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Nafta's Promise To Mexico Still Unfulfilled 15 Years After Taking Effect

nytimes.com | ELISABETH MALKIN | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Mexico, Mexico Emigration, Hillary Clinton Mexico, Mexico Poverty, Mexico, Nafta Effects, Nafta 15 Years, Mexico Exports, Nafta Results, Nafta, Carlos Salinas, Mexico Economy, Nafta Mexico, Foreign Affairs, World News

EXICO CITY -- Mexico's former president, Carlos Salinas, used to promise that free trade and foreign investment would jump-start this country's develo...

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Mexico Subjects 90 US Products To Tariffs After Trucking Dispute

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico Us Products, Trade, Nafta, Mexico, Mexico Us Trucking Program, Protectionism, Mexico Truckers, Mexico Tariffs, World News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is imposing tariffs of 10 to 45 percent on dozens of U.S. exports ranging from fruit and wine to washing machines in retali...

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Mr. Obama, Start Walking Your Bottom Up Talk

Rob Kall | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Automaker Bailout, Bottom-Up, Bailout, Potus, Barack Obama, Walmart, Poverty, Hank Paulson, Obama Stimulus, President Obama, Clintons, Stimulus, Obama NAFTA, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Nafta, Stimulus Package, Tim Geithner, Cafta, Poverty and Health, Henry Paulson, Economic Stimulus, Timothy Geithner, Minority, Minorities, Politics News
Rob Kall

Bottom up approaches work because they do something different than usual, or because they support bottom up community, cooperation, sharing and community.

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Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

Laura Carlsen | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Mexico, CalderóN, Obama NAFTA, Nafta Canada, World News
Laura Carlsen

A war of words has raged over whether President-elect Barack Obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the North American Free Trade Agreement for renegotiation.

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How Globalization Set the Stage for the 2008 Economic Collapse

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Income Stagnation, World Trade Organization, Economic Policy, Employee Free Choice Act, Trade, Economic Crisis, Breaking News, Globalization, Credit Crisis, Nafta, Financial Collapse, Ecomomic Stimulus, Politics News
Robert Creamer

A good case can be made that the massive globalization of labor and financial markets, coupled with "free markets uber alles" policies, formed a toxic mixture that made the collapse inevitable. Here's why.

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Will Barack Obama Commit Industrial Policy?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Team of Rivals, Nafta, Ron Kirk, Economy, Economic Crisis, Free Trade, Green Business, Industrial Policy, Free Market, Business, Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Obama may soon find that he is committing a big sin against one of the major premises of the reigning ideology, and will create a head-on collision with one of the cherished dogmas of market fundamentalism -- "free trade."

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Do Globalist GOP Traitors Intend to Flat Out Kill the USA's Auto Industry?

Rob Kall | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Starbucks Globaliztion, Traitor, Cafta, GOP Senators, Globalism, Politics News
Rob Kall

What do you call someone who unnecessarily puts one of America's biggest industries at serious risk and sells out millions of his country's workers abilities to make an honest living?

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Obama, Bill Clinton and the Media "Center"

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Economics, Stab in the Back, Pundits, Lani Guinier, News Media, Lurch to the Left, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mickey Kantor, Nafta, Doug Henwood, Journalism, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Populist, Gays in the Military, Ron Brown, The Center, Media News
Norman Solomon

The fog of memory and the spin of media are teaming up to explain that Obama must hew to "the center" if he knows what's good for his presidency.

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Palin Calls Bloggers "Kids in Pajamas"

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, Feminists, Greta Van Susteren, Nafta, Bloggers, Africa, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Greta Van Susteren Interview, Sarah Palin Greta Van Susteren, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I am no kid, I am definitely not wearing pajames and I am living in my own house, thank you! And I am seriously depressed about the prospect of Palin having a political future.

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A Lot Of Audacity, But Not Much Hope -- Guest Post From John Laesch

Howie Klein | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Laesch, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Cabinet, Blue America, Nafta, 100 Days, Politics News
Howie Klein

John Laesch: "I feel the need to go on the record and state that Rahm Emanuel has been consistently bad for working families."

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How Do I Thank Thee, Sarah Palin?

Erica Heller | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Comedy, Humor, Alaska, Election, Politics, Sarah Palin, Tv, 2008 Election, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Richard Lewis, Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Joe Biden, Nafta, Katie Couric, American Idol, Politics News
Erica Heller

How do I Thank Thee, Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways... (With profound apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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Demand for New Globalization Model Goes Mainstream as Fair-Trade Election Pick-Ups Move Congress' Views Closer to Public's

Lori Wallach | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cafta, Larry Kissell, Kay Hagan, Public Citizen, Trade, Free Trade, Globalization, Jeff Merkley, Wto, Nafta, Global Trade Watch, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News
Lori Wallach

From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress, successful candidates in 2008 election races ran on a platform of fundamental overhaul of U.S. trade and globalization policies.

