Category: globalisation

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The government intends to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our public protections.

The denial of popular sovereignty by mainstream leaders allows demagogues like Trump to pose as democratic champions.

A US-UK trade deal threatens to export the horrors of US corporate livestock production

How the guardians of nationhood conspire in its destruction.

Global trade once made us rich. Now it unleashes a full-spectrum assault on our well-being.

How a dark money network is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic.

Corporate lobbyists and their captive governments try to wear down our resistance with one fake trade treaty after another.

To this government, “taking back control” means handing Britain to a different set of foreign powers

The decision to leave the EU is a disaster, but also a great opportunity for renewal

Those who want to leave the EU refuse to make the most crushing argument against it. Here’s why.

The European Union looks thoroughly rotten – until you compare it to the alternatives.

I am starting to hate the European Union. But I will vote to stay in.

Banks and corporations are being liberated from the rule of law, and are ripping the world apart.

The assault on Greece is just the latest episode in a long history of shutting down choice on behalf of the financial elite.

Why will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP?

This bill of rights for corporations will blow up the sovereignty of parliaments

Do those negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have any interest in democracy? Here’s a test.

Politicians and officials are desperately seeking to justify their transatlantic assault on democracy.

That’s what the new rules being smuggled into trade agreements are delivering.

The real threat to the national interest comes from the rich and powerful