In Depth Look At the Dark Side of NAFTA For the Mexican People

When I first fought NAFTA in 1993, we said that "free trade" really meant  freedom for multi-national corporations to plunder labor and the environment around the world.  At the time I didn't even know any farmers.


Now, 23 years later I am a farmer of sorts and terms "Know Your Farmer" and "Farm to Table" and "Eat Local" are all in popular usage.  Pick up a magazine and you will see beautiful, young farmers and world class chefs and wonderful food beautifully displayed in delicious full color. It's all so trendy and I could say white and classist.

There was much bluster about US job losses under NAFTA in the 2016 election, but walking along the banks of the Río Santiago in the pueblo of Juanacatlán, Mexico, the larger impact of the agreement immediately becomes a searing reality. One's eyes and skin burn after only a few minutes' exposure to the toxic spray and sulfurous stench as foaming waves of chemical pollution cascade over a once pristine falls known only a few decades ago as the Niagara of Mexico.  Read More 

Lets put two and two together people -- this calls for solidarity across the planet to stop this juggarnaut.  The author Michael Meurer connects a lot of dots and has quite a diverse resume and  is worth following.

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