (68%) don't support free trade. Of course, the business class journalists at Fortune slant the story in a most predictable manner evident at the outset with "The backlash against free trade is growing" in readers'

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Noted economist and fierce critic of "free trade", Dr. Charles McMillion writes about the real state of the U.S. economy. Consider his thoughtful summary a "vaccination of truth" in preparation for the misinformation forthcoming in the next presidential address. The so-called "stimulus package" and rate cuts at the Fed are NOT going to pull the U.S. and American workers out of the downward

Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-63454800062248751352007-12-06T20:15:00.000-05:002007-12-06T20:23:23.444-05:00

Economist and writer Paul Craig Robert unleashes another salvo on the Offshore Outsourcing lobbyists, CEOs and economists in his latest article, "The Lies at the End of the American Dream". Roberts marshals compelling evidence to support his dismal prediction that "in 20 years the US will have a third world work force engaged in domestic nontradable services". Goodbye middle class America and

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Great exchange in the Debate last night re. the unwillingness of Sen. Clinton to give a straight answer to a direct question -- something long evident in her political career which most Americans objectively despise about politicians. Keep on doing what you do best Hillary. But please do it in front of more people so they can get a better measure of how much you are a "candidate for change"...

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John Edwards summed up the "choice" Americans will have should Hillary Clinton become the Democratic Party presidential candidate: "Down one path, we trade corporate Democrats for corporate Republicans; our cronies for their cronies; one political dynasty for another dynasty; and all we are left with is a Democratic version of the Republican corruption machine."Hillary Clinton represents a sort

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Americans are frequently lectured by politicians (Hillary Clinton and George Bush, among others) regarding the need to be "globally competitive". This is usually delivered in the stern tones of a parent lecturing a child. Every now and then, the phalanx of generally approving media lets slip a glimmer of how corporations achieve competitive advantage under the current system of corporate managed

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In 2003 - 2004, I was on the phones and on the internet urging Democratic presidential candidates to repudiate "Free Trade" and offshore outsourcing and the "guest worker" (H-1b, L-1) visa programs used to facilitate offshore outsourcing. The campaign managers and advisors kept activists like me at arms length. They wanted us to attack Republicans and deliver support (money and votes) while their

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Slashdot carries the story from "Bob Sutor's Open Blog" that IBM is withdrawing one of it's outsourcing-related patent apps: "Outsourcing of Services".The reason given: the patent does not stress technical content, a critical new factor in IBM's standard for patent applications.Great! IBM is "open sourcing" the Offshore Outsourcing process of eliminating American Middle Class jobs then???I don't

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Not content with slashing it's American and European (i.e., middle class) workforce with a noticeable age-biased twist and moving all possible work to low wage Third World nations like India where IBM now has an immense and growing workforce doing work formerly performed by middle class Americans, IBM is seeking to patent the methodologies and processes for offshoring jobs -- planning to sell the

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Sometimes, (quite often) I want to yell, "It's about jobs, stupid!"Many politicians and journalists seem to live in a bubble where life is good for them and they have difficulty relating to the concerns of middle class Americans who live in fear of job loss to low wage workers outside the U.S. or imported into the U.S. on "guest worker" programs.Confrontations like the UAW strike are actually a "

Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-73255478903920807012007-09-22T10:38:00.001-05:002007-09-23T08:59:35.436-05:00

The "Buffalo News" in Buffalo, NY has a story today about Hillary Clinton's ties to Indian Job Outsoucing giant TATA/TCS. The headline of the story is "Critics tie Clinton to offshoring" ( subtitled, "Touted company’s promised local jobs never materialized") This follows on earlier stories in the LA Times and the Washinton Post.Eye-catching quotes:"She touted how she brought Tata to Buffalo –

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Reviewing Greenspan's book, economist Paul Craig Roberts writing at Counterpunch eviscerates Greenspan for his failure to grasp the realities of what offshore outsourcing has done and is doing to the U.S. economy. Roberts say that the "U.S. is on path to economic Armageddon" because of these practices. It's a meaty article but well worth a read. If you can't or won't read the entire piece, look

