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  1. ramil rodaje** (ramilrodaje@diasp.org)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 03:21:28 UTC ramil rodaje** ramil rodaje**
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    Lee Kyung Hae has long been warning the world of the risks of deregulation and unbridled expansion of global capital. As people working in the field to feed 70% of the world’s population, we were the first to face the brunt of free trade agreements that were pushed forth by WTO and other multilateral institutions. WTO led the pack in seducing and coercing our governments to sign up to the grand plans of a few rich countries. The devastation caused by this top down model of global governance was first felt in our territories when it crashed the prices of our produce, destroyed local peasant markets, wiped away the rich biodiversity that existed in our fields, took away our autonomy over seeds and evicted millions of our sisters and brothers from their territories.

    It is this destruction of the country side that forced one of our own, Lee Kyung Hae from South Korea, to take his life outside the venue of the WTO ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico in 2003. On the 10th of September that year when he committed this tragic act, he had a banner that hung around his neck which read “WTO Kills Farmers”. Once a self-sufficient rice farmer in rural Korea, Lee had lost everything to cheap dumping of imported rice and meat, the result of free trade agreements pushed through WTO. He took such an extreme step because the rich and few who ran these institutions or lobbied around them, were too far away from the lived realities of the countryside. His act of sacrifice brought the depressing account of the rural world right outside their gates, even as in his last moments he bravely echoed the demands of peasants and rural communities worldwide; “to keep agriculture out of WTO’s free trade negotiations”.

    https://viacampesina.org/en/la-via-campesina-issues-call-to-mobilise-against-wto-and-free-trade-agreements/


    #### In 2003, a Farmer Killed Himself to Protest Globalization. Little Has Changed

    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5ygx8/in-2003-a-farmer-killed-himself-to-protest-globalization-little-has-changed

    #food #food-growing #freetrade #free-trade #globalization #wto #LeeKyungHae #laviacampesina

    In conversation about 3 months ago from diasp.org permalink

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      La Via Campesina issues call to mobilise against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
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      La Via Campesina issues call to mobilise against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
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      In 2003, a Farmer Killed Himself to Protest Globalization. Little Has Changed
      from Vice
      For years, farmers have said free trade policies have harmed them. Will the world finally start listening?
  2. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2019 16:03:11 UTC Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
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    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Why #FreeTrade Is Bad for You (or Most of You at Any Rate)
    https://fpif.org/why-free-trade-is-bad-for-you-or-most-of-you-at-any-rate/ it is not free for you, it's free for billionaires (like walk out of jail free)
    In conversation about 9 months ago from pleroma.site permalink

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      Why Free Trade is Bad for You (or Most of You at Any Rate)
      from Foreign Policy In Focus
      Why Free Trade is Bad for You (or Most of You at Any Rate)
  3. ramil rodaje** (ramilrodaje@diasp.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jan-2019 09:48:51 UTC ramil rodaje** ramil rodaje**
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    https://vimeo.com/279005196

    The destruction of the planet that we are doing has repercussions everywhere … which at the end of the day will affect us all, wherever we may be.

    — Gustavo Castro
    Sole witness to the murder of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres

    Who is Gustavo Castro?
    via Global Justice Ecology Project

    Gustavo Castro Soto is beloved by movements throughout Latin America, and not just for his political organizing prowess and strategic brilliance. His together-we-can-do-this attitude, easy gap-toothed grin, and quick humor draw people into what otherwise could be overwhelming leadership.

    Gustavo – like his dear friend Berta Cáceres– is a fomenter of the collective imagination that says that we can re-envision and build just and humane political, economic, and social systems, that we are not condemned to live in the worlds we currently have.

    The name Gustavo chose for his current organization – Otros Mundos (Other Worlds) – combines the World Social Forum slogan that “Another world is possible” with the Zapatista slogan that “In this world fit many worlds.”

    Under Gustavo’s guidance, Otros Mundos – which is also Friends of the Earth Mexico – has become a focal point for environmental defense throughout Mexico and Mesoamerica. The group organizes impacted peoples and their allies for campaigns around water, energy, foreign debt, and climate crisis, amongst other issues. It also connects and mobilizes activists for effective action toward economic and environmental alternatives.

