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by LAWG Colombia Team on August 16, 2011

Can you believe it’s August? It’s amazing to realize that through months of working hard together to maintain pressure on our legislators, we have kept the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement off the table. Congrats on fantastic work so far!

Help us keep the momentum going by participating in our first District Office Call-in Day TODAY!

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Articles, Op-Eds, and other Media about the Colombia FTA

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by Vanessa Kritzer on August 15, 2011

MSNBC: The Colombia Free Trade Agreement: "Tell that man if he does not stop running off at the mouth we will cut out his tongue"
Huffington Post: Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Violence, Potential Job Losses Hang Over Deal (VIDEO)
Special Dylan Ratigan Show Collaboration with Huffington Post on Free Trade: Trading Our Future
Hundreds Gather Outside the White House to Protest the Colombia Free Trade Agreement by Teamster Nation
Vigil at Congressman Office Results in One Good Decision: Pennsylvanians Speak Out Against Unfair Trade Deals by Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Critics Call Trade Pact Lose-Lose Deal for Colombian Labour by Kanya D’Almeida
Autoworkers’ meeting builds solidarity with workers in Latin America by By Martha Grevatt
Activists Call for Accountability for Chiquita's Terrorists Payments, Speak Out Against Trade Deal - Witness for Peace and United Steelworkers
People of Faith Fast to Protest U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Presbyterian Church
Colombia Free Trade Deal May Mean more Cocaine in the U.S., by Jess Hunter-Bowmann
Free Trade through Peace in Colombia, by Milburn Line
Trade Stories Project: Interview with Gerardo Cajamarca, by Minnesota Fair trade Coalition
The Case Against the Colombia Free Trade Pact, by Kim Jensen
Violence Continues Despite 'US-Colombia Labor Action Plan', by WOLA
Chiquita and the Colombia FTA -- Murder in the Interest of Profit, by Dan Kovalik
U.S.-Colombia Deal on Labor Rights met with Scepticism, by Aprille Muscara
TLC Colombia-EU y Derechos Laborales y Humanos, by Labor Radio
Colombia FTA: Rewarding Promises Instead of Performance, by Leo Gerard
US Economy Lost Nearly 700,000 Jobs Becacause of NAFTA, by Maxwell Strachan
Trade Deals Unite Left and Right in Opposition, by Ambreen Ali
Administration Declines to Share Colombia Labor Submission with Workers, Citizens Trade Campaign
Child Labor Rates Go Up in Colombia, UPI
New Trade Pacts Will Kill Jobs, and Obama Knows it, by David Sirota
Dems Question Colombia Trade Pact after Shooting of Activist Labor Lawyer, by Mike Lillis
Terrorist Attack Points to Ongoing Violence in Key City for US-Colombia FTA, by Kelly Nicholls et al
Beyond Free Trade with Colombia, by Milburn Line
Violence, Impunity Undermine Facade of Human Rights Progress, by Tom Heyden

Please note that there are many articles being written about the U.S.-Colombia FTA. These do not represent them all by a long shot. If you know of an article that is not on here that you think would be useful for people to read, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Union Statements Opposing the U.S.-Colombia FTA

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by Vanessa Kritzer on August 15, 2011

AFL-CIO Letter to Congress
Statement by USLEAP
Letter to Congress from SEIU opposing U.S.-Colombia FTA
National Farmers Union Letter to Congress on All Three Pending FTAs
United Steelworkers Letter to Congress on All Three Pending FTAs
International Brotherhood of the Teamsters Letter to Congress on All Three Pending FTAs
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Letter to Congress on All Three Pending FTAs
Communications Workers of America Letter to Congress on Colombia FTA
Building and Construction Trades Department of AFL-CIO Letter to Congress on All Three Trade Agreements
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Letter to Congress on All Three Trade Agreements
Press Release by Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Statement by the United Federation of Colombian Workers
Press Release by United Steel Workers
Letter to U.S. Congress from SINTRAEMCALI
Press Release by Union Portuaria
Testimony of Jeffrey Vogt of AFL-CIO before the Senate Finance Committee
Statement by International Association of Machinists
Statement by Teamsters
"Shot Labour Lawyer Dies, his Family is Threatened"
"Union Enthusiasm for Obama Re-Election Fades, AFL-CIO’s Chief Trumka Says" - Bloomberg News
Colombia Slips Into the Abyss as FTA Threatens Further Havoc by Dan Kovalik, United Steelworkers
Free Trade Deals Bad for Michigan, by James Hoffa, Teamsters
Colombian Unionist Speaks out against the Free Trade Agreement, by Labor Radio

