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Multilateral Trade Agreement Increasingly Unlikely to Come Out of WTO

Timothy A. Wise, Triple Crisis. May 20, 2011.

The global financial crisis was caused by weak regulation of financial markets, yet WTO negotiators keep talking about further deregulation of financial services.

Why Fanaticism Can Be a Good Thing

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.

No Logo, Ten Years Later

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.

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.

The Nasty Truth: Free Trade Agreements May Scuttle Green Jobs Plans

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.

Is 'Taking it to the Streets' Worth the Bruises, Tear Gas and Arrests?

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?

The "Battle in Seattle" and Beyond

Stuart Townsend, AlterNet. September 18, 2008.

How do we create meaningful protest?

Impasse: Are We Nearing the End of the Corporate Globalization Era?

Deborah James, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.

The failure to expand the WTO shows that the ideology of "free trade" has lost its luster.

U.S: Air Force Think Tank Advises Against Iran Attack

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.

Don't Mourn the Collapse of WTO Talks

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, Robert Byrd to Bush: You Have no Authority

Russ Feingold, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2008.

Two Dems go after Bush's attempt to jump-start WTO talks.

Former Clinton Negotiator: Our Trade Deal Failed

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.

Smart Supply-Side Immigration Control

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.

One can't only look at demand ...

Corporate Vultures Lurk Behind the World Food Crisis

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.

Food Riots Erupt Worldwide

Anuradha Mittal, AlterNet. April 25, 2008.

It's time to stop worshiping at the altar of 'market forces.'

McCain, Clinton and Obama on Trade: Digging Deeper

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.

Dems' Plans Hobbled by Trade Deals They Championed

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. March 4, 2008.

It's one of the great unspoken ironies of campaign 2008.

Green Jobs, Soft Bigotries, Big Opportunities

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?

Trade: U.S. is "World's Biggest Loser"

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. August 29, 2007.

"Victims" of the perverse system we created?