Charles Krauthammer: “great act of political larceny”
“Krauthammer: Trump–Union Leaders Meeting Was ‘Great Act of Political Larceny,’?” Fox News Insider, January 23, 2017, http://insider.foxnews.com/?2017/?01/?23/?charles-krauthammer-trump-union-leaders-meet-whitehouse-larceny-democrats.
Trump: plans to cut regulations by 75 percent, cut taxes for corporations to 15 percent
“Krauthammer: Trump–Union Leaders Meeting Was ‘Great Act of Political Larceny,’?” Fox News Insider, January 23, 2017, http://insider.foxnews.com/?2017/?01/?23/?charles-krauthammer-trump-union-leaders-meet-whitehouse-larceny-democrats.
Puzder and wage lawsuits (Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.)
Angelo Young, “A Multitude of Wage and Labor Violations Alleged at Restaurants Linked to Trump’s Labor Pick,” Salon, January 27, 2017, http://www.salon.com/?2017/?01/?27/?wage-and-labor-violations-flourished-at-restaurants-linked-to-trumps-labor-pick/.
Luis Bautista, Margarita Guerrero, and those similarly situated v. Carl Karcher Enterprises, LLC, Carl’s Jr. Restaurants, LLC, February 8, 2017, https://www.scribd.com/?document/?338799473/?CKE-Complaint.
Jodi Kantor and Jennifer Medina, “Workers Say Andrew Puzder Is ‘Not the One to Protect’ Them, But He’s Been Chosen To,” New York Times, January 15, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?01/?15/?us/?politics/?andrew-puzder-labor-secretary.html.
Andrew Puzder: “They never take a vacation…”
Kate Taylor, “Fast-Food CEO Says He’s Investing in Machines Because the Government Is Making It Difficult to Afford Employees,” Business Insider, March 16, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/?carls-jr-wants-open-automated-location-2016-3.
Charles Schumer: Puzder “probably the most anti-worker” choice ever
Tim Devaney, “Schumer: Trump Should Drop Labor Nominee,” The Hill, February 9, 2017, http://thehill.com/?homenews/?senate/?318694-schumer-trump-should-drop-labor-nominee.
Puzder: worth an estimated $45 million
Chase Peterson-Withorn, “Here’s What Each Member of Trump’s $4.5 Billion Cabinet Is Worth,” Forbes, December 22, 2016, https://www.forbes.com/?sites/?chasewithorn/?2016/?12/?22/?heres-how-much-trumps-cabinet-is-really-worth/?#3105c4371698.
Yes, It’s Possible to Make Bad Trade Deals Worse
Draft letter leaked of administration’s notice to Congress stating intent to renegotiate NAFTA
Max Ehrenfreund and Damian Paletta, “White House Calls for Changing, but Not Scrapping, NAFTA in Draft Letter,” Washington Post, March 30, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?news/?wonk/?wp/?2017/?03/?30/?whitehouse-calls-for-changing-but-not-scrapping-nafta-in-draft-letter/??utm_term=.34d5d97a1644.
Lori Wallach: “for those who trusted Trump’s pledge…”
Lori Wallach, “Draft NAFTA Renegotiation Plan in Official Fast Track Notice Letter Would Not Fulfill Trump’s Pledge to Make NAFTA ‘Much Better’ for Working People or Enjoy a Congressional Majority,” Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch website, March 30, 2017, http://citizen.typepad.com/?eyesontrade/?2017/?03/?draft-nafta-renegotiation-plan-in-official-fast-track-notice-letter-would-not-fulfill-trumps-pledge-.html.
Wilbur Ross and being a billionaire with a history of restructuring
Philip Delves Broughton, “Wilbur Ross Brings Art of Restructuring to Team Trump,” Financial Times, January 20, 2017, https://www.ft.com/?content/?23a9f296-de6f-11e6-86ac-f253db7791c6.
Wilbur Ross and Cone Mills
Betsy Woodruff, “Could This Man Be Donald Trump’s Future Secretary of Outsourcing?” Daily Beast, November 16, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/?articles/?2016/?11/?17/?could-this-man-be-donaldtrump-s-future-secretary-of-outsourcing.html.
“Mills,” Cone Denim LLC, accessed May 15, 2017, https://www.conedenim.com/?mills/.
Donald W. Patterson, “Cone Denim Announces Layoffs,” Greensboro News and Record, October 22, 2005, http://www.greensboro.com/?news/?business/?conedenim-announces-layoffs/?article_e8730efd-eff6-581a-851a-55026ad83d12.html.
Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination for labor secretary
Ed O’Keefe and Jonnelle Marte, “Andrew Puzder Withdraws Labor Nomination, Throwing White House into More Turmoil,” Washington Post, February 15, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?powerpost/?now-6-republicans-are-on-the-fence-about-andrew-puzder/?2017/?02/?15/?e34cada6-f38b-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_term=.c3070ab5ccc3.
Union members protest Trump
Dan DiMaggio, “Building Trades Activists Stand Up to Trump,” LaborNotes, April 5, 2017, http://labornotes.org/?blogs/?2017/?04/?building-trades-activists-stand-trump.
Remembering a Powerful Global Movement
July 2001: roughly 300,000 people were on the streets of Genoa during a G8 meeting
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 236.
Cochabamba and Bechtel: “water war”
Emily Achtenberg, “From Water Wars to Water Scarcity: Bolivia’s Cautionary Tale,” Harvard Review of Latin America (Winter 2013), http://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/?book/?water-wars-water-scarcity.
Oscar Olivera and Tom Lewis, Cochabamba!: Water War in Bolivia (Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2004), 9.
Bechtel: sued Bolivia for $50 million in damages and lost revenue
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, “The Obscure Legal System That Lets Corporations Sue Countries,” Guardian, June 10, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/?business/?2015/?jun/?10/?obscure-legal-system-lets-corportations-sue-states-ttip-icsid.
Teamsters and Turtles—Together at Last!
Banner: “Teamsters and Turtles: Together at last.”
Marc Cooper, “Teamsters and Turtles: They’re Together at Last,” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1999, http://articles.latimes.com/?1999/?dec/?02/?local/?me-39707.
Vacuum, Meet Trump
National Post: “Anti-globalization is so yesterday.”
Dave Oswald Mitchell, “Disaster Populism,” Briarpatch, December 1, 2008, https://briarpatchmagazine.com/?articles/?view/?disaster-populism-the-left-in-crisis/?trackback/.
Mexico’s poverty rate has risen since implementation of NAFTA
Center for Economic and Policy Research, “Mexico Lagged the Rest of Latin America in the NAFTA Era, Report Finds,” press release, March 29, 2017, http://cepr.net/?press-center/?pressreleases/?mexico-lagged-the-rest-of-latin-america-in-the-nafta-era-report-finds.
Marine Le Pen: “manufacturing by slaves for selling to the unemployed”
“France Election: Far-Right’s Le Pen Rails against Globalisation,” BBC.com, February 5, 2017, http://www.bbc.com/?news/?world-europe-38872335.
Bernie Sanders: TPP “part of a global race to the bottom…”
“Bernie Sanders on Trade,” Feel the Bern (website), accessed April 12, 2017, from http://feelthebern.org/?bernie-sanders-ontrade/.
The Perils of Ceding the Populist Ground
Approximately 90 million eligible voting-age Americans stayed home