Obama's `Free Trade' Follies (tags)
The three pending "free trade" agreements portend more unemployment and corporate enrichment. Countries like Argentina have broken with the Washington Consensus (deregulation, privatization and liberalized markets). Argentina is free from the bondage of structural adjustment.
Is "Free Trade" Obama's Jobs Plan? (tags)
Mark Engler writes about President Obama's increasing detachment from the Democratic base (and from the American public at large) on the issue of "free trade."
Ha-Joon Chang's "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade" (tags)
History proves the free-traders wrong. Every time, without exception, a developing nation is forced to unilaterally open all their doors to "free trade," the result is a disaster. Opening a country up to "free trade" weakens its democratic institutions.
America's Middle Class: In the Tank! (tags)
Just about everyday, the news is bad! The economy is going to hell, the Iraqi War continues unabated and the energy crisis is shifting into high gear. One direct result: The Middle Class is disappearing. No Middle Class, no democracy! And yet, our people seem to be sleepwalking through it all. Maybe, Carl Jung was right when he said, “The people can’t stand too much reality.”
Can't make to cancun,protest at the sd/TJ border! (tags)
Cross border protest against free trade! Call to action!