Why the Silence on Fast Track?

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Thu May 16 10:55:00 PDT 2002


Nathan, will these just be symbolic votes which will disappear in the confrerence committee? Also, the votes were not along party lines at all.

On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:08:24PM -0400, Nathan Newman wrote:
> I've been a little surprised by the general silence both on this list and in much of the left discussion generally around fast track authorization, previously a rather major issue tied to the global justice movement.
>
> The Senate has been voting on a series of amendments to promote labor and environmental standards in trade agreements, along with programs to assist workers displaced by trade.
>
> -- Nathan Newman

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