What Would a 100% Tariff on Wine Look Like?

Spoiler alert: You might want to stock up now

"...and the answer involves an exploration of the current trade wars. The tariff tempest all began last October when..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

The Hightower Lowdown

"...could have the WTO. As they envisioned it, this World Trade Organization would be a secretive, autocratic authority based..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature

Gourmet Food Tariffs Hit Chefs In The Kitchen

"...story in the Wall Street Journal about the 100% trade tariff to be levied against a list of European..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

Letters at 3AM

The paradox of possiblities exhibited by the 20th century -- from Auschwitz to Ginger & Fred.

"...New York Times reported, one in four of the world's children live under the threat of war and/or violent..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Listen to the Candidates Debate ...

Greens' Cobb, Libs' Badnarik face off before UT crowd

"...from many other countries where we currently have troops: "World War II has been over with for over 50..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...Just after the rockem-sockem World Trade Organization protests in Seattle -- not to mention..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Rep. Lloyd Doggett Sees Threats to Ukraine's Democracy as Close to Home

Doggett: Ukrainian conflict is greater threat to Central Texans than many realize

"...D-Ore., to file an updated version of their Russia trade cutoff legislation March 7. The bill, which passed the..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Hightower Report

A magazine for the people outside the CEO suite; and drug companies get Bush to help them kill babies.

"...happened just before Christmas, when George W. Bush's top trade negotiator blocked an agreement by the WTO to provide..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

City Says No to WTO

"...unanimously passed a resolution opposing those provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Cheryl Bishop

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...of Indymedia, a Web-publishing experiment born during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. He was an independent..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Another Texan for President?

"...PATRIOT Act, he voted for NAFTA, he supports the World Trade Organization, the GATT, the World Bank and IMF,..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...heading down to Cancún Sept. 10-14 for the fifth World Trade Organization ministerial conference. There will be vegan margaritas..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Elephants at Play

GOP State Convention features flags, sanctimony, preaching … and a little politics

"...songs), and a rather contradictory item that supports "free trade" in general but counsels immediate withdrawal from the World..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...passengers that get bumped from flights that are over-booked. Organizations that he has founded or been involved in creating..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

When Comic Do Good

Thanks to the benefit 'Stand-Up Is Dead,' some Central Texas wildlife won't be.

"...start the Bill Hicks Foundation for Wildlife Rehabilitation, an organization dedicated to caring for and releasing orphaned and injured..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Letters @ 3AM

The greatest danger to Israel, in the long term, is its dependence on the United States

"...it is why Europe, Russia, China, and the Muslim world hold the United States accountable for any action of..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Conspiracy on South Lamar

King of conspiracy theorists Alex Jones to debut new anti-global government footage tonight.

"...he premiers footage from his latest "Fear the New World Order" magnum opus Endgame. Apparently it "documents the plan..."

June 21, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

Forget the middle ground: Why don't the progressives take over the Democratic Party and make a real fight of this thing?

"...them (preferably in an organized boycott), and let the world know about it...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by John Sayles

Cinematexas 8 Schedule

Go see Cinematexas!

"...6:30pm [Int'l 7] Another Green World..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature

TV Eye

Las Vegas and Lee Kyung Hae?

"...South Korean farmer who killed himself at last week's World Trade Organization conference, in a column about a prime-time..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Report

Joeseph Lieberman's corporate contributors, guacamole factories in Mexico, Starbucks bans local newspapers, pesticides in schools.

"...ABC subsidiary runs a congratulatory "news story" about Disney World on Good Morning America. Separate corporations, though, also are..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Column

Postmarks

Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?

"...dittohead fashion, someone attempts to defend and justify the World Trade Organization. Thomas Groover ("Postmarks," Dec. 9) suggests that..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column

Page Two

The overwhelming need for a Travis County hospital district should be obvious

"...Yet there are organizations funded by the very richest Americans whose main purpose..."

May 7, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Uncooling of America

"...the year, or protesters demonstrating in Seattle during the World Trade Organization's conference, is the equivalent of a grain..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Review by Tom Grimes

GE Foods: Getting to Know More

"...from the "A Closer Look" news segment on ABC World News Tonight, July 26, 1999..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

Why Ask Why?

Local art collective How+Why? stages its latest event, titled "Now More Than Ever," where art will co-opt advertising instead of vice versa.

"...who take on the likes of Mattel and the World Trade Organization. The lineup also includes local talent, with..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

People Have the Power?

A Look at Crowd Control and Austin's Weekend of Dissent

"...peaceful rallies ugly at last year's meeting of the World Trade Organization -- APD showed up for Austin's weekend..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...1999 with more than $1.8 billion and 5,000 employees worldwide." Two thousand of those employees are based in Austin,..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Action Items

"...Austin participants in the recent World Trade Organization protests in Seattle will lead a public..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature

GE Foods: Most Commonly Altered Crops

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

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