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Other Organizations Fighting for Common Sense on Trade Issues
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United States Business and Industry Council
http://www.usbusiness.org
The Council’s mission is to expand our domestic economy, with particular emphasis on our manufacturing, processing, and fabricating industries, and through the resulting growth to extend a high standard of living to all Americans. The Educational Foundation's mission is to provide research and support for the Council's mission and to expand the message of the small business community to our supporters, our nation's elected leaders, journalists, and college campuses.
Americans at Work
http://www.americansworking.com/
American Made Products Directory Please try to support American Workers by buying products from the directory below. Click on a letter below to go to that catagory (example to find American Made Jeans click C for Clothes or J for Jeans.
Buy USA Magazine
http://www.buyusamag.com
An excellent new publication that serves as a source for products manufactured in the United States. Each issue covers a wide variety of products which meet the Federal Trade Commission’s criteria for the “Made in USA” designation. Readers can learn about products manufactured in the United States, both by American- and foreign-owned corporations.
The Level Field Institute
http://www.levelfieldinstitute.org/
Level Field is a grassroots organization founded by retirees of Chrysler, Ford, GM and the companies that supply them. We encourage all foreign-owned automakers to invest more in America – home to some of the best workers in the world. But if you are care about how each automaker contributes to our economy, you should have all the facts.
BuyDirectUSA.com
http://www.buydirectusa.com
BuyDirectUSA.com is a Directory for U.S. Manufactures. We are dedicated to Promoting American Made Goods & Services. We are also an Online Shopping Source for Consumers Looking for Products Made in the USA.
ZebulonUSA.com
http://www.zebulonusa.com/
a retailer of ONLY American-made items. We currently carry Clothing (for men, women, and children), Bags and Luggage, and Toys and Games.
Crafted With Pride in the U.S.A.
http://www.craftedwithpride.org
Rescue American Jobs Foundation
http://www.RescueAmericanJobs.org
We are a national organization that is building community-based groups across the country of union, non-union, non-partisan, cross-industry, cross-occupation American workers fighting to save the American middle class.
How Americans Can Buy American
http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/
Prospering America through the power of consumer patriotism.
American Cars First
http://www.americancarsfirst.com
Buy American
http://www.buyamerican.com
BuyAmerican.com -- America's online shopping source for American-made products.
Street Signs USA
http://www.street-signs-usa.com/
Online catalog of traffic signs and free American flag stickers.
The American Steel industry
http://www.steel.org
The American steel industry has been battered by foreign dumping for at least two decades now. Read what they are trying to do about the problem.
China Currency Coalition
http://www.chinacurrencycoalition.org/
The China Currency Coalition is an alliance of industry, agriculture, and worker organizations whose mission is to support U.S. manufacturing by seeking an end to Chinese currency manipulation.
American Engineering Association
http://www.aea.org/
We are a national non-profit professional association founded in 1979 for the preservation of high-wage American technology jobs. We oppose outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries and importing foreign workers to take American jobs here. Most of the organizations that claim to represent our profession have been taken over by corporate interests seeking cheaper labor. America's long-term technological leadership, vital for our standard of living and national defense, depends on keeping middle class high-tech jobs here at home.
Tooling & Manufacturing Association
http://www.tmanet.com
TMA is a Chicago area trade association of 1,500 companies involved in producing tools & dies, molds, special machines, machined parts, metal stampings, plastic moldings, die castings, and related services such as heat treating, plating and engraving.
Southern Shrimp Alliance
http://www.shrimpalliance.com/
Steel Village
www.steelvillage.com
Northern Textile Association
http://www.textilenta.org
American Mold Builders Association
http://www.amba.org
United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC
http://www.uswa.org/
This is one union that understands the trade issue and is trying to do somehting about it.
Stand Up for Iron Ore
http://www.sufio.org
Foreign dumping, especially by the Brazilians, is trying to shut down the American steel industry and the iron ore mines that supply it. These folks are addressing the problem from the iron mine's point of view.
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/news/2001/0419_ftaa.htm
AFL-CIO report on the destructive effects of NAFTA and the likely expansion of the problem is a Free Trade Area of the America's is negotiated, as President Bush wants.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
http://www.goiam.org
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
USITC Trade Database
http://www.dataweb.usitc.gov
Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
Fed Stats
http://www.fedstats.gov
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.economicpolicyinstitute.org/
A labor-sponsored think tank that does terrific work on trade-related matters, inter alia. Be sure to read the report: NAFTA at Seven
MBG Information Services
http://www.mbginfosvcs.com/
The Levy Economics Institute
http://www.levy.org
The Levy Institute at Bard College consistently produces excellent research on a number of trade-related issues. Its president Dmitri Papadimitriou served as a member of the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission.
Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org
The Center for Immigration Studies conducts in-depth, honest research on the effects of immigration on many facets of American life, including jobs, taxes, social programs, etc. Read the new study Immigration and Labor.
The Japan Policy Research Institute
http://jpri.org
Research on Japan from the redoubtable Chalmers Johnson and associates. Not all material on the site is accessible without membership.
Norman Matloff's Immigration Forum
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/pub/Immigration/Index.html
Chronicles
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org
Insight Magazine
http://www.InsightMag.com
Insight Magazine occasionally carries articles related to trade, national sovereignty, and national defense. Unlike its knee-jerk free trade parent, The Washington Times newspaper, Insight gets the story right.
The American Prospect
http://www.prospect.org/
One of the few magazines in this country to write convincingly about trade policy on a regular basis.
The American Cause
http://www.theamericancause.org
Pat Buchanan's organization and website. No one has sounded the alarm about the US government's ill-conceived trade deals, such as NAFTA and the WTO, as Pat Buchanan. Read his latest take on trade issues.
