Washington, DC – April 8-10, 2011 Sponsored By: Latin America Solidarity Coalition Held in Conjunction with School of the Americas Watch Days of Action (April 4-11, 2011) Register now to attend an informative and exciting conference to build a larger movement to end US militarism and the militarization of US relations with Latin America and…
Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Action alerts, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Tell Commerce Group to Drop the Lawsuit Against El Salvador
Over the past few months, AFGJ has devoted a great deal of time to our work opposing the Korea-US (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We believe that the following alert should help illustrate why such action is necessary. Thanks to FTAs, such as DR-CAFTA in this case, foreign investors are afforded “protections” that allow them…
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Leaders Reach Deal on Korea-US Free Trade Agreement
Act now to stop more-of-the-same trade agreements! Last Friday, US and Korean leaders negotiated some key points of conflict on the pending Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With negotiations settled, the leaders of both countries hope to have their Congress and National Assembly pass the agreement as soon as this Spring. It is absolutely vital…
Action alerts, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Act Now to Stop the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement
With the G20 Summit getting under way this week in Seoul, South Korea, President Obama is expected to announce a new effort to pass the pending KORUS (South Korea-US) Free Trade Agreement. This would be the largest FTA passed since NAFTA and would represent a similar blow to family farmers and manufacturing workers in both…
Action alerts, Alba countries, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Week of Action: Against Illegitimate Debt and International Financial Institutions
This year, Alliance for Global Justice is participating in the Global Week of Action Against Illegitimate Debt and International Financial Institutions with Jubilee USA network, an alliance of over 80 humanitarian, faith, and labor organizations. We would love for you to join us as part of this worldwide movement to achieve greater economic and social…
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Milennium Development Goals Review Meeting
Ask Obama to make the meeting meaningful! The following message was originally sent by Jubilee USA. Ten years after world leaders first promised to cut extreme poverty in half, there are still 29,000 children who die every day due to preventable causes. Next week, President Obama will join 140 other Heads of State in New…
Action alerts, Colombia, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Tell Obama, Bush’s Agreements Aren’t Good Enough!
Stop the failed “free” trade model! The Obama administration has set the goal of finalizing the US free trade agreement with South Korea before the G20 Summit to be held in Seoul on November 11th. Unfortunately, this is the same agreement that was negotiated with Bush and does not take into account any of Obama’s…
Action alerts, Colombia, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Mining Concessions force Afro-Colombian Communities to Relocate
The Afro-Colombian community mentioned below is being displaced and targeted by paramilitary groups, due to the fact that their land was taken for mining concessions. Please read more below, and then send this letter to the officials listed!
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Get Free Trade Sneak Attack Out of Financial Reregulation Bill!
This message was originally distributed by Public Citizen. Buried in the 1200-page Senate financial reregulation bill we found a sneaky provision that would undermine state-level insurance consumer protections if they conflict with trade agreements! Yup, the “Office of National Insurance” (ONI) proposal would empower the Treasury Department to unilaterally override existing state insurance regulations that…
Action alerts, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Support Mexican Miners
Mexican Government Intervention in Strike – Cananea Miners Update This alert was originally published by LabourStart. Some 1,200 members of Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union, or Los Mineros, have been on strike since July 2007 at the Cananea mine over health and safety and other contract violations. Grupo Mexico – the mining giant which…
