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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Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
Voter backlash defies MAGA’s anti-reality hokum, entrapped by its own BS, rip-offs, venom &...
Trump promised unremitting revenge but that is a sharp, merciless two-edged sword about to redound on him and MAGA.
Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.