Transnational activism in North America
In the early days of the CCPA, Canada’s free trade debate was a galvanizing force.
Our experts joined the movement opposing the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, on which former U.S. President Ronald Reagan campaigned in 1979.Negotiations on the deal began in 1986 but reached a fever pitch during the 1988 election, after which re-elected Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the unpopular agreement.
Like many political battles, the road to trade justice can be long and winding. This issue of the Monitor looks at transnational activism around trade agreements in North America, with a focus on Mexico.
From NAFTA—the free trade agreement that replaced the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement—to CUSMA, which replaced NAFTA, NGOs, labour and social justice movements continue to resist neoliberal market ideology.
This issue of the Monitor is a reminder that, in the two years leading up to the next CUSMA review, people have the power to reshape trade agreements so they work in the public interest. When the resistance goes transnational, wins are possible.
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Farmers are not bargaining chips in rail labour disputes
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Transnational activism in North America
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Finding joint answers to common problems with Carlos Heredia
Carlos Heredia is an influential Mexican civil society activist and academic who played an important role during the debates on NAFTA in the early 1990s.…
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How domestic and transnational activism helped transform labour law in Mexico
During the last eight years, a monumental transformation of the labour justice system in Mexico has taken place. New labour reform legislation went into effect…
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How domestic and transnational activism helped transform labour law in Mexico
During the last eight years, a monumental transformation of the labour justice system in Mexico has taken place. New labour reform legislation went into effect…
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The CUSMA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism
Thanks to transnational worker organizing, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) dramatically improves upon the weak labour protections in the original NAFTA. What’s more, the new agreement encourages deeper…
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Not just a train, and certainly not Mayan
Among the many Indigenous struggles taking place throughout North America, the high-profile resistance to a flagship project of the Mexican government shows how transnational alliances…
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