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6. The term "Free Trade" has become code for "Bullshit" over the past 30+ years.

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 02:39 PM

Mar 2016

When the crooked overlords and their bought and paid for crooked lawyers/politicians do the negotiating, the rest of us get it up the you know what.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but ... Straw Man Mar 2016 #1

I look forward to this "longer piece".. annabanana Mar 2016 #2

Workers of the world, unite! KamaAina Mar 2016 #3

Globalization and "Free Trade" are two different things Z_California Mar 2016 #4

'Free trade' seems to mean different things to different people. pampango Mar 2016 #7

We need more globalized radical labor unions like the IWW Odin2005 Mar 2016 #10

+1 annabanana Mar 2016 #15

Well considering how many union leaders in other countries jwirr Mar 2016 #11

Of course, but it is a renewed issue today due to our empire's jwirr Mar 2016 #13