    Gustavo is an electric light switch – solar electric – sparking and connecting currents across the region. He has founded and coordinated many Mexican and transnational social movements to build the power of united people. In addition to Otros Mundos, Gustavo co-founded Other Worlds; the Mesoamerican Movement against the Extractive Mining Model (M4); the Latin American Network against Dams and in Defense of Rivers, Waters, and Communities (REDLAR); the Mexico-based Movement of Those Impacted by Dams and Defending the Rivers (MAPDER); the Mexican Network of Those Impacted by Dams (REMA); the Convergence of Movements of Peoples of the Americas (COMPA); the Network of Alternative Sustainable Family Networks (RESISTE); and the Popular School for Energy and Water, where communities throughout Southern Mexico learn about environmental alternatives; among others.

    In times past, he founded and coordinated the Institute for Economic and Political Research for Community Action (CIEPAC) and, together with Berta, the Yes to Life, No to IFIs [international financial institutions] campaign. He served on the coordinating committee of the World Bank Boycott and the board of the Center for Economic Justice, amongst many other affiliations.

    On the refrigerator in Gustavo’s home hangs a drawing of him with a computer substituting for his head. A sociologist, he pounds out analyses of neoliberalism, of the devastating impacts of dams and mining on the earth and people, and of the need for a profound transformation.

    With his high-speed brain, uncontrollable gray curls, frumpy clothing, coffee, and cigarettes, Gustavo is the archetypal Latin American Bohemian intellectual. Yet he doesn’t spend his days in discussion with a left academic elite, but rather with campesinos/as and indigenous peoples in mountains and villages. Gustavo’s focus has been on popular education, ensuring that those directly impacted by the problems have the information and understanding they need to be effective change agents. He has strongly encouraged the academy to become more socially engaged and useful.

    Another drawing of him could just as accurately show a heart on top of his neck. He constantly welcomes friends to share a meal or stay for a week in his home, where he is tightly surrounded by the partner and four children he adores. He has friends and fans throughout the world, of whom an especially close one was Berta.

    Motivated by compassion, Gustavo worked for years with the most resource-poor and exploited indigenous and campesino people of southern Mexico and Guatemala, seeking both economic and social justice and an end to state-sponsored violence against them. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Gustavo worked for years in refugee camps with Guatemalans who had crossed into Mexico seeking refuge from the war. Throughout the mid- and late-1990s, Gustavo accompanied Mexican indigenous communities who were harmed by the state violence that surged in response to the Zapatista uprising. He was a key part of the peace negotiations between the Zapatistas and the government, through Bishop Samuel Ruiz’s National Commission for Mediation (CONAIE), which launched in 1994.


    Following Guilty Verdicts for Seven Men but Not ‘Masterminds of Crime,’ Justice for Berta Cáceres Still Missing

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/following-guilty-verdicts-seven-men-not-masterminds-crime-justice-beta-caceres-still

    #environment #destruction #pollution #corporate #greed #capitalism #freetrade #fairtrade #humanrights #food #air #water #soil #energy #alternative #local #resources #solutions #sustainability #resilience #resistance #activism #advocacy #grassroots #movement #solidarity #rights #justice #BertaCáceres #GustavoCastro #OtrosMundos #CommonDreams #NorthernVisions #FriendsOfTheEarth #GlobalJusticeEcologyProject

    In conversation about a year ago from diasp.org permalink

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      Following Guilty Verdicts for Seven Men but Not 'Masterminds of Crime,' Justice for Beta Cáceres Still Missing
      from Common Dreams
      "Justice here was not complete," says daughter of late environmental activist
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      Earth Matters: Gustavo Castro
      By Northern Visions NvTv from Vimeo
  4. Brian Small (bsmall2@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2017 10:50:49 UTC Brian Small Brian Small
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    • Brian Small
    #Graeber says Barter/Money being for enemies, so basing the international community on Trade may lead to Wars. #FreeTrade #Money
    In conversation Sunday, 02-Apr-2017 10:50:49 UTC from quitter.se permalink
  5. solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) (solariiknight@social.systemreboot.net)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jan-2017 07:22:14 UTC solariiknight(ஆனந்த்) solariiknight(ஆனந்த்)
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    • india
    A horror worse than demonetisation is coming - India has signed an free trade agreement (probably GATS) in which they will not subsidize farmers or give subsidized food to poor. However, with US govt subsidizing its farmers, this could cause unprecedented devastation of Indian people dependant on agriculture for their livelihood (just like what happened to Mexican famers). Subsidized food will be replaced by direct benefit transfer (money), which will be insufficient. Demonetisation seems to be just an warmup act. In fact now Aadhaar makes a lot of sense in the larger picture - it is an tool to facilitate the destruction of Public distribution and transferring to a weaker and oppressive Direct Benefits Transfer system.
    (Video in tamil by an NGO)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwltGeqcV_w
    !India
    #Aadhaar #DBT #FreeTrade
    In conversation Thursday, 26-Jan-2017 07:22:14 UTC from social.systemreboot.net permalink