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Crossposts of "The Rich Get Richer, We Get Poorer" led to some good blogging yesterday over at The Daily Kos and Raising Kaine I appreciated the commentary from Hugo here on TMP...Also, I'm joining Technorati... Capisci?Technorati Profile

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In my last post, I commented on EDS permanently whacking another 12,000 middle class American jobs (Offshoring jobs to low labor cost nations). Afterward, I wondered how much money the current CEO, Ronald Rittenmeyer is paid given that EDS is allegedly so concerned with cost cutting. Well, in 2006, Rittenmeyer received a salary of $770,000 plus a bonus of $310,000. Salary and bonus for CEO

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EDS is whacking its U.S. workforce again...Though, I wonder if EDS management ever stops axing its American workforce? (Answer: "Don't think so") Look at the numbers below. Another 12,000 American middle class jobs are set to be permanently eliminated by EDS alone this year. This is on top of 5,000 American jobs cut in '03 and 20,000 cut in '04! Working with just these figures alone, that's

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I'm reading this...The Hypocrisy of Bill Clinton's New Book 'Giving'Summary: Bill Clinton has written a new book about charity, a "fitting subject" for a president who betrayed the poor and led his party into the arms of corporate America.Noteable Quote: The misery sweeping across the American landscape may have begun with Ronald Reagan, but it was accelerated and codified by Bill Clinton. He

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Hillary Clinton supports laws, regulations and trade agreements which subordinate the broad general good of all Americans and the long term interests of the United States to the whims of corporations controlled by monied elites. Hillary Clinton believes in the same radical corporate-managed trade and labor policies supported by the Bush Administration. These radical pro-corporate policies,

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Continuing on the theme of my previous posting re. Hillary Clinton's support for corporate programs to eliminate jobs for American workers, I read a comment by an angry Clinton constituent on Progressive Geek The one-time Clinton supporter discussed Hillary's promise to work to improve the jobs situation in Upstate New York when she first ran for the U.S. Senate. Clinton has done just the

Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-87207107011351692962007-09-13T23:27:00.000-05:002007-09-15T21:52:51.839-05:00

It seems that contrary to Hillary Clinton's claim that there's nothing new to talk about re. her past, the Sept. 8 Washington Post has an interesting article, "Unions Press Clinton on Outsourcing Of U.S. Jobs", filled with information about Senator Clinton's ties to monied elites who profit from the elimination of American middle class jobs.The Obama campaign's fumbled criticism of Hillary

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Over the past four years, I've found economist/writer Paul Craig Roberts a sharp and insightful commentator and analyst on the topic of our economy generally and offshore outsourcing in particular. Here's PCR's latest. It would be nice if more elected politicians took note of economic reality instead of living in the fantasy world of "free trade"... We need more patriots like Sen. Jim Webb who

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I believe readers who share Sen. Jim Webb's concern with the real state of the American middle class will find this recent article by economist Paul Craig Roberts of interest. Readers of this blog know that my own direct experiences in the labor force support Dr. Roberts’ arguments. I grew up in a household in which my parents believed as Jim Webb’s father: that with hard work, education and some

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Pundits, politicians and assorted "commentators" have sought to define or label critics of the corporate-dominated economic/jobs/employment/trade agenda. Lately, Jim Webb and Lou Dobbs are addressing this issue head-on by telling us that they are POPULISTS. Here's what Dobbs and Webb have to say in columns published a day apart. Class StruggleAmerican workers have a chance to be heard.BY JIM

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While the media continues to focus attention on the failures of U.S. policy in Iraq many of us hope that in the coming elections, George Allen and other incumbents will also be called to account for their role in the collapsing U.S. economy. "Collapsing economy", you ask? Yes, I said "collapsing economy". Forget the experts and leaders on television and MSM publications. Read the real story of

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This morning, I watched a television "news" report on the economic/jobs situation which discussed recent trends favoring greater accumulations of wealth among narrower segments of our society while a larger number of Americans (and Virginians) struggled with stagnant wages and salaries. Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute appeared briefly in this report and I found his comments

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Readers of this blog are no doubt curious as to my long absence from The Modern Patriot and Raising Kaine. Well, I've been engaged in a job search which has required a tremendous amount of time and effort. The middle class jobs situation is not as rosy as many politicians, pundits and business "leaders" commonly claim. The reality which I experience every day is that the Bush-Allen economy is

