Robert Naiman is a D.C.-based policy analyst. He has done research on globalization issues for Public Citizen`s Global Trade Watch and the Preamble Center. His primary preoccupation is building the anti-intervention movement against the economic imperialism of the United States, including efforts to limit and reduce the power of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the US Agency for International Development; and apply counterpressure in the United States against the policies implemented and imposed by these institutions.
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Earlier this week, I asked you to sign our petition at MoveOn to President Obama and Congress demanding that Congress debate and…
The moment of truth has arrived. According to press reports, President Obama has openly embraced cutting Social Security and veterans benefits by…
Remember when we pilloried John McCain for singing about bombing Iran? Wouldn't it be a scandal if it turned out that California Senator…
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A key paradox for progressives of our national political life goes something like this: everybody complains about Congress, but nobody does anything…
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