Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP?

By Alison Rose Levy Mar 8, 2015 A proposal to give President Obama the power to sign two international trade deals without congressional oversight has commentators on the left and right fuming.A proposal to give President Obama the power to secretly and unilaterally negotiate two big trade pacts has pundits on the left and right fuming. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Mexicans Have Had Enough of U.S.-Backed Violence and Exploitation

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Nov 20, 2014 The US funding of a "war on drugs" in Mexico, which was supposed to take aim at the traffickers, has instead largely fueled collusion between law enforcement, politicians and criminal syndicates The U . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

NAFTA Partners Meet to Negotiate TPP Deal

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 The Trans-Pacific Partnership is like NAFTA on steroids, so it makes some sense that Canada, the United States and Mexico hope to fix the old, ostensibly bad trade deal with another, bigger one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

People Pressure Is Making Fast Tracking the TPP Politically Toxic

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 20, 2014 After four years of secret negotiations with more than 600 corporate advisers, the once seemingly invincible trade bill -- the largest in history, covering 40% of the world’s economy -- looks very much like it can be defeated. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

After 20 Years, NAFTA Leaves Mexico’s Economy in Ruins

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 10, 2014 Twenty years ago, on Jan 1, 1994, a trade deal championed by Democratic President Bill Clinton went into effect The North American Free Trade Agreement was meant to integrate the economies of the United States, Canada and Mexico by breaking down trade barriers among them, creating jobs and closing the wage gap between the US and Mexico Twenty years ago, on Jan . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

As NAFTA Nears 20 and the TPP Nears Birth, the Middle Class Nears Death

BLANK Nov 29, 2013 As a look at NAFTA's track record shows, the only beneficiaries from the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership are global corporations. So why is a former community organizer like Barack Obama so hot for trade deals that destroy communities? Easy: He's living in a new neighborhood now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Quebec Fracking Ban Lawsuit Shows Perils of Free Trade Deals

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 6, 2013 If you read our latest Truthdigger column, you know that certain existing and potential future international trade deals allow private corporations to sue governments for profits they claim to have lost as a result of a nation's laws. Here's an example of such a suit currently filed against Canada. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Lori Wallach

BLANK Oct 6, 2013 This critic of globalization is one of the few voices trying to alert the public to a secretive, ongoing effort to create a legal means for corporations to attack and subvert government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Democracy: The Only Threat to the TPP

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 6, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an international trade agreement that would allow corporations operating in any country to appeal to a global tribunal to sue governments for financial "damages" wrought by laws that regulate the firms' activities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Juan Cole on Palestinian Statehood

BLANK Sep 29, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Juan Cole reports from New York on Occupy Wall Street and Palestinians at the UN Also: The politics of immigration; women still earn less than men, and a jury convicts the Irvine 11 Pictured above, Nawaf Salam, Lebanon’s ambassador to the UThis week on Truthdig Radio: Juan Cole reports from New York on Occupy Wall Street and Palestinians at the U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. & Latin America

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Sep 20, 2011 Dig deeper

The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 6, 2011 Face it We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else This should be an obvious fact of life for most Americans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )