NAFTA and the Campesinos: The Impact of NAFTA on Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Mexico and the Prospects for Change
Democracy for New Mexico (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a post by contributing writer, Stephen Jones, who is a progressive political activist and a resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Late last summer we in New Mexico and West Texas opened our respective local newspapers and found...
Le Monde diplomatique (Free subscription) | yesterday
The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), now 15 years old, is returning to the forefront of the economic debate. Barack Obama began this by talking about it during his election campaign. He has always expressed a wish to renegotiate the Nafta treaty, which he claims is responsible for heavy job losses in the US. Many in Mexico have long made the same charges, believing Nafta to be a catastrophe...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | yesterday
solicitous \suh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective: Manifesting or expressing care or concern. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive. Extremely careful; meticulous. Full of desire; eager. Solicitous is from Latin sollicitus, "thoroughly or violently moved, disturbed, or agitated," hence "anxious, uneasy, worried," from sollus, "whole, entire" + citus, past participle of ciere,...
From On High (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
One can only shake one's head in wonder and amazement: A worthless prescription for jobs editorial When it comes to jobs, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor has nothing to offer but stale remedies and hypocrisy. Last week, the Virginia representative released a list of seven ways to boost job creation without spending federal money. What's the plan? It will sound familiar: Freeze federal spending. Cut...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Have we ever seen anything like this? Pres Bush went to war with a bi-partisan vote. (Let's not forget that most Dems supported the Iraq war back in March 2003!) Even Pres Bush's surge had Republican support, specially Sen McCain who fought off Dem efforts to cut the funding! Again, how long can Pres BO fight a war that his party opposes? David Broder has a note today about the special election to...
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Completed cycle, month to month improvements signal coming turnaround Washington,DC,USA - The Journal of Commerce Online, by Thomas L. Gallagher -Dec 1, 2009: -- Surface trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement completed a cycle in September of 12 consecutive months of steep declines. U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico was 20.2 percent lower in September...
TruthSeeker24's anti-N.W.O. corner (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Al Gore has been completely discredited over the global warming issue. His carbon scheming, lucrative plan has been exposed. Gore just cancelled a high profile appearance at the upcoming Copenhagen climate change conference. This is days after the Climategate scandal have come about (this refutes the scientific consensus view of man-made global warming). The scientists in the scandal hide the decline,...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A little bird tells me that a worthy replacement may have been found for Michaëlle Jean, Governor-General of Canada, now in her last year of office. According to an influential Conservative insider, Mary Simon , currently the President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami , would be an "ideal choice." Simon was ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International...
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Some very preliminary thoughts: Great draw for both the U.S. and England. Algeria is clearly the weakest African team and Slovenia might be the softest Euro side. Right now it looks like it would be a monumental upset for the Mother Country not to make it through group play, while the U.S. will be a very solid favorite to do so. And of course this sets up a replay of the famous 1950 game -- quite arguably...
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Summary: What's brewing: Ugandan cleric denounces anti-gay bill as "genocide"; Grenade attack on mosque kills 30 in Pakistan; Kansas trial lawyer heir to Nigerian tribal kingdom. Top Story: UGANDAN ANTI-GAY BILL "GENOCIDE" A prominent leader of the Ugandan Anglican Church warns that proposed anti-gay legislation would be genocide against the gay community. "I believe that...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Ranking Oversight Committee Republican Darrell Issa is being more forgiving of the White House in the gate-crasher ruckus than some of his fellow Republicans , and he has a reason: He was a gate-crasher, too. “This is not the first time; this has happened before,” Issa told reporters yesterday after a briefing to the Oversight Committee by the Secret Service. “I got into the White...
Chaparral Respects No Borders (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
from http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2009/12/75698.php "America's Toughest Sheriff"? The cowardly wind bag ran away from a choir! -KB The notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ was invited to be interviewed by professional journalists as part of an event at the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism this last Monday, and was disrupted by protesters singing...
Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
...at least by the Blue Dog Democrats. Digby, in discussing the history of the demobilization of the Democratic rank-and-file , observes (boldface mine; italics original): Clinton was pretty good at speaking in several layers of code, but he had terrible problems in 1994, even though he delivered the economic plan he promised. And that's because that economic plan was based on the abstraction of reducing...
Chaparral Respects No Borders (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Protesters started singing towards the end of the event at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU on Monday. They sang the following song: Immigration Rhapsody http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2009/11/75603.php Is this legitimate? Is this atrocity? Caught up in politics- No sense of reality- Open your eyes Look down to the south and see- The border stops brown folks, they cannot cross the...
Customs Law (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Just when I thought there was nothing new to blog about . . . . According to news reports , the Gibson Guitar company has been raided by federal agents of the Fish and Wildlife Service enforcing the Lacey Act amendments. The underlying investigation appears to be focused on imports of rosewood from Madagascar. Under the Lacey Act, importers of many products that are or include plant materials are...
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aarkstore | 11/18/2009
Summary Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd (Vostok Nafta) is an investment company. The company principally focuses on investing in public and private companies, which operate in Russia and adjacent markets. The company principally invests in oil and gas, coal, energy, mining and metals industries, cement and energy sectors. Vostok Nafta’s wholly owned subsidiary companies are Vostok Komi (Cyprus) Limited,...
bharatbook | 10/16/2009
Despite two of the 'Big Three' US carmakers filing for bankruptcy, the Canadian autos market is showing signs of a tentative recovery. In April, light vehicle sales reached their highest level since August 2008, according to data from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). Although the total monthly sales figure of 143,931 units was 17.8% lower year-on-year (y-o-y) compared with the period in 2008,
aarkstore | 07/13/2009
Cookson Group plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary Cookson Group Plc. (Cookson) is a provider of Technology services worldwide. It provides technology services, supported by outstanding technical service. Additionally, it provides materials, equipment, processes and services to a range of customers spread across the world. Geographically the company operates through Europe, Asia-Pacific,...
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