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On AlterNet: nafta

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "nafta"

Now Presenting A Volatile Mexico -- From the People Who Brought You the Global Financial Meltdown

Now Presenting A Volatile Mexico -- From the People Who Brought You the Global Financial Meltdown

Jeff Faux, The Nation. July 21, 2009.
Thanks to the people who brought you the Great Recession, the next Mexican revolution may come closer to home than you think.

Obama's Broken Promises

Obama's Broken Promises

David Sirota, AlterNet. June 8, 2009.
President Obama has reneged on many of his campaign promises. Why are we letting him get away with it?

Trade Fight: Labor Slowly Moves Into Position to Oppose Obama

Trade Fight: Labor Slowly Moves Into Position to Oppose Obama

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 20, 2009.
AFL-CIO gears up to fight Obama's plans to push free-trade deals.

Facing Foreclosure? Don't Leave. Squat.

Facing Foreclosure? Don't Leave. Squat.

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. February 6, 2009.
In a recent interview, Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur told Americans: 'Be squatters in your own homes. Don't you leave.'

Two Revelations Reveal the Fatal Flaws in WTO Style Globalization

Two Revelations Reveal the Fatal Flaws in WTO Style Globalization

Todd Tucker, Lori Wallach, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 4, 2009.
We must overhaul the failed globalization policies of the past.

A Better Way to End Unauthorized Immigration

A Better Way to End Unauthorized Immigration

Douglas Massey, Miller-McCune.com. January 8, 2009.
How Europe's trade model could solve America's immigration problem.

Bush Playing Chicken With Detroit in Last-Gasp Effort to Demoralize the Dems

Bush Playing Chicken With Detroit in Last-Gasp Effort to Demoralize the Dems

David Sirota, AlterNet. November 14, 2008.
Bush has his thumb on the Democratic Party's most divisive issue.

Profligate Water Use in the U.S. Is Fueling the Flight of Mexicans Across the Border

Profligate Water Use in the U.S. Is Fueling the Flight of Mexicans Across the Border

Jo-Shing Yang, AlterNet. November 11, 2008.
Green lawns, swimming pools, and corporate farms in the desert Southwest are taking their toll on our neighbors to the south.

Frightening New Information About Sarah Palin Emerges

Frightening New Information About Sarah Palin Emerges

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. November 7, 2008.
With the campaign over, terrifying new information has started to emerge about Sarah Palin.

Chomsky:

Chomsky: "If the U.S. Carries Out Terrorism, It Did Not Happen"

Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet. October 4, 2008.
In an exclusive interview, Noam Chomksy weighs in on the financial collapse, the election and the power of U.S. propaganda.

Let's Renegotiate NAFTA and the WTO Agreement

Let's Renegotiate NAFTA and the WTO Agreement

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. September 30, 2008.
Trade is not an end in itself -- the goal is to improve people's living standards.

Why Obama Shouldn't Cave on Trade

Why Obama Shouldn't Cave on Trade

Roger Bybee, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 30, 2008.
Obama is coming under fire from the Beltway Establishment for questioning trade orthodoxy.

Dems' New Take on Trade is Good News for American Families

Staff, Citizens Trade Campaign AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2008.
Citizens Trade Campaign takes a look at the Democrats' position on trade and like what they see.

Obama's Clearest Path to the Presidency: Talk About Wages

Obama's Clearest Path to the Presidency: Talk About Wages

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 24, 2008.
If Obama counters the GOP's race-baiting by promoting working-class interests and a fairer trade agenda, he will win the White House.

Free Trade a Clear Wedge Issue in '08 Election

Free Trade a Clear Wedge Issue in '08 Election

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. July 13, 2008.
With McCain for NAFTA and Obama critical of it, trade is sure to be on the minds of voters in November.

Obama Goes Soft on Free Trade

Obama Goes Soft on Free Trade

John Nichols, TheNation.com. June 25, 2008.
Obama campaigned against NAFTA during the primaries. Now he's backpedaling and reassuring Wall Street about that same policy.

Americans Want NAFTA Renegotiated

Americans Want NAFTA Renegotiated

Brandon Wu, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. June 24, 2008.
New polling shows a majority across party lines favors scrapping the current deal.

How To Break a Strike

How To Break a Strike

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: PEEK. May 28, 2008.
How companies use NAFTA to break the backs of strikers and unions.

Toward a New Washington Consensus on Trade

Toward a New Washington Consensus on Trade

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. May 16, 2008.
When will U.S. politicians recognize that NAFTA is bad for everyone?

Immigration, Big Tobacco and the Corporate Takeover of ... Everything

Immigration, Big Tobacco and the Corporate Takeover of ... Everything

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. May 15, 2008.
"We migrate because we don't think there are options."

Smart Supply-Side Immigration Control

Smart Supply-Side Immigration Control

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
One can't only look at demand ...

Making History: Fast-Track for Corporate Legislation is Dead

Making History: Fast-Track for Corporate Legislation is Dead

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. April 15, 2008.
End of an era?

Busting Paranoid Right-Wing Fantasies of Dissolving the Mexico-U.S.-Canada Borders

Busting Paranoid Right-Wing Fantasies of Dissolving the Mexico-U.S.-Canada Borders

Manuel Pérez Rocha, Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. April 9, 2008.
It's time to call BS on the idea of a mythical North American Union.

Mexico Got the Shafta from NAFTA

Mexico Got the Shafta from NAFTA

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. April 4, 2008.
Mexico stands to lose an amount equal to 3 percent of their GDP due to the over-reliance on the U.S. export market.

Hillary's NAFTA Lies Kill All of Her Credibility on Trade

Hillary's NAFTA Lies Kill All of Her Credibility on Trade

John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: Election 2008. March 22, 2008.
When it comes to the essential test of the trade debate, Clinton has been identified as a liar -- a put-in-boldface-type "L-I-A-R" liar.