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Brighter Day

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, George Bush, 2008 Campaign, John McCain, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Political Activism, President Obama, Voter Activism, Vice President Biden, Nafta, 2008 Presidential Campaign, President Clinton, Politics News
Clifford J. Tasner

If America should elect Barack Obama, we have to be the 'wind at his back.' We have to make sure that our voices are at least as loud as those of the big campaign donors.

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Wire, Iraq Veterans, Afghan War, Pakistan, 2008 Presidential Race, The Bush Administration, Us Economy Recession, Labor Unions, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Alternative Resources, Alternative Energy, Obama Administration, Energy Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Nouri Al-Maliki, Financial Crisis, Iraqi Troops, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Trade Agreements, Politics News
John Bruhns

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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In A Climate Of Fear, Let's Remember To Breathe

Judy Muller | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Swing State, Retirement Funds, Bradley Effect, Fear, Economic Crisis, Nafta, Economy, Ross Perot, Autumn, Mexico, Election 2008, Recession, Colorado, Home News
Judy Muller

As Barack Obama pulls ahead in the polls, his supporters are holding their collective breath, afraid to speculate on the outcome, afraid to say it out loud, lest the polling Gods curse their arrogance and spin this thing the other way.

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Who Would Want To Be President in These Times?

Bob Starks | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Debates, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Job Losses, John McCain, Social Security, Economic Crisis, Inauguration Day 2009, George W. Bush, Federal Programs, Bailout Bill, Barack Obama, American World Image, Rising Unemployment, Foreign Relations, Nafta, Wall Street Collapse, Foriegn Economics, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics News
Bob Starks

After all of the cheering and congratulations on Inauguration Day, the new president will have to face the reality of the end of an era of prosperity and American world domination.

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One Last Comment about the First Debate

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, Ross Perot, Larry King, Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

Almost everyone has already weighed in about the first McCain-Obama debate, and all eyes and ears are now focused on the Vice-presidential debate tomo...

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Women May Be Most Affected By Economic Crisis And Election

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Investments, U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, Cafta, Debate, Social Security, Working Mothers, Children, Children's Health Insurance, Middle Class, Working Women, Mccain, Obama, McCain Taxes, Legislation, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, Privatization, Job Layoffs, Election 2008, Health Care, Equal Pay, Taxes, Welfare, Women Voters, Economic Crisis, Congress, Nafta, Outsourcing, Job Market, Women, Job Cuts, McCain Social Security Privatization, Women's Health, Palin, Women and Politics, Economy, Afta, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.

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Time to Take a Second Look at Our "Free Trade" Agreements

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Protest, Free Trade, Globalization, Battle in Seattle, Movie, Progressive Movement, Stuart Townsend, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

We also have nearly 15 years of experience with NAFTA and it clearly did not deliver on most of its promises. It was sold as a job creator, but the United States has actually lost jobs.

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The War on Labor Day

Elana Levin | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Middle-Class Squeeze, Labor, Take Back Labor Day, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Day, Corporations, Trade, Middle Class, Corporate Power, Unions, Nafta, Workers Rights, Politics News
Elana Levin

Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.

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Obama Will Accept Nomination in Suit Made by Union Members

Elana Levin | Posted 09.28.2008 | Style

Read More: U.S. Economy, Unite Here, Labor, Style, Nafta, Economy, Middle Class, Manufacturing, Fashion, Barack Obama, Union, Manufacturing Jobs, Workers Rights, Style News
Elana Levin

Today everyone will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew -- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too -- and by that I mean union made.

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Seizing the "Obama Moment:" Which Side Are We On?

David Sirota | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Jason Furman, Bill Clinton, Economic Policy, Nafta, Obama Economic Policy, Democratic Party, Unions, Labor Unions, Obama's Economic Plan, Clinton Impeachment, Politics News
David Sirota

We must realize that while elections are important, constant pressure against both parties has always been the only force that makes real progress.

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When It's Illegal And The President Does It, It's Still Illegal

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Mary Peters, Richard Nixon, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, George W. Bush, Teamsters Union, David Frost, Department of Transportation, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.

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To Win, Presidential Candidates Move ... Left

Bill Scher | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Infrastructure, Faith-Based Initiatives, Mccain, Environment, Fisa, Death Penalty, Obama, Iraq, Nafta, Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Scher

The punditocracy won't tell you, but Barack Obama and John McCain are moving to the Left. Take Iraq. Sensing that voters did not react kindly to McCa...

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Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: Colombian Broadcast System

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Black John McCain, John McCain, Nafta, Colombia, Politics News

John McCain is lighting out for Latin America, because maybe they have some electoral votes or something! And he wants everyone to know that he is in...

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