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It’s NAFTA x3 as Free Trade Deals Sweep Through Congress

Michelle Chen, Colorlines.com. October 17, 2011.

Congress last week approved three long-pending trade deals with Panama, South Korea and Colombia that will likely lead to massive job loss, not job creation.

Obama's "21st Century Trade Deals" Look a Lot Like the Same Bad Policies He Campaigned Against

Timothy A. Wise, Kevin Gallagher, Comment Is Free. September 9, 2011.

Starting this week in Chicago, the US will be hosting the first major trade negotiations since the "Battle in Seattle" World Trade Organisation talks came here in 1999.

Labor Day Showdown: Can Activists Stop "NAFTA of the Pacific"?

Michelle Chen, Colorlines.com. September 2, 2011.

On Monday, activists hope to get ahead of political deal-making by demanding that any new trade deal give greater priority to environmental, labor, and health concerns.

How Obama's Support For Job-Killing Trade Deals Could Cost Him The Presidency

Daniel Denvir, Comment Is Free. August 17, 2011.

Touting free trade deals as job creators in the very part of the country that has lost jobs to outsourcing is terrible politics and terrible policy.

Despite Fresh Rhetoric About Saving U.S. Manufacturing, Obama Is Quietly Pushing Failed Bush Trade Policies

Mike Elk, AlterNet. August 26, 2010.

Obama is talking up a plan to boost U.S. manufacturing. Too bad he's also pushing Bush's offshoring agenda behind the scenes.

Boneheaded Economic Policies of U.S. Drives Many Immigrants to Our Shores

Manuel Pérez Rocha, AlterNet. July 21, 2010.

Most immigrants would prefer to stay at home with their families and live their own culture, eat their own food, and listen to their own music

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

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

David Sirota, Open Left. May 20, 2009.

AFL-CIO gears up to fight Obama's plans to push free-trade deals.

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

Todd Tucker, Lori Wallach, Eyes on Trade. February 4, 2009.

We must overhaul the failed globalization policies of the past.

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

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

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

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. November 7, 2008.

With the campaign over, terrifying new information has started to emerge about Sarah Palin.

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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

Brandon Wu, Eyes on Trade. June 24, 2008.

New polling shows a majority across party lines favors scrapping the current deal.