CAGJ joined members of the WA Fair Trade Coalition and over 400 other organizations (see all signers below) in signing on to this letter to Congress, delivered this week! Excerpt: “Instead of delegating Congress’ exclusive constitutional authority to “regulate commerce with foreign nations” to the executive branch through the reinstatement of outdated and extreme procedures […]
Category Archives: Trade Justice Blog Posts
Join CAGJ’s Steering Committee as Treasurer
CAGJ is seeking to fill a vital role on our Steering Committee – our lead body of organizers. Time commitment varies from a minimum of 5 hours/month to more when taxes are due. If interested, please send inquiries to CAGJ’s volunteer coordinators – Thank you! [email protected] Community Alliance for Global Justice Treasurer Job Announcement (Volunteer […]
Breaking the Corporate Trance
Analysis written by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair According to a report released on January 21 from World Development Movement, a grassroots group addressing poverty and economic inequality, Goldman Sachs made approximately $400 million in 2012 from speculating on staple foods including corn, wheat and soy. This is great for Goldman Sachs but disastrous for nearly […]
10 Reasons Why Eaters & Food Justice Activists Should Care about the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a secretive regional free trade/investor rights initiative led by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, with an open-docking clause allowing for additional countries to join. In theory, the TPP seeks to increase trade in the region by opening […]
Report from international GMO negotiations from CAGJ’s Phil Bereano
CAGJ Advisory Board and AGRA Watch leader Phil Bereano attended the 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol held in early October 2012 in Hyderabad, India; he has been an NGO participant in the negotiation and implementation of this treaty and a subsidiary agreement on liability for damages. The Protocol covers guidelines […]
Dec. 7: CAGJ Book Release PARTY!
Click here to order the book directly from CAGJ on our website. SEATTLE: Friday December 7th, 7 – 9 pm Come celebrate the 2nd Edition of Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice! Hosted by Burke Museum, North end of UW campus: 17 ave Northeast and Northeast 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98105. Open to public, $5 requested donation at […]
CAGJ Food Day Walmart Action Report & Press Round-up!
Action Report by Marisa Hendron, CAGJ Book Group coordinator See more photos in CAGJ’s facebook album! Check out our informational leaflet! FINAL FLYER On October 24, a dozen CAGJ volunteers and UFCW organizers celebrated US Food Day by distributing information about Wal-Mart to shoppers at Promenade 23, the retail center on 23rd Ave and South […]
Local Activists Celebrate National Food Day by Protesting a Possible New Wal-Mart Store In Seattle’s Central District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2012 Contact: Heather Day, Cell: 206-724-2243, Email: [email protected] Concerned Seattle residents will raise neighborhood awareness about Wal-Mart’s negative impact on workers, tax-payers, community members, farmers and eaters. Oct 24, 2012 – Seattle, WA – To mark Food Day (October 24th)—a nationwide celebration and movement toward more healthy, affordable and sustainable […]
Life Without a Farm Bill: What’s at Stake?
October 1st, 2012, By National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition As of today, our nation’s food and farm policy in the form of the 2008 Farm Bill has officially expired, with no workable replacement. There are many who see this as a better course of events than the passage of one of the new, admittedly imperfect, bills […]
Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade – From Japan, Raj Patel…
From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown battle to stop it. by Raj Patel posted May 25, 2012, Reprinted from Yes! Magazine Although it seems they fell out of fashion after the 1999 WTO protests, trade agreements are still being drafted. Every few months, urged by chambers […]
