FTA- Not OK!
By Paul Magno Finance & Operations Director, Witness for Peace Last month, the President spent Labor Day in Detroit talking to union...
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Oct 11, 20113 min read
Refueling a Vicious Cycle
By Bart Evans Coalition Coordinator, Student Action with Farmworkers In the 17 years since NAFTA went into effect, agribusiness seems...
Sep 1, 20114 min read
Support Jobs and Unions This Labor Day: Three Reasons to Tell Congress to Vote “No” on N
By Christine Goffredo International Team – Nicaragua Last week President Obama stated: “Let’s pass trade deals to level the playing...
Dec 15, 20102 min read
Dreams of “Trabajo Digno” on International Migrants Day
By Amanda Jordan She holds her dreams close. Close like the brown earth that creeps under her fingernails, close like the morning dew...
Aug 5, 20102 min read
Human Rights Backlog Illustrate Concerns about a Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia
By Denny Scott The Washington Post recently commented on the startling backlog of Colombian human rights cases. Our congressional...
Jul 28, 20103 min read
Seeing migration from the bottom up…
By Sarah Monroe In the United States, the controversy over immigration is heating up. In my own community in rural Washington state,...
Mar 10, 20105 min read
Megaprojects Threaten Local Communities
by Tony Macias, Mexico International Team “We know that our life is here in the earth, in the water,” declared a speaker at a recent...
Mar 8, 20103 min read
Facing the Free Trade Storm: CAFTA and Nicaraguan Families
In recent months, however, these remittances have all but disappeared. Both her brother and sister received sharp cuts in their working...
Feb 5, 20102 min read
Memory as Resistance in Colombia: Part 1
by Colette Cosner I was in Colombia when the earthquake hit Haiti. I was also in Colombia when the news coverage of the tragic event...
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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