Free Trade
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Alliance for Responsible Trade.
In the Library: Articles
Bacon, David. "Tijuana troubles: NAFTA is failing Mexican workers," In These Times (8/21/00):23-24.
Grinspun, Ricardo & Maxwell A. Cameron. "NAFTA & the political economy of Mexico's external relations," Latin American Research Review 31,3 (1996): 161-88.
Simon, Joel. “NAFTA – the view from Tijuana,” Nation (11/30/92):664-67.
Williams, Mike. “Free Trade pact could shake Latin American economies,” Santa Cruz Sentinel (11/20/03):B8
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Barndt, Deborah (ed.) Women Working the NAFTA Food Chain: Women, Food & Globalization (Toronto: Sumach, 2004).
Brown, Sherrod. The Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed (NY: New Press, 2004).
Folsom, Ralph H. NAFTA & Free Trade in the Americas in a Nutshell (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2004).
French, Lawrence & Magdaleno Manzanarez. NAFTA & Neocolonialism: Comparative Criminal, Human & Social Justice (Lanham MD: U. Press of America, 2004).
Gallagher, Kevin P. Free Trade & the Environment: Mexico, NAFTA & Beyond (Stanford CA: Stanford Law & Politics, 2004).
McGinn, Chris & Others. NAFTA's Broken Promises: Fast Track to Unsafe Food (Washington: Public Citizen Global Trade Watch, 1997).
Solomon, Joel. Canada/Mexico/US: Trading Away Rights. The Unfulfilled Promise of NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement (NY: Human Rights Watch, 2001).
Weintraub, Sydney (ed.) NAFTA's Impact on North America: The First Decade (Washington: CSIS, 2004).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
Casey, Maureen & Marie Triller. Border Witness: Youth Confront NAFTA. A Photographic Essay (Albany NY: NY State Labor-Religion Coalition, 2001).
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"The Bitter Aftertaste" [2005], dir. Philip Thompson, ?m. Raises doubts about the impact of Fair Trade on poverty in poor cacao-producing countries.
"This Is What Free Trade Looks Like: The NAFTA Fraud in Mexico, the Failure of the WTO, & the Case for Global Revolt" [2006], dir. Amory Starr, 60m. From AK Press.