—Editor  
 
Letter to Des Moines Register
The Register editorial of November 3 states, “Edwin Fruit is hard to take seriously…he concedes that he probably wouldn’t do a better job than Kiernan.” I did not concede that at all. In fact I said if elected I would represent the interests of working people, who are the majority in the city, using the office to defend and advance the working class.

In your letters column other readers have pointed to an unserious approach to covering the Socialist Workers Party campaign. In her letter to the Register dated October 31, Tarita Benzoni states, “I take issue with the mocking, disrespectful tone of Jason Clayworth’s interview with Socialist candidate…Edwin Fruit. I agree with Fruit that the government should work in the interests of the majority of the people, not corporations.”

We campaigned vigorously on the central issues of the Socialist Workers Party campaign—building strong labor unions and supporting workers’ struggles to use and extend union power to defend themselves and other working people from the bosses’ assaults; opposing imperialist war; and defending women’s right to choose abortion—to name a few. Our campaign spoke out at meetings here in Des Moines protesting racial profiling of Blacks and Latinos by police and opposing the housing ban against those with prior sexual offense convictions. These are serious issues working people face that we insist be addressed.

We look forward to the 2006 elections, where we will continue to campaign to win and, if elected, serve as tribunes of the working class.

Edwin Fruit
Des Moines, Iowa  
 
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Cincinnati, Ohio  
 
 
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