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The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements

Posted 14 July 2011 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Caribbean, Central America, Integration & Trade, Right-to-Know & Communications Rights, South America | 1 Comment

Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed in the form of three Bush-era Free Trade Agreements. The Obama administration and corporate interests are urging their passage. Read why unions and human rights groups say no.

Uphold Human Rights, Halt Drug War Aid to Mexican Security Forces

Posted 29 October 2010 | By | Categories: Citizen Action, Integration & Trade, Mexico & Border, Regular Columnists, Right-to-Know & Communications Rights | 2 Comments

Dear Friends, Below is a sign-on letter to oppose additional U.S. funds to the Merida Initiative for the disastrous drug war. We have already received an incredible response from all over the Hemisphere. We believe this is a critical juncture, as homicides and human rights violations increase in Mexico and citizens in both countries reject militarization as a strategy to weaken organized crime. We urge you to join us and the hundreds of organizations and individuals listed below in signing this statement. The movement against the drug war enforcement/interdiction approach is getting stronger in light of the history of failure and enormous cost in lives and resources that it entails. It is unconscionable that the US government continues to support it. This is the time to make our voices heard.