Please note that there are many statements being written about the U.S.-Colombia FTA. These do not represent them all, but we do our best to post as many as we can find in a timely manner. If you know of a union statement that is not on here that you think would be useful for people to read, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Human Rights, Faith-based, and Environmental Groups' Statements Opposing the U.S.-Colombia FTA

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by Vanessa Kritzer on August 15, 2011

431 Organizations and Individuals Write to Congress: U.S. Should Not Move Forward on Colombia FTA
U.S. and Colombian Labor, Faith, Afro-Colombian and Human Rights Activists Hold White House Demo Against Colombia Trade Deal
Sierra Club Letter to Congress Opposing U.S.-Colombia FTA
Friends of the Earth Letter to Congress on all Three Trade Agreements
Press Release by LAWG, WOLA, and USOC
Large Coalition of Colombian Human Rights and Labor Organizations Denounce the FTA
Letter from WOLA and TransAfrica Forum to the USAID Mission Director in Colombia
Religious Organizations Oppose Colombia Trade Agreement
Statement by the Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network
Statement by Transafrica Forum
Statement by the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC)
Statement by the National Agrarian Coordination (CNA)
Declaration on FTA by the Black Communities' Process
Letter to President Obama from AFRODES
Letter to Presidents Obama and Santos from Campesino Communities
Statement by the Inter-Ethnic Solidarity Forum Regarding Communities affected by Conflict (FISCH)
Statement by the Major Community Council of the Popular Peasant Organization of the High Atrato-Choco-Colombia (COCOMAPOCA)
Announcement by SOA Watch
Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network Urgent Action on Violence in Colombia
Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network Says Legal Victories for Ethnic Rights Clouded by Reality
PCN Rechaza el Tratado de Libre Comercio
Statement by Movimiento Campesino de Cajibo
Colombia Support Network Editorial: Three Misconceptions about International Trade
Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network Condemns Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in Colombia

Please note that there are many statements being written about the U.S.-Colombia FTA. These do not represent them all, but we do our best to post as many as we can find in a timely manner. If you know of any statement that is not on here that you think would be useful for people to read, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Congressional Statements Opposing the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

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by Emily Chow on August 15, 2011

Video: Rep. Schakowsky says Colombia FTA Rewards Promises Not Progress
Video: Rep. Doggett on Colombia FTA: Reject this Misguided Agreement
Video: Rep. Gutierrez: Colombia FTA Blood Won't Easily Be Washed Away
Video: Rep. Miller Decries Colombia Trade Agreement on House Floor
Video: Rep. Linda Sanchez Speaks about the FTA on the House Floor
Video: Rep. Jim McGovern on Human & Labor Rights in Colombia on the House Floor
Video: Rep. Jan Schakowsky talks Human Rights & the Colombia FTA on the House Floor
Members of Congress Call on President Obama to Include "Action Plan" in Implementing Legislation
Statement by Representative Betty Sutton
Statement by Representative Hank Johnson
6 Democratic House Members issue statement on Colombia FTA "Action Plan"
Statement by Representative Louise Slaughter
Statement by Representative Sandy Levin
Statement by Senator Sherrod Brown
Statement by Representatives Levin and McDermott
Statement by Representatives McGovern and Miller to Ambassador Kirk
Representative Michaud Slams Colombia FTA Action Plan
Video of Representative George Miller on House Floor

Please note that there are many statements being written about the U.S.-Colombia FTA. These do not represent them all, but we do our best to post as many as we can find in a timely manner. If you know of a statement that is not on here that you think would be useful for people to read, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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