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      ரேசன் கடைகளை மூடும் ஒப்பந்தம் குறித்த விரிவான பத்திரிக்கையாளர் சந்திப்பு-சா.காந்தி
      By May17 Movement from YouTube
  6. David Hunt (davehunt@2mb.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2016 19:14:00 UTC David Hunt David Hunt
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    Why Mainstream Economists Are Responsible for Electing Donald Trump
    #Capitalism #Globalism #Neolibralism #TPP #FreeTrade

    https://2mb.social/url/19844
    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Nov-2016 19:14:00 UTC from 2mb.social permalink

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      Why Mainstream Economists Are Responsible for Electing Donald Trump
      By David F. Ruccio from Evonomics
      Mainstream economists, globalization, and Trump
  7. Sami Lehtinen (sl@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2016 13:57:24 UTC Sami Lehtinen Sami Lehtinen
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    !OpenBazaar #OB1 launches #Deploy now you can get your 24/7 #freetrade market online quickly using #DigitalOcean and accept #bitcoin payments. #OpenBazaar updates will be automatically installed.
    https://medium.com/ob1-company/introducing-ob1-deploy-8dc7d74787c6#.l6maacj06
    In conversation Sunday, 23-Oct-2016 13:57:24 UTC from web permalink
  8. Cathal Garvey (Deprecated) (cathal@quitter.is)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jun-2016 17:23:35 UTC Cathal Garvey (Deprecated) Cathal Garvey (Deprecated)
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    http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/ <- This is a *fantastic* intro to why #FreeTrade often fails to help, and why #TPP & #TTIP treaties need to die.
    In conversation Sunday, 12-Jun-2016 17:23:35 UTC from quitter.is permalink
  9. Cathal Garvey (Deprecated) (cathal@quitter.is)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jun-2016 22:27:45 UTC Cathal Garvey (Deprecated) Cathal Garvey (Deprecated)
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    http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/ <- This is a *fantastic* intro to why #FreeTrade often fails to help, and why #TPP & #TTIP treaties need to die.
    In conversation Saturday, 11-Jun-2016 22:27:45 UTC from quitter.is permalink
  10. Willow (salixchinensis@gs.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Mar-2016 15:45:16 UTC Willow Willow
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    US Government attempting to shut down #India's #solar farm using "trade court"
    https://boingboing.net/2016/03/13/usa-uses-tpp-like-trade-court.html

    #WTO #freetrade
    In conversation Sunday, 13-Mar-2016 15:45:16 UTC from gs.sdf.org permalink
  11. David Hunt (davehunt@2mb.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2016 22:13:56 UTC David Hunt David Hunt
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    #News
    “Attack on democracy”: TransCanada suing U.S. gov’t is
    #NAFTA #TPP #FreeTrade #KeystoneXL



    https://2mb.social/url/2373
    In conversation Saturday, 09-Jan-2016 22:13:56 UTC from 2mb.social permalink

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      "Attack on democracy": TransCanada suing U.S. gov't is chilling sign of dystopian TPP era we live in
      Consumer advocates warn the corporation's lawsuit is a dark sign of things to come, and the TPP will make it worse
  12. Christian F (heathenman@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jul-2014 15:05:54 UTC Christian F Christian F
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    #Freetrade case #TTIP - what the #agreement means for #Europe http://r.8.je/27 #theintelligence !am
    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Jul-2014 15:05:54 UTC from quitter.se permalink

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