Local Republicans oppose national superhighway at county convention

 

The resolution drawing the most discussion was one opposing the Security and Prosperity Partnership, the North American Union and its superhighway system.

In 2005, Littlejohn explained, President George W. Bush met with former Mexican President Vicente Fox and former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The trio signed the Security and Prosperity Treaty, which calls for construction of a transcontinental highway from Mexico, through the United States and into Canada.

"This will precipitate an end to the sovereignty of Mexico, Canada and the U.S.," said delegate Mark Adair.

"For those who believe world government is the way to go, like — I don't want to call any names, but, well, I'll say it — Barack Obama, this might not be a problem. But for myself, it's give me liberty or give me death. There'll be a quarter-mile stretch of eminent domain, along which loads of local communities will be lost," he predicted.

Polly Moren said the super highway would "split the U.S. down the middle. I've studied it for years. We can't be gullible. If we are going to do this, we can't allow foreign counties to build it. Let's do it with American ingenuity."

To support such a resolution, others said, would eliminate Interstate Highway 69, proposed for construction in this area. Delegates noted many in the room had worked long and hard on that plan.

Delegates passed the resolution to whispers of "hallelujah" and "amen" from the audience.

Following the meeting, Littlejohn said "I-69 would not be affected. There's a difference between it and the superhighway," he explained, "although I-69 could possibly be in the same corridor."

Local Republicans oppose national superhighway at county convention

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The IWW and Mexican Working Conditions

Thursday night Monroy and Cruz gave a presentation to about fifty people at Studio 34, near the IWW office in West Philly. Using a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate their testimony, they spoke for two hours about the poverty, repression, and environmental health disasters that NAFTA is causing in Mexico's industrial belt. Photos of poverty-stricken "colonias" (slums), polluted waterways, deformed animals and dangerous factory conditions demonstrated the dire situation that Mexican workers and their families face on a daily basis. The corporations responsible for causing and perpetuating these conditions have names and addresses, and the speakers did not hesitate to name them. Chief among them was Michigan-based Key Safety Systems, global leader in the production of airbags, seatbelts and other automotive safety equipment. Ironically, conditions in and around their factories are among the most dangerous in Mexico. "We make thousands of seat belts every day," explained Cruz. "That means every day we save thousands of lives. Yet we are sacrificing our own lives to the factory. They are killing us." Monroy corroborated this declaration with evidence that chemicals admitted to have caused cancer, miscarriages and children born with brains outside their heads, continue to be used without adequate safety equipment. Air filters that have turned solid black from paint vapor are simply "shook out" instead of replaced. Meanwhile workers paid poverty wages ("salarios de hambre") that require a factory worker to spend three hours to earn what an undocumented immigrant worker in Los Angeles makes in twelve minutes. The speakers explained how these conditions make massive immigration across the border to the United States inevitable. All of the claims Monroy and Cruz made were meticulously documented. "The research is all there", said Monroy. "The laws are just not being enforced."

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