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Oppose the FTAA & Corporate Globalization
 In
recent years, representatives from 34 countries have been working to
expand the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Central America,
South America and the Caribbean. The Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA) is another example of the free-market fundamentalism that has
created a global race-to-the-bottom that threatens workers' rights,
the environment, families' livelihoods, human rights, and democracy.
Once again, a sweeping "free trade" agreement is in the works
that puts commercial interests above all other values.
Canada's Free Trade
Agreement with Central America
Stop CAFTA Coalition
Press Release
Response to CAFTA's passage in the U.S. Congress (July 28, 2005)
Find out more about the
problems of CAFTA; Use this leaflet to educate others on
why we oppose it (pdf, 60k, requires Adobe Acrobat to open)
Take Action:
Alert
on the Andean Free Trade Agreement
Call your Member of Congress on October 31st!
CAFTA Protesters
Face Violence in Guatemala
Call or Fax the Guatemalan Embassy now! Protesters in Guatemala face
Brutal Repression During Protests Against CAFTA (Posted
March 16, 2005)
Stop a surprise
November approval of CAFTA! Say No to CAFTA now!
Lacking the support in the regular Congress to pass CAFTA, Bush and
the Republicans are intent on using dirty tricks to ram through the
extremely unpopular legislation. The special "lame duck" session
would happen in mid-November. Free trade backers have used the lame
duck session to pass controversial trade laws in the past, and are intent
to pass CAFTA as soon as possible. (Posted October
23, 2004)
Keep Up the Momentum
Against CAFTA!
Congress will be in recess and members will again be in their
home districts from July 26th to September 3rd. This is another opportunity
to meet with your Representative and Senators about the Central American
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).(Posted August 4, 2004)
We Still Say
NO to CAFTA!
Last month, the trade ministers of the five Central American countries,
along with the US Trade Representative, signed the Central American
Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA, a devastating free trade agreement modeled
after NAFTA, can now be sent to Congress for a vote any time the Administration
wishes. The only thing stopping them is that they don’t
have the votes. And we need to ensure that they don’t get
them. (Posted June 24, 2004)
LULAC Letter to
Congress
League of United Latin American Citizens writes Congress to oppose the
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). (Posted
June 24, 2004)
Civil Society
Statement Against CAFTA (in Spanish) (Posted
June 24, 2004)
Attend the Boston
Social Forum
Thousands of labor, community, and other activists will meet up at the
University of Massachusetts in Boston, July 23 to 25 at the Boston Social
Forum. (Posted June 24, 2004)
Download the Organizer's Manual.
Get your FTAA Workplace Flyer.
Learn More:
FTAA and Globalization News and Analysis:
- Statement of the Delegation
of Bishops from the Andean Region on Free Trade between the United
States and the Andean countries
- Stop CAFTA Campaign February
2004 Monitor
- Civil Society Comments
on FTAA (Posted June 3, 2003)
- Miami FTAA Meeting
Call to Action (Posted May 24, 2003)
- CAFTA and Labor
Standards (Posted May 24, 2003)
- Carnegie says CAFTA could worsen
labor/enviro conditions in Central America
(Posted May 4, 2003)
- Farmers,
Workers, Local Government to Bear Brunt of Negative Effects; Deadline
for CAFTA Negotiations Should Be Extended (April
15, 2003)
- Update from
the CLR March Index (Posted March 29, 2003)
- Deconstructing Market Access:
Whose Market, Whose Access? by Vandana Shiva
(posted March 23, 2003)
- United For a Fair
Econonomy March FTAA update (March
15, 2003)
- March FTAA Update
from CWA (Posted March 9, 2003)
- February FTAA Update from CWA
(posted Feb. 22)
- February FTAA Update
(posted Feb 15)
- Unions back new
agenda for global development (posted Feb.
2, 2003)
- Global Unions at
Porto Alegre and Davos: "Democratise Globalisation"
(January 22, 2003)
- January FTAA Update: Communication
Workers of America (January 20, 2003)
- AFSCME Resolution Continuing
the fight against privatization (January 14,
2003)
- CAFTA: it's FTAA but worse (January
10, 2003)
- On NAFTA and the Killing of Farmers:
Declaration from Ciudad Juarez To the People of Mexico
(January 9, 2003)
- People's Consultation on the
FTAA: Campaign Update (January 2003)
- December FTAA Update: Communication
Workers of America (posted January 2003)
- Ecuadorian: joining FTAA
is "suicide" (January 2003)
Useful Resources
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