Labor Imperialism Redux?: The AFL-CIO's Foreign Policy Since 1995

Abstract

Throughout much of its history, the AFL-CIO has carried out a reactionary labor program around the world. It has been unequivocally established that the AFL-CIO has worked to overthrow democratically-elected governments, collaborated with dictators against progressive labor movements, and supported reactionary labor movements against progressive governments.1 In short, the AFL-CIO has practiced what we can accurately call "labor imperialism." The appellation "AFL-CIA" has accurately represented reality and has not been left-wing paranoia.

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