Episode 52 - Free Trade, Repressed Workers by CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies published on 2024-10-04T18:57:00Z How free was the imposition of the free trade model in the late-twentieth century? Not very, suggests political scientist Adam Dean’s research. The neoliberal trade model that has come to dominate the globe was imposed through repressive measures against the trade unions that opposed it in country after country. Dean talks to New Labor Forum’s Micah Uetricht about this history and what it means for the future of trade policy across the globe. Genre labor organizing