Increasingly the rules that promote corporate domination of our lives are being set by international trade and investment agreements. These agreements place short-term economic efficiency and maximization of profit above all other values, including democracy. They promote privatization, deregulation and unfettered movement of capital (the "neoliberal" agenda) which removes profits from communities and strengthens transnational corporations at the expense of civil society and the democratic process.

Since 1997, the Alliance for Democracy has had a national campaign to oppose international agreements that promote corporate globalization. The campaign first focused on stopping the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and stop it we did, thanks to a strong international network of civil society organizations. Attention next turned to stopping the WTO Millennium Round in Seattle and that is history. Here are our current campaigns.

Breaking News!
Barnstead and Nottingham NH are poised to pass local self-governance ordinances in their Town Meetings this March that will ban corporations from taking their water, deny them corporate personhood and assert the rights of nature. Stay tuned! Click here for more about Barnstead.