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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Transnational activism in North America
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How domestic and transnational activism helped transform labour law in Mexico
About the authorTamara KayTamara Kay is visiting professor of Global Affairs and Sociology at Northwestern University.
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The CUSMA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism
About the authorLaura Macdonald
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The CUSMA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism
About the authorLaura Macdonald
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Not just a train, and certainly not Mayan
About the authorLaura Primeau PhDLaura Primeau is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University.
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Migrant solidarity and transnationalism in the San Diego-Tijuana region
About the authorEduardo MendozaEduardo Mendoza Cota is a professor-researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, Mexico, where he specializes in economic integration…
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