HARRY KELBER

LABOR NOTES - AFL-CIO President John Sweeney has declined
to explain why his name and title appear on a list of supporters of the
Project for the New American Century, an organization whose prime
activity is to promote the establishment of an American global empire
through the use of military and economic power. . . The Project for a
New American Century is a think tank, founded in 1997, whose principles
are now the governing foreign and military policies of the Bush
administration. In September 2000, the Project released a "grand plan"
that called for sufficient combat forces to fight and win multiple major
wars and be equipped for "constabulary duties" around the world, with
American rather than U.N. leadership. The Project supports the doctrine
of pre-emptive war and the development of a new generation of nuclear
weapons. . .

Sweeney is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, regarded as the
most influential think tank on foreign and economic policy, whose
recommendations are often adopted by the government. Executives from 200
"international companies representing a range of sectors" participate in
special Council programs. They include the largest commercial banks,
insurance companies and strategic planning corporations. Petroleum,
military and media companies are also well represented.

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