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Sep 12, 20226 min read

After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States

By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...

Sep 11, 20185 min read

Como EEUU creó su propia crisis de migrantes

por Carlissa Arrow El Rio Naya Durante décadas, Estados Unidos ha estado experimentando una crisis humanitaria en la frontera entre...

Apr 21, 20144 min read

Creating Opportunities, Helping Families, and Preserving Culture: CAFAMI

by James Hutter james.hutter@gmail.com Creating Opportunities, Helping Families, and Preserving Culture: Centro de Atencion a la Familia...

Apr 7, 20146 min read

The Impact of the TPP, Part One / El Impacto del TPP, Primera Parte

Español abajo Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition For nearly five years now, government bureaucrats and lobbyists on both sides of...

Apr 2, 20144 min read

The Reality of Free Trade in Mexico

by Sophie Nikitas The Mayans had a myth to explain the creation of humans: the gods tried three times to make the first human. The first...

Apr 1, 20143 min read

The Human Face (and Price) of Trade

The Witness blog series is back! This month, Witness for Peace, in close collaboration with coalition partners in the United States and...

Apr 11, 20123 min read

General Motors in Colombia: the Free Trade Agreement, the Abuses, the Corruption and the Resistance

Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...

Dec 14, 20091 min read

Who’s Behind your Morning Cup of Coffee?

by Amy Shelton Nicaraguan coffee farmer and cooperative leader Eddy Gutierrez just visited Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky on a...

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