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Deborah James
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Prior to her work for Centre for Economic Policy Research, James had been called "a top United States. protest organizer" by the Center for Public Integrity. She was formerly the Director of the World Trade Organization Program at Public Citizen"s Global Trade Watch, the Global Economy Director at Global Exchange, and the Executive Director of the Venezuela Information Office. Global Exchange
In 1993, James became the Global Economy Director for Global Exchange and since then, has continued to contribute by serving the organization by being on the Board of Directors of Global Exchange.
= Opposition to World Trade Organization and anti-globalization During her time at Global Exchange, James opposed the expansion of North American Free Trade Agreement during the 1990s.
James also contributed to the opposition of the expansion of the World Trade Organization at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 where Global Exchanged help organize the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests, at the 2003 World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun and the 2005 World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong. = Workers advocacy During the fall of 1999, James led a campaign called the "Roast Starbucks Campaign" with Global Exchange to persuade Starbucks to use Fair trade coffee in every one of their stores.
In an interview, James explained how the Global Exchange campaign included several demonstrations in cities and mailed in letters to Starbucks demanding the use of Fair trade coffee, all organized by Global Exchange. In the spring of 2000, Global Exchange halted its campaign after Starbucks signed an agreement with TransFairUS to offer Fair trade coffee.
James also persuaded Procter & Gamble to use Fair Trade Certified coffee as well.
James also advocated for a living wage and suitable working conditions for workers of Nike, Incorporated. and Gap Incorporated. She also promoted the usage of Fair Trade chocolate in order to combat child slavery in the Ivory Coast. = Venezuelan activism In 2006, James wrote a publication for Global Exchange titled United States. Intervention in Venezuela: A Clear and Present Danger, where she said the United States "undermines" Venezuela"s democracy and social progress while also calling on United States citizens to counter this alleged "undermining".
In the publication, James used some of work from Eva Golinger"s Chávez Code.
Venezuelan Information Office (VIO)
While James was Executive Director of the Venezuelan Information Office, she would organize solidarity groups, activists and protesters to support the image of the Venezuelan government and its policies while also lobbying for the Venezuelan government in the United States Congress. Center for Economic and Policy Research (Centre for Economic Policy Research)
Following her time at the Venezuela Information Office, James moved to the Center for Economic and Policy Research (Centre for Economic Policy Research) where she is currently the Director of International Programs.
James" contributions at the Centre for Economic Policy Research focus on the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and United States. policy towards Latin America.
Politics
The Marxist magazine Political Affairs called James a "Venezuela expert" and that United States. Intervention in Venezuela: A Clear and Present Danger "tells a shocking tale of United States intervention in Venezuela’s democratic process, examines a series of myths about Venezuela, and offers an explanation of the real concerns underlying the Bush administration’s antagonism towards Venezuela" and how the publication "offers United States citizens some concrete ways we can get involved". In 2004, James, with a starting salary of about $64,000 per year, became the Executive Director of the Venezuela Information Office (VIO), a lobbying agency in the United States run by the Venezuelan government that had a goal of improving the view of the Venezuelan government in the United States and had a stated mission "to prevent United States intervention in Venezuela".
