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Can Podesta Craft a Transition to a New Progressive Era?

Tom Hayden | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics


Tom Hayden

Leaders of presidential transition teams are expected to be discreet, tight-lipped, button-down, servants of power, but not quite so in the case of Jo...

Do Globalist GOP Traitors Intend to Flat Out Kill the USA's Auto Industry?

Rob Kall | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Rob Kall

What do you call someone who unnecessarily puts one of America's biggest industries at serious risk and sells out millions of his country's workers abilities to make an honest living?

Demand for New Globalization Model Goes Mainstream as Fair-Trade Election Pick-Ups Move Congress' Views Closer to Public's

Lori Wallach | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Lori Wallach

From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress, successful candidates in 2008 election races ran on a platform of fundamental overhaul of U.S. trade and globalization policies.

Keith Olbermann Has A New Worst Person: Robin Hayes (R-NC)

Howie Klein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Howie Klein

If any member of Congress personifies a willingness to sell out his constituents' economic interests for the sake of special interests, it is Robin Hayes.

Women May Be Most Affected By Economic Crisis And Election

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home


Susan Kelley-Stamerra

If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.

McCain, Obama On Iraq, Afghanistan And Trade

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home


Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. The primer can act as a guide to how candidates Barack Obama and John McCain stand on each issue. Check out the links for more information on these issues. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on Iraq, Afghanistan and trade policy.

Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.

The New South and Obama: An Interview with Josh Segall, Alabama Democratic Candidate for Congress

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home


Nathaniel Bach

Obama's fifty-state strategy is not about his winning these states in this election. It's about "trickle up" politics and grassroots efforts on a national scale, all of which will help sow the seeds of future Democratic majorities.

The Clinton-Colombia Connection: It Goes Back a Long Way

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

A week ago, if you'd asked most people to say the first thing that popped into their heads when they heard the word "Colombia," you might have gotten: "coffee," "cocaine," or maybe even "kidnappings." Today that list would probably be led by "Clinton."

Brain Dead Trade Debate

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

The entire debate over the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is taking place as if Ronald Reagan were president and it was still "morning in America."

Questions the Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Answer on Trade & Globalization

Lori Wallach | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Lori Wallach

As America's anxiety grows, the economy not only is becoming a preeminent issue of the election, but the candidates are responding to public anxiety about the current model of globalization.

Politics, Peru and a Presidential Primary?

Lori Wallach | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics


Lori Wallach

How did a U.S. trade agreement with Peru of all countries become a political hot potato in the recent Congressional Black Caucus CNN debate? With repe...

If I Could Show Congress the Real Colombia

Gerardo Cajamarca Alarcón | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics


Gerardo Cajamarca Alarcón

I would ask U.S. Congressmen, is it ethical for them to sign a treaty with a country whose legislature is infiltrated by partisans of the terrorist paramilitaries.

Just What We Don't Need - Another Free Trade Agreement

James P. Hoffa | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business


James P. Hoffa

American workers don't want deals like NAFTA, CAFTA and PNTR. They've seen through the false promises that "free trade" will create more exports, better jobs and better wages.

Open Columnist - Asking for Your Input

David Sirota | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics


David Sirota

As many of you know, this year I have started writing a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column through Creators Syndicate. From the beginning,...

Victoria's Secret, Slave Labor And So-Called "Free Trade"

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 11.27.2007 | Business


Jonathan Tasini

Why we would pretend that labor rights can be enforced as a secondary issue in countries around the world--when we can't even enforce basic labor rights here--exposes the true fallacy of so-called "free trade."

George Bush and Lies About The Economy

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

The Wall Street Journal has an interview today with George Bush that gives great insight into the disinformation, lies and, charitably, cognitive d...

Open Columnist - Asking for Input From Readers

David Sirota | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media


David Sirota

To kick this off, I want to ask readers for some input on my first few columns. I want to try to be the first Open Columnist, if you will - and this is just the beginning.

Costa Rica CAFTA Opponents Cry Foul on U.S. Intervention in Referendum

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Congress should hold hearings on allegations that the Bush administration deliberately interfered in the Costa Rican referendum.

Costa Rica's Historic Referendum

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.06.2007 | Politics


Robert Naiman

If the referendum tomorrow in Costa Rica passes narrowly, it will be entirely plausible that illegal and anti-democratic threats and intimidation from Washington determined the result.

Threats, Dirty Tricks, Fake Polls: Costa Rica Votes Under Duress on 'Free Trade'

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.06.2007 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

It is politically inconceivable that the Democratic majority in Congress -- which voted against CAFTA when it was approved here -- would move to punish Costa Rica for its voters having rejected the same agreement.

Fair Trade

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics


Sen. Bernie Sanders

The editorial page of the WSJ, the pundits for the plutocrats, twice this week weighed in on what it thinks is good for Costa Rica. They also had a thing or two to say about me.

The Biggest Vote You've Never Heard About Is Happening This Sunday

David Sirota | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics


David Sirota

Whatever happens with this weekend's vote, what we are seeing in Costa Rica both from our government and voters there is nothing short of monumental.

These Are Times That Try Progressives' Souls

David Sirota | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics


David Sirota

It is frustrating being part of the progressive movement these days - truly frustrating. And I say that not because I am on book deadline and exhauste...