Nevertheless, the union stood up to Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who helped steamroller union opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a Clinton administration apparatchik in the 1990s.1 As White House chief of staff to Barack Obama, Emanuel insisted on deep..…
Among their demands were the elimination of wage differentials between Mexican and North American workers, an eight-hour day, and the dismissal of abusive foremen. . ..…
Raed Jarrar Jarrar, Amnesty-USA’s Middle East and North Africa Advocacy Director, served as American Friends Service Committee’s Government Relations Manager (2014-2017). . ... Allie McCracken McCracken, Amnesty-USA’s North American Campaigner, served as..…
Most importantly, Wilder emphasizes how, from its earliest days, the ruling institutions of the North American colonies and the state were based on the racist goal of building an all-white civilization, enabled by the forced removal and utter annihilation of the indigenous occupants. . ..…
Second, with respect to trade, progressives and conservatives need to ask themselves whether the United States was correct to sign the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. ..…
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