Tag Archives: Free Trade

The Age of Global Apartheid, Courtesy Uncle Sam

Posted on August 15, 2008 by RagBlog

A Story of U.S. Immigration In An Age of Global ApartheidBy Ben Terrall, August 14, 2008 In his 2001 book, Operation Gatekeeper: The Rise of the ‘Illegal Alien’ and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary (Routledge), Joseph Nevins focused on … Continue reading →

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The Biggest NAFTA Problem : the Assumed Commonality of Interests

Posted on July 9, 2008 by RagBlog

The New Geography of Trade: North America Doesn’t ExistBy Laura Carlsen / July 8, 2008 About every six months or so, the media provide a fleeting show of North American unity. Whether on the shores of the Mexican Caribbean, the … Continue reading →

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Democracy Is So, Like, 20th Century

Posted on April 24, 2008 by RagBlog

US President Bill Clinton acknowledges applause after signingthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).Congress approved NAFTA in 1993.José Can You See? Bush’s Trojan TacoBy Greg Palast / April 24, 2008 Psst! George Bush has a secret. While you Democrats are … Continue reading →

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Food Fight! Big Time…

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

World War II poster.Food – the ultimate weapon of the ruling eliteBy William Bowles / April 17, 2008 Using food as a weapon is as old as the siege but today’s barbarians have upped the anté by several orders of … Continue reading →

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The Clinton-Colombia Connection : It Goes Back a Long Way

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Bill Clinton and Columbian President Alvaro Uribe Valez at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Columbia : Coffee, Cocaine and ClintonBy Arianna Huffington A week ago, if you’d asked most people to say the first … Continue reading →

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