Global Trade Justice

Doing right by our global neighbors.

The Battle in Seattle

posted Jul 18, 2008

Watch the trailer to Stuart Townsend's account of the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999.

Focus on Fair Trade

posted Jun 30, 2008

These three TransFair USA curricula are designed to help students understand the concept of fair trade and to highlight its values and significance to farmers and communities. Using familiar imported foods—chocolate, bananas and coffee—as the focus, your students will gain an appreciation for the hard work of the farmer and will feel empowered knowing their consumer choices have real impact on real people.

Reclaiming Corn and Culture

by Wendy Call

posted May 22, 2008

NAFTA was sold as a win-win. After 14 years of losing, Mexican farmers are making their own trade rules—fair ones.

Barefoot Photographers :: Photo Essay :4:

posted Feb 08, 2008

Bring Fair Trade into Your Classroom

posted Feb 01, 2008

How students can tell big companies like World's Finest Chocolate that they demand an end to abusive child labor practices, and that they want to buy products that are Fair Trade Certified.

Interview with Susan Gleason

by Diane Horn

posted Jun 27, 2007

Susan Gleason talks about the US Social Forum in this 30-minute interview with Diane Horn, producer and host of the Sustainability Segment of KEXP.

Oscar Olivera: After the Water War

by Sarah van Gelder

posted May 11, 2007

Cochabamba's water wars have ended. With the multinationals gone, Oscar Olivera advocates a change in mindset.

No Deal

by Mark Randazzo

posted Nov 30, 2006

Activists from around the world joined hands on the streets and in the corridors of power to protest WTO trade deals they said would harm people and the planet. They just won big.

Programming Our Vocabulary

by Frances Moore Lappé

posted Aug 25, 2006

The right continues to define the terms of debate. It is time for progressives to establish terms of their own.

Inviting Immigrants Out of the Shadows

by Oscar A Chacón, Amy Shannon, Sarah Anderson

posted May 01, 2006

How can undocumented workers come out of the shadows into an active work life in the US?

Alternatives to a Wall

by Oscar A. Chacón, Amy Shannon, Sarah Anderson

posted May 01, 2006

What effect do globalization trade policies have on illegal immigration in the US?

The Sweat Free Movement

by Lilja Otto

posted Mar 08, 2006

Students, union members and textile workers act together to fight sweatshop clothing.

Java Justice

by Dee Axelrod

posted Nov 08, 2005

A Jewish Ugandan coffee farmer partners with Christian and Muslim neighbors to produce jobs, understanding, and a great coffee. Thanksgivingcoffee.com

Fair trade: for everyone's benefit

by Lilja Otto

posted Nov 07, 2005

The fair trade movement has forged direct, stable, democratic trade relations between producers and consumers

Book Review: Dilemmas of Domination by Walden Bello

by Saul Landau

posted Sep 26, 2005

Walden Bello, scholar activist, has written a manifesto on how globalization works and fails.