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The June 26 issue U.S. News & World report has an interesting article. I find it discussed issues far more relevant to the lives of average American voters than the now-ritualistic Republican noise about "flag-desecration" and "homosexual marriage". I don't know what George Allen supporters are reading but I hope that Webb supporters will take a few minutes to look at this.Even though the economy

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More news showing how the rigged game of "globalization" benefits narrow privileged elites at the expense of American middle class workers. George Allen can run and hide from the "economic fairness" issue but here's more ammunition for critics like Jim Webb who want to speak out on behalf of the American middle class.Dr. Norman Matloff's review of last Thursdays H-1b hearing is definitely not

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John Miano has just finished his critique of the H-1b visa program. Ana Avendano of the AFL-CIO is speaking now. This hearing details part of the offshore outsourcing job loss catastrophe which Jim Webb has spoken out against in his calls for economic fairness. Offshore outsouricing and worker replacement under "guest worker" programs is an attack on the American middle class. Thursday 06/22/2006

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James Webb has been declared the victor in the contest against longtime business lobbyist Harris Miller. The contest was a study in contrasts.Webb, a Vietnam War hero, best-selling author, former Secretary of the Navy, respected national security expert, "political outsider" and populist democrat was pitted against Harris Miller, a consummate Washington "insider" whose activities as a

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E.J. Dionne Jr has an interesting article this morning in the Washington Post. The title is "In Search Of a New New Deal" (Subtitle: "How Will the Good Jobs Of the Future Be Created?") Take a few minutes and have a read. It might give you yet another good reason to vote for Jim Webb.If you've been following the Webb-Miller contest, you'll see that Jim Webb and Harris Miller have been talking

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My name is Sona Shah. I'm an Indian-American computer programmer, an American citizen, and a victim of unjust laws and unjust business practices. I lost my middle class technology job to Harris Miller’s vision of the “competitive global economy” -- “business visa” abuse and offshore outsourcing.I have witnessed widespread abuses of both American and foreign white collar workers. (Indeed, I have

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The following email was written by an American software engineer commenting on economist Paul Craig Roberts' recent article debunking the jobs outsourcing lies of corporate lobbyists like Harris Miller.Since Harris Miller avoids all discussion of the corporate worker replacement programs he supported as a business lobbyist and since he continues to assure Virginians that education and retraining

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In a scathing June 6 Counterpunch article, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts attacks offshore outsourcing and the "business visa" worker replacement programs -- the programs championed by Jim Webb's primary opponent ex-business lobbyist Harris Miller. Dr. Roberts notes that the combined effect of offshore outsourcing and imported foreign replacement workers is leading to the end of American

Info_Tech_Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634923871007939215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25741783.post-1149203811032976742006-06-01T18:09:00.000-05:002006-06-01T18:16:51.040-05:00

The June 19 issue of the American Conservative magazine has an interesting article by Jim Antle about the Virginia Senate race. Check out A New Democrat: Jim Webb’s populist Senate campaign shakes up Virginia’s political establishment

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I'm alternately, amused, amazed and frustrated by people who either will not acknowledge or fail to understand that on issues of offshore outsourcing, worker replacement, economic fairness and Iraq war policy (to name but a few), Harris Miller and George Allen are indistinguishable -- regardless of Harris Miller's ever changing positions. The fact that Miller is an anti-American worker lobbyist

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I am very, very skeptical of reports which paint Jim Webb or his supporters in a negative light. Harris Miller and his campaign team have proven time after time that they are adept at using proxies to slime Jim Webb and his campaign.First, Miller hid behind Claudia Kennedy to allege some sort of sexism during his tenure as Navy Secretary about 20 years ago.Next, Miller gathered together some

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Unable to view the video of the recent Webb-Miller debate, I cannot comment accurately on all that was actually said by Harris Miller and Jim Webb. However, I’ve read that Miller has repeatedly emphasised the need for better education and training as if there is a widespread deficiency in American workers or a true “labor shortage”. Previously, Miller has gone so far as to claim that this is the

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Blogging today on the Daily Kos, Jim Webb offered the following comments which should reasonate with many of us looking for real change in the Senate.I believe that the internationalization of our economy, plus out-sourcing, has caused a situation where the health of the financial sector no longer is an indication of the health of the economy. Along with this, such things as Corporate CEO

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Harris Miller continues to inspire opposition and criticism... A new blog site entitled Harris Miller is Not a True Democrat has just appeared. The blogmeister seems to be a rather determined individual. Early this morning (according to the timestamps), "ShillerMiller" posted 10 reasons why he or she believes Harris Miller is not a true Democrat.

