Tag: free trade
Why free trade is bad for you (or most of you...
Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.
Are tariffs good or bad?
Tariffs have been around for centuries and will stay despite all the free trade agreements.
NAFTA talks falter, time to increase pressure
This is the time to be strong and persistent in our demand for an end to NAFTA and a new era of positive trade.
Making NAFTA worse
Trump promised to negotiate the widely loathed trade deal, which would be great – except he's giving corporations even more power to offshore jobs.
Why don’t we have free trade for highly paid professions in...
The potential benefits for the economy would be enormous.
TPP is dead. What did we learn from this great progressive...
We must insist that trade deals never be written to override policies that sovereign governments might later decide are best for their people, culture key industries and the environment.
The TPP and Free Trade: Time to Retake the English Language
The TPP is not about free trade.
The Reality of Free Trade Deals
“We need a genuine reemployment system – including not only unemployment insurance, but also income insurance.”
Free Trade and Globalization Designed To Screw Workers
The fact that trade has exposed manufacturing workers to international competition, but not doctors and lawyers, was a policy choice, not a natural development.
Are Trade Deals Good for America?
If the winners refuse to budge, America could turn its back on free trade – and much else. Indeed, there’s no telling where the anger we’ve seen this primary might lead.
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Resistance is alive and well in the United States
In fact, our research shows that street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest.
It’s time: Boycott America
Name-and-shame tactics don’t work with leaders who have no shame. Grab Trump by the wallet—it’s the only language he understands.
Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-communist zealots in Miami don’t like it
But just how committed is Trump to fighting communism in Latin America at this particular moment—in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua?
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children—new UN report
The renewed bombing follows repeated violations of the ceasefire terms by Israel.
Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification
A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.