No CAFTA! No FTAA! Another World is Possible!
On October 20-24, Houston will host the eighth round of negotiations on the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Thousands of people have been protesting against CAFTA in Central America. If adopted, this agreement would cause a ?race to the bottom? with:
- Massive loss of decent-paying jobs in the U.S.
- Super-exploitation of our Central American sisters and brothers in sweatshops and maquillas
- Giant U.S. agribusinesses wiping out Central American small
farmers, driving people from their lands, and forcing them to
emigrate to the U.S. to survive
- Corporate pressure to wipe out or privatize social services
- Increased union-busting and violation of workers? rights
- More environmental damage throughout the region
- Less democratic participation in decisions affecting our lives
This event is sponsored by the No CAFTA Coalition. Endorsed by Maryknoll, Houston Globalization Forum, Progressive Workers Organizing Committee, International Socialist Organization, Not In Our Name?Houston, La Resistencia, and others. For more information, please call (281) 534-7638, (713) 942-9752, (832) 493-0508, or (713) 524-3927. Or visit us at: http://www.nocaftahouston.org.
www.stopcaftahouston.org
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