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Harris Miller thinks "wage compression" is good for everyone except corporate bosses. Harris Miller's CEO friends are getting richer while they replace American workers with low wage foreign replacements. Harris Miller supports offshore outsourcing because he and his CEO buddies are getting rich at the expense of American workers and American society. Harris Miller doesn't sound much like a

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The Communications Workers of America (CWA), "WashTech" union is asking some hard questions about Harris Miller in an email. Here's what WashTech said:Is Harris Miller who you want for your US Senator?Consider his stand on the following issues:EXPORTING U.S. JOBS - His organization, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), has been one of the loudest cheerleaders in support of

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It seems that my continued criticism of Harris Miller the longtime head of the pro-offshore outsourcing and anti-American worker ITAA business lobby has irritated at least one individual. (I'm sure that there are others but that's the nature of politics and free speech.)I was tremendously amused upon receipt of an email entitled, "Please quit bitching and get a job". Whatever hopes I had that the

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Harris Miller has long been considered the "point man" for offshore outsourcing and worker replacement programs by many of us in the anti-outsourcing movement.More than just a mere "player" in the insider business lobbyist-political nexus, Miller has been one of the most influencial lobbyists for moving American white collar jobs offshore. While Miller's organization, the ITAA, is indeed a "tech

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Saturday evening I had a rather interesting conversation with another software engineer. I hadn't seen him in several months. So, we caught up on a number of topics including, offshore outsourcing, layoffs, H-1b, job insecurity, Bill Gates and Harris MillerWe discussed the fact that there's now a full-scale propaganda campaign underway for expansion of the H-1b high tech cheap labor visa program.

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Writing in Virginia's Contest of Heavyweights ("neo-con"-ised) conservative columnist George Will fails to comprehend or chooses to ignore the issue of offshore outsourcing of American middle class jobs and the widening replacement of American middle class workers with low wage foreign workers. Nowhere in Will's Washington Post article is there mention of Jim Webb's recent inspiring comments re.

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Matt Stoller should be ashamed. He has leveled unfair accusations against Jim Webb.Jim Webb has chosen to make this a campaign about political issues. He does not want to step into an Allen family fight and make accusations about actions outside the public arena so far from the present issues of the day. I'm sure that if Allen made public statements today asserting a racist agenda or a supposed

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Jim Webb stands with American working people: blue collar or white collar, union or non-union. Jim Webb understands the importance of keeping America the land of opportunity where hard work is respected and rewarded and people dare to dream of a middle class life for themselves and their children.Jim Webb is one of us. He holds our values not elitist values. Jim Webb has earned his way in life.

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I find it impossible to discuss Harris Miller without reference to his beliefs and his previous actions. Claims to the contrary notwithstanding, this is the stuff of legitimate debate. The rub is that Miller, his campaign staff and his supporters want to avoid all discussion of Miller's past support for offshore outsourcing of American jobs and use of imported low wage foreign workers. While

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The Roanoke Times reports today that Harris Miller said: "Clearly Mr. Webb has been a Republican all his life, so he has a different view of the world than I do."It's an interesting strategy borne out of desperation for Harris Miller to attack James Webb as a life-long "Republican".In fact, as anyone who has read James Webb's many public articles and books will attest and anyone who has reviewed

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Harris Miller opposes laws to limit offshore outsourcing of American jobs. Miller opposes laws to prevent American workers from being forced to train foreign replacements. Miller claims "labor shortages" to justify business importation of hundreds of thousands of low wage replacement workers. Lobbyist Harris Miller destroys middle class American jobs.