Renew America
http://www.renewamerica.us
Young Constitutionalists
http://www.youngconstitutionalists.org
The youth activist organization of the Constitution Party. Among other issues, they fight for fair trade and national sovereignty on campuses across the nation.
Constitution Party
http://www.constitutionparty.com
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/04/nafta0416.htm
An important report on the failure of the three NAFTA governments to take their promises on labor obligations seriously: Trading Away Rights: The Unfulfilled Promise of NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement
America First Party
http://www.americafirstparty.org
People-Centered Development Forum
http://www.pcdf.org
Calls for a return to basic market principles by establishing a global system of local economies based on independent locally owned small and medium scale enterprises that give priority to producing goods and services for local markets, while trading surpluses for goods and services not reasonably produced locally. Makes the case that such economies are the key to economic stability, universal prosperity, and environmental health.
Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.org/camps/intl/index.html
Friends of the Earth has long been active in international trade policy. For an environmental perspective on trade issues, visit this site.
The Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/
The venerable environmental organization tackles the negative effects of globalization in its site on Responsible Trade. Sierra's knowledgeable Dan Seligman leads the effort.
American Lands
http://www.americanlands.org
American Reformation Project
http://www.americanreformation.org
The Conservative Caucus
http://www.ConservativeUSA.org
Conservative lobbying tools for activists: E-mail Congress, read issue briefings and much more.
Citizens Lobby
http://www.citizenslobby.com
CitizensLobby.com is a grass-roots organization that advocates putting America's interests first -- in trade, foreign policy and immigration.
Tradition, Family and Property
http://www.tfp.org
Freedom.org
http://www.freedom.org/
China E-Lobby
http://www.geocities.com/china_e_lobby/
An organization dedicated to exposing the abuses of human rights, threats to American security, and attacks on general decency committed by Communist China, and to influencing U.S. policy to ensure these egregious acts do not go unopposed.
Jim Hightower
http://www.jimhightower.com
Jill Nicholson
http://www.jillnicholson.com
Conservative radio talk show host who knows the truth that "free trade" is killing our country. This site is dedicated to informing and educating people with the news and information they don't get from their local and national mainstream media sources.
Chuck Morse
http://www.chuckmorse.com
Chuck Morse, Boston's Conservative Voice of Reason, is a published author and a talk show host on Salem Radio - AM950 WROL - Boston.
Cutting Edge - a talk show
http://www.cuttingedge-atalkshow.com
The Terry Anderson Show
http://www.theterryandersonshow.com
Terry's Show can be heard world-wide through the Internet (and on Cable Radio Network) every Sunday 8:00 pm (Pacific Time), and it has become extremely popular. Callers are from throughout the United States and the lines often fill up before the show begins! Please pass this information along to all your members, website viewers and/or newsletter recipients so they can tune in and call in too! (We often give preference to first-time callers and people from outside of Southern California.)
The American Dream Federation
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=103568484&Mytoken=D70DC535-8435-4790-8642599DD36D047B6128831
To keep the American Dream alive by ensuring American remains the Land of Opportunity! My Space Group
China Confidential
http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/
Discussion of China's military and industrial expansion.
Right Democrat
http://www.rightdemocrat.blogspot.com
Oh!pinion
http://home.att.net/~sw-anderson/Ohpinion/index.html
A Webzine/blog, Oh!pinion, devoted to commentary on public policy matters, with, as it goes along, particular focus on the hollowing out of the U.S. economy through so-called free trade and globalization.
Sentry Over America
http://www.sentryoveramerica.com
Sentry over America: Sentinel for Liberty and Justice
OpinioNet
http://www.opinionet.com
OpinioNet.com daily commentaries and news items on a wide range of topics, mostly political and environmental.
Conservative Truth
http://www.conservativetruth.org
American WorldView Dispatch
http://americanworldview.tripod.com
Commentary by columnist Frederick Meekins and links to news around the Internet.
Fader
http://www.fader.com
Common Conservative
http://www.commonconservative.com
Friends of Liberty
http://www.sianews.com
Money Files
http://www.moneyfiles.org
THE DANGERS AND DISASTERS RELATED TO A DEBT BASED ECONOMY
Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org
A national library of factual information on candidates and elected officials at the federal and state level.
Mich News
http://www.michnews.com
Features conservative columns, cartoons, and links relating to U.S. and international events.
Globalization Forum at About.com
http://globalization.about.com/
Breaking All The Rules
http://sartre.info
Sober essays on current Politics, Foreign Policy, Markets, Media, Law, Education, Culture, Society, Philosophy and Religion.
News with Views
http://www.NewsWithViews.com
"Where there is no insight, people parish"
First Liberties
http://www.firstliberties.com
America's Advocate, James L. Hirsen, J.D., Ph.D., is a constitutional law professor, published author, pundit for NewsMax.com and a popular conservative talk show host.
Republican Forum
http://www.republicanforum.com
Although geared to right leaning individuals the Republican forum offers a little bit of verything to all political ideologies. Come on in and discuss the latest happenings or age old debates. We are your one stop source for political news and debate.
Swans
http://www.swans.com
Founded in 1996, Swans is a honest journal of opinion offering constructive criticism on many issues our world faces -- ecology, economics, war and peace, etc.. The editorial line is progressive and action oriented.
You Don't Say
http://www.youdontsay.org
Bite-sized nuggets of political news and commentary, valuable links, and a few items to tickle your funny bone.
The Populist
http://thepopulist.typepad.com/essays/
Essays on Politics, Economics, and Military Affairs
In Liberty & Freedom
http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com
Enter Stage Right
http://www.enterstageright.com
A Journal of Modern Conservatism
RightTurns
http://www.rightturns.com
Commentary heading in the right direction
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