How Can Labor Combat Obama's Secret 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?

[hay rick]

10. Welcome to DU.

The obvious example of a candidate who backs TPP is President Obama. Unfortunately, the other guy is even more hostile to labor. So we have a classic dilemma- a choice between bad and worse.

The most important thing we can do is change the choices available to us- and that is a long-term project, not something that is going to be accomplished in this election cycle.

One of the first things we have to do is challenge and discredit the narrative espoused by our corporate-controlled media that pretends that trade agreements spur growth and that trade agreements negotiated by corporate interests behind closed doors will somehow serve the needs of the people and not just their own. We need to discredit the mass media generally and create and use new channels to gather and broadcast information. A bamboozled electorate will never make the needed changes.

In the short term, I plan to work on a local congressional election- the opponent is Allen West. For the reasons discussed (and others) I will not be working on the presidential campaign.