As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM

WITH US-Mexico talks on a “new Nafta” heating up and facing a deadline to send a pact to Capitol Hill, union leaders met President Donald Trump at the White House on August 21 to warn him against making a bad deal.
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka led the delegation, which included Steelworkers’ president Leo Gerard. Trumka issued a warning flag for the president in advance and the others stayed mum.
The AFL-CIO communications staff did not return either a call or an email seeking names of other participants.

The US could imminently return to the Wild West days of widespread and sometimes violent corporate repression of workers, says MARK GRUENBERG


