What will you do if the U.S.-Colombia FTA is passed?

[locomoco2012]

Why just Colombia Usa agreetment act. CHINA is our freaking problem. WE are no longer the wolrds economy CHina is.

[MJ4ever911]

I don't agree with the FTA. But don't talk for our country imbeciles.

[ericr64]

The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000 ...as if NAFTA didn't kill enough private sector jobs.

[mbmart2005]

ANOTHER NAFTA!!!! MONEY FOR CORPORATIONS, MORE JOBS LOSS IN THE USA. NO TAXES PAID, SLAVES IN COLOMBIA,NO EPA LAWS,SAVING $ IN HEALTHCARE,WAGES,401K WHICH IS JUNK ACTUALLY, AS ALWAYS MORE $ FOR CORPORATIONS, LESS JOBS FOR AMERICANS AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RICH TO DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS.

[Ramblingdreamz]

This is a beautiful poem that definitely expresses the concerns and sentiments of the brave communities all over Colombia that I work with. FTA's help the rich get richer at the expense of the oppressed. In Colombia many multi-national corporations use threats, violence, murder and displacement against economically marginalized communities that stand in the way of their profits. Chiquita banana paid paramilitary death squads $1.7 million to provide them with security, which often

[Ramblingdreamz]

times means killing small-scale farmers. The US coal company Drummand is facing similar charges. I’ve listened to GM plant workers with tears running down their face talk about how they once ran and played soccer, how they used to play with their kids, and now how they can hardly walk after suffering life changing injuries because of the labor practices in Colombia’s GM. They once thought that the jobs created by multinationals meant a way out of their poverty—now without health or

[Ramblingdreamz]

the ability to work to sustain their families they implore people to question what are the conditions of the jobs created by FTA’s. Miners in Colombia suffer chronic medical conditions, life threatening injuries and dealth because of the lack of safety standards in the mines. Sugar cane cutters work in modern day slavery conditions in Colombia. FTA’s perpetuate poverty and oppression. Learn more about how you are supporting justice when you support Fair Trade.

[Stillhi2]

Oh boy.

You all understand nothing of the going on in Colombia.

FTA will benefit Colombia and the US.

What will you say when the sky falls?

Imbeciles.

[travischristal]

@Stillhi2 care to elaborate? 

[54683NS]

@Stillhi2 We understand very well what's going in Colombia because we're not indoctrinated by the massive corporate propaganda campaigns that are promoting this "Free" "Trade" "Agreement."

[halaji1]

@Stillhi2 "Imbeciles" is a pretty weak argument. If you know better, please explain what impact the trade agreement would have on poor farmers and on labor and human rights organizers.