Background


Top Reasons to Oppose the World Trade Organization
A quick and easy-to-read guide on why you should help oppose the WTO.
People Making History
The introduction to Kevin Danaher's book, "Globalize This! : The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule."
STOP CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION: Another World Is Possible
Political statement of “Our World Is Not for Sale,” a worldwide network of organizations, activists and social movements committed to challenging trade and investment agreements that advance the interests of the world’s most powerful corporations at the expense of people and the environment.
Statement on WTO and Jobs
The Doha Development Round: a recipe for the massive destruction of livelihoods, mass unemployment and the degradation of work, signed by 150 organizations.
Food Security, Farming, and the WTO and CAFTA
A comprehensive look at the agenda of the WTO, FTAA, and CAFTA in agriculture, effects of "free trade" on farmers and food security, and twelve steps towards a new plan for food and farmer security.
Free Trade and our Environment
Analysis of the devastating effects of the WTO, FTAA, and CAFTA on our shared environment.
The Assault on Public Services
Services including health, education, water, sanitation, electricity, transportation, libraries, national parks, and communication make up more than 60 percent of the global economy - and are threatened with privatization under the WTO.
The WTO Erodes Human Rights Protections
Global Exchange's statement on human rights and the WTO.
The WTO, Investment, and the "New Issues"
An overview of the rich countries' attempt to introduce a binding new agreement on investment into the WTO framework.
Ways to Democratize the Global Economy
A list of ways in which we can work together to reform global trade rules, demand that corporations are accountable to people's needs, build strong and free labor and promote fair and environmentally sustainable alternatives.
Letter from Rep Sensenbrenner to USTR on Mode 4 Immigration
Representative Sensenbrenner wrote a letter in March of 2005, reminding the US Trade Representative that immigration policy is the mandate of the US Congress, not the USTR.