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Harris Miller’s pro-outsourcing and worker replacement friends in the IT business lobby recently had a little fund-raiser for Harris in Santa Clara, California. (Thanks to VirginiaBelle for first reporting this.) The cast of characters are familiar to many of us involved in the anti-outsourcing movement, symbolising the insidious infiltration of corporate outsourcing influence in what is supposed

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PC World reports that Yahoo has helped the Chinese government target advocates of free speech and democracy leading to another arrest. This is yet another example of how transnational corporations subordinate human rights to maximising profits... Why won't the U.S. government demand that Yahoo cease its cooperation in the suppression of free speech? This is a mockery of the alleged benefits of

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OUTSOURCING is not beneficial to the long term interests of the United States, the U.S. economy or American workers. Why has Harris Miller supported outsourcing as a well paid business lobbyist for more than 10 years? Shouldn't we hold Harris Miller to account for his support of outsourcing and worker replacement programs? (Harris Miller is far more than "anti-union".)This has been the profile of

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Here are the comments of Dr. Norman Matloff, professor of Computer Science at UC, Davis, a self-described Democrat and articulate, long-standing critic of outsourcing, worker replacement programs, expert on H-1b and not, coincidentally, critic of Harris Miller.H-1B/L-1/offshoring e-newsletter, 4/18/2006When Harris Miller, former president of the industry lobbying group ITAA, first announced his

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Last Friday, the Washington Post published an article reporting charges leveled against Miller in an AFL-CIO union letter and fact sheet. The response from the Miller campaign was classic "smoke and mirrors".According to the WP, "Miller's communications director, Taylor West, downplayed the importance of the letter and said Miller will be courting union voters by stressing the need for better

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They ignored my earlier letter about Miller's past but finally took note of the AFL-CIO, DPE denunciation of Miller's anti-American worker lobbying history.Still, they couldn't get it right: the letters were published online at this site FIRST.Darn it, I stayed up VERY late to put these documents online and it would be nice if the Washington Post would get it right. They must not even have

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FACT SHEETHARRIS MILLER: ANTI-WORKER HIRED GUNThe following is an outline of some of the activities of Harris Miller—announced Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia—in his former capacity as President of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)EXPORTING U.S. JOBSHis organization has been one of the loudest cheerleaders in support of the offshore outsourcing of

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Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIOFebruary 6, 2006Doris Crouse-MaysSecretary-TreasurerVirginia AFL-CIO5400 Glenside Dr.Suite ERichmond VA, 23228Dear Doris,Sincerest congratulations on your elevation to the new leadership position at the Virginia State AFL-CIO. If ever the Department for Professional Employees DPE) can be of assistance, please don’t hesitate to call on us.As a

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Increasingly we hear arguments that America needs additional technical and scientific workers. This is usually presented in articles which urge us to believe that “we” (American corporations) will lose our ability to compete if we (the elected representatives of the American people) don’t allow in large numbers of educated and skilled foreign workers to fill jobs here in the U.S.Such claims are

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Harris Miller's critical role in the outsourcing and worker replacement lobby call into question his credentials as an authentic Democrat among many people -- especially the Democratic working people suffering from the policies he has helped "advocate for".Once these facts become more clear to the citizens of Virginia, Miller's credibility will be destroyed.I speak with union rank and file rather

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Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:45 PMTo: 'letters@washpost.com'; 'national@washpost.com'Subject: Re. "Campaign Is a Yawner No Longer: 2 Democratic Novices Are Suddenly Shaking Up Allen's Reelection Bid" Importance: HighRe. "Campaign Is a Yawner No Longer: 2 Democratic Novices Are Suddenly Shaking Up Allen's Reelection Bid"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/08/

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"America's Jacobin Ideologues" by Thomas DiLorenzo at Lew Rockwell"A Nation Polarized Between Rich and Poor: America's Bleak Jobs Future" by Paul Craig Roberts at Counterpunch

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As the title of this blog surely indicates, the focus here is American politics from the perspective of an American who considers himself both "modern" as well as a "patriot". Some may wonder at the use of the term, "patriot". I use this term in the truest sense -- not as it has been used of late to mask anti-democratic and unconstitutional repression, destruction of Constitutional rights and

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