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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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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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Harvard Project Proposes Rich Nations Cut CO2 First

Reuters | Michael Szabo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, World Trade Organization, Environmental Policy, Harvard University, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, Global Warming, Green News

Rich nations should make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on business as usual for the time being, according to a p...

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How to Save the Global Financial System

Diane Francis | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Property Crisis, Sec, World Trade Organization, Wall Street Crisis, Global Economy, Stock Exchanges, World War I, Stock Market, Housing Markets, U.S. Real Estate, Market Meltdown, World War II, Business, Housing Crisis, Economy, Federal Reserve, Recession, Lehman Brothers, Henry Paulson, Personal Finance, Business News
Diane Francis

This crisis is not about the failure of capitalism, globalisation or free enterprise. It is about the fact that there are two economies: the financial economy and the "real" economy.

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Take a Dose of Battle in Seattle to Relieve Washington Fatigue

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ronal Reagan, Fair Trade, Gop, Trickle Down, Economy, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Free Trade, Congress, Global Corporations, Battle in Seattle, Stuart Townsend, Bailout Bill, Mark Engler, World Trade Organization, Wall Street, Doha Round, Foreign Policy in Focus, Nancy Pelosi, Deregulation, Privatization, Republicans, Wto, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Under the right set of circumstances -- like impending balloting on their re-election -- Congressmen do respond to public outcry.

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Senator McCain's Fannie Problem

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Robert Zoellick, Senator McCain, Congressional Subpoenas, Ceo, Jim Johnson, Senator Obama, McCain Campaign, Fannie Mae, Accounting Irregularities, Immunity, Advisor, John Huntsman Jr., George W. Bush, World Bank, Barack Obama, Paul Wolfowitz, World Trade Organization, Project for a New American Century, Wto, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Zoellick would have to comply with Congressional subpoenas to explain having headed the lobbying activities for Fannie Mae.

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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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We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: New Releases, WTO Riots, Third World, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, Presidential Election, Global Trade, Imf, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Seattle Riots, Stuart Townsend, Battle in Seattle, Movies, Barack Obama, Cinema, Celebrity Endorsements, Patriotism, Seattle, Brad Listi, World Trade Organization, Filmmaking, Ray Liotta, Make Trade Fair, Channing Tatum, Andre Benjamin, Charlize Theron, Wto, Home News
Brad Listi

A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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Green Edge 5: Farm Aid in Islamic China

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farm Workers, Martin Ma, Solidaridad, Social Accountability International, East Turkistan Islamic Movement, Olympics, Terrorism, Skal, Organic, Workplace Standard, Uighurs, New York City, Dutch, Development Agency, World Trade Organization, Kashgar, Olympic Games, sa8000, Max Havelaar, Fair Trade, China, Urumqi, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The 8/4 Kashgar attack was not a total surprise: The two attackers were linked to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), three members of which were executed in a nearby town last month.

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China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, Economy, Labor Law, Free Trade, China, Economic Policy Institute, Kai Da Toy Factory, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, Minimum Wage, World Trade Organization, Susan C. Schwab, Olympic Games, United Steelworkers, India, Aqua Dots, Heparin, National Labor Committee, Sesame Street’s Kid K’Nex Ernie, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

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WTO Talks Break Down

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Wto, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Business News

GENEVA — After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, World Trade Organization talks collapsed Tuesday in a dismaying blow to seve...

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World Economic Hangover

John Feffer | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hangover, G8, Wto, Officious Language, World Trade Organization, Poor Writing, Writing, Bureaucracy, Politics News
John Feffer

My hands tremble when I open a document from the World Trade Organization. The language is either boring, technical, or obscure. But when I figure out what the documents are saying, I feel even worse.

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