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Hillary Clinton says she opposed NAFTA from the beginning. That's not what the record says. Hillary Clinton says she opposed NAFTA from the beginning. That's not what the... more
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The resolution, which will be voted on within the week, is currently being debated at the UNHRC session in Geneva that ends on March 28. Canada has presented numerous objections that have been echoed by the United States.
As it stands, Canada and the United States are the only two countries to go on record at the United Nations to oppose the right to water.
Canada is a member of the UNHRC until 2009; the United States is not an elected member but is allowed to engage under the rules of the Council.
The joint resolution promoted by Germany and Spain aims to establish a "special rapporteur" with the mandate to provide guidance on the right to water and sanitation, identify best practices, investigate country situations and promote the right internationally.
This follows a report by Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, stating that "specific, dedicated and sustained attention to safe drinking water and sanitation is currently lacking at the international level" and recommending that access to safe drinking water and sanitation be recognized as a human right.
Canada is working to weaken the resolution by demanding that references to the right to water and sanitation be removed and that the scope be reduced. Canada wants the proposed position of "special rapporteur" to be downgraded to "independent expert" serving for only one year instead of the proposed three years. Canada is also opposing visits by this expert to individual countries and the granting of a mandate enabling them to clarify the content of the right to water and sanitation.
This is the third time in six years that member nations of the UN have pushed for recognition of the human right to water. On each occasion, Canada has rejected the efforts to have water recognized as a right.
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NAFTA needs to be scrapped. To not recognize water as a human right is to condemn millions of people to drought, famine, and death, and leave the water they do have at the mercy of corporate raiders and political corruption. NAFTA has done nothing but reap benefits for the governments, but given little to nothing to the people. Water is not a commodity and not an investment, it is a human right and trust! The resolution, which will be voted on within the week, is currently being debated at... more
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Seems he was willing to go through all the appearance papers.
My Fav. NAFTA Expert provided this read...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/20/111456/222/328/480723
This will come up when OBAMA goes to PENN and it will be the end of HRC
in any national election.Seems he was willing to go through all the appearance papers.
My Fav. NAFTA Expert... more
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A project I did for contemporary issues class. we had to pick a social issue and go with it. My main criticism with this film is the Jena 6 section. I feel this section is relevant because it shows how right can easily be taken away from the wealthy. The gap between the have and have-nots are growing farther and farther apart.A project I did for contemporary issues class. we had to pick a social issue and go... more
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More Karl Rove style politics as usual from the Clinton campaign.
I become more disappointed every day. More Karl Rove style politics as usual from the Clinton campaign.
I become more... more
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BILL MOYERS: What rationale did ABC give you for not including you in Saturday night's debate?
DENNIS KUCINICH: Whatever their criteria was, they have no right to make the decision for the people of New Hampshire prior to the election being held. They have no right. As licensees, you know, the airwaves belong to the public, lest we forget. They don't belong to ABC. Disney, which owns ABC, has had executives contributing to some of the candidates in this race. It's a very serious matter here.
BILL MOYERS: But the editors of ABC say that, well, at some point, you know, as I do with this broadcast, they have to start making choices. And they have to start applying certain possibilities to the candidates.
DENNIS KUCINICH: Well, you know what, Bill? How can you have a debate if you don't have a voice that challenges all the others? Right now every other Democrat on that stage will be for keeping our troops in Iraq through at least 2013. Everyone else on the stage will be there for the continuation of NAFTA and the WTO. I mean, my position on the American political scene is to show people that there's a whole different direction that America can take here at home and in the world. And the Democratic Party in narrowing the choices and in the media, in trying to block the point of view that I represent, is really doing a disservice to the American people.BILL MOYERS: What rationale did ABC give you for not including you in Saturday... more
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An excellent commentary by Dr.Vandana Shiva who has been at the forefront of fighting for environmental democracy for many years. In this article she lays out the false solutions for climate change being used and discusses real ones. The problem however, is bringing down the old guard (mainly the WTO and The World Bank) that keeps perpetuating the false solutions for their own economic benefit at the expense of the poor. How can the world's poor gain an equal footing?An excellent commentary by Dr.Vandana Shiva who has been at the forefront of fighting... more
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Dennis Kucinich
"The first act in office is going to be to cancel NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement] and withdraw from the WTO [World Trade Organization]."
What, did he steal this from my playbook?Dennis Kucinich
"The first act in office is going to be to cancel NAFTA [North... more
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The Teamsters Union said Wednesday it will ask a federal appeals court to block the Bush administration's plan to allow Mexican trucks to carry cargo anywhere in the United States. (CNN)The Teamsters Union said Wednesday it will ask a federal appeals court to block the... more
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Salon: In his new book, "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada," Jerome Corsi weaves a sprawling theory in which multinational companies, the Bush administration, the Council on Foreign Relations, Democratic-leaning college professors and the governments of Mexico and Canada, among others, are all working -- not necessarily together, but in harmony -- to create a "North American Union." This NAU, Corsi says, will be similar to the European Union, breaking down national boundaries, establishing a single North American currency and potentially even leading to a rewriting of the Bill of Rights.Salon: In his new book, "The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger With Mexico and... more
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