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Democratic Leadership Caves on Trade

On May 10th the Democratic leadership, Pelosi and Rangel in particular, announced 'deal' they had made with the Bush Administration- without consulting fellow Democrats or constituents. This deal not only moves several disastrous "free" trade agreements forward but also is intended to "pave the way" for a renewal of Fast Track.

The Democratic leadership bargained away the strong mandate they received from the voters in 2006 to fundamentally reassess our trade policy - and got little in return. The campaign to build citizen pressure is key in making Congress hold the line as the leadership falters.

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Erminia Osorio-Perez of Achuapa, Nicaragua grows corn to feed her family, selecting and saving her own seeds. But with Nicaragua and Central America adopting the CAFTA "free" trade pact, her way of life may vanish. In Mexico, the entrance of cheap, subsidized U.S. corn under NAFTA resulted in more than 2 million small corn producers losing their livelihoods in the last 12 years.

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Today's Reason to reject Fast Track

  • Patent extensions on life-saving medicines impede access to generic medicines and threaten public health.

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  • Howard Zinn
  • Noam Chomsky

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Co-sponsoring Organizations

  • Agricultural Missions
  • Association for the Sovereignty of Colombia
  • Border Agricultural Workers Project
  • Campaign for Labor Rights
  • Chicago Religious Leadership Network on LA
  • CISPES
  • CITCA
  • Development GAP
  • Equal Exchange
  • Howard County Friends of Latin America
  • Human Rights for Workers
  • IATP Institute for Ag and Trade Policy
  • International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF)
  • Just Foreign Policy
  • Korean Americans for Fair Trade
  • Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
  • Latin American Solidarity Comm.
  • LCLAA
  • Marianist Province Office of Peace
  • Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas
  • New Ways Ministry
  • Nicaragua Network
  • Nicaragua U.S. Friendship Office
  • Nicaraguan Cultural Alliance
  • Pax Christi
  • Peaceworks
  • SHARE Foundation
  • Sisters of Mercy Institute Justice
  • Sisters of the Holy Names U.S./Ontario Province Justice Network
  • Srs of Charity of Cincinnati
  • Student Trade Justice Campaign
  • United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
  • US LEAP
  • US-El Salvador Sister Cities
  • Voices on the Border
  • Washington Office on Latin America
  • WILPF