Ronald Wright - A Short History Of Progress

….we have excluded environmental standards from trade agreements. Like sex tourists with unlawful lusts, we do our dirtiest work among the poor.

 

Taken from the 2004 book A short history of progress by the Canadian philosopher Ronald Wright.

 

If you want an anti TTIP* and CETA* petition [and you should] - https://stop-ttip.org/

 

* TTIP –Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

* CETA –Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

 

 

If you’re not sure about the petition –

 

Info on TTIP - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/what-is-ttip-and-six-reasons-why-the-answer-should-scare-you-9779688.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership

 

Info. on CETA - http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/ceta-aecg/index.aspx?lang=eng

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wright

 

http://www.non-fides.fr/?Five-Facets-of-a-Myth