On AlterNet: wto
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "wto"
Rebecca Solnit, Comment Is Free. December 1, 2009.
It's popular to think the world gets changed by delightful people, but agents of change are often obsessive, intransigent, unreasonable, and demanding.
Naomi Klein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009.
On the anniversary of the Seattle protests, anger mounts at collusion between corporations and governments. Perhaps our movement's time has come.
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.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 30, 2008.
Many of the promises the candidates make on the stump would have trouble passing muster with the WTO -- that's the whole point of "free trade" deals.
Mark Engler, AlterNet. September 29, 2008.
The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?
Stuart Townsend, AlterNet. September 18, 2008.
How do we create meaningful protest?
Deborah James, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.
The failure to expand the WTO shows that the ideology of "free trade" has lost its luster.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. August 11, 2008.
A major study produced for the U.S. Air Force by a top defense think tank concludes attacking Iran would be a disaster for the U.S.
Robert Weissman, Middle East Online. August 4, 2008.
Don't shed any tears for the death of the WTO talks -- the whole thing should have been called the Doha Anti-Development Round.
Russ Feingold, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2008.
Two Dems go after Bush's attempt to jump-start WTO talks.
Robert Cassidy, Foreign Policy in Focus. June 10, 2008.
The next administration needs to address the disparities that keep us from delivering the results that Main Street was promised and deserves.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
One can't only look at demand ...
Anuradha Mittal, AlterNet. April 29, 2008.
The IMF, WTO and the rest of the neoliberal world are still pushing more trade as a cure for what ails us.
Anuradha Mittal, AlterNet. April 25, 2008.
It's time to stop worshiping at the altar of 'market forces.'
Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. March 11, 2008.
Corporate lobbyists, politicians, and ‘free market’ think tanks work hand-in-hand to lock in corporate privileges.
Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. March 4, 2008.
It's one of the great unspoken ironies of campaign 2008.
Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. February 27, 2008.
Will the Democrats' signature "green jobs" plans be undermined by their fealty to lobbyist-written trade deals?
Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. August 29, 2007.
"Victims" of the perverse system we created?