"Anti-free trade activist Maude Barlow has been called "the Ralph Nader of Canada, and the description is apt.
"She chairs the Council of Canadians, A Nader-inspired organization that Canada’s National Post called that country’s "local command post" for the anti-food-technology industry.
"Barlow has been a vocal opponent of free-trade agreements between the United States and Canada, holding positions that put her in line with modern socialists.
"Complaining to Canadian newsweekly McLeans that "governments are now saying everything should be on the open market, she defiantly declared that she and her organization `have decided that is not going to happen.’
In her book Global Showdown: How the New Activists are Fighting Global Corporate Rule, Maude Barlow emerged as a big-time international rabble-rouser; she makes prominent appearances at just about every major protest event on the World Bank/WTO calendar.
"In an April 2001 address to demonstrators in Quebec City, Barlow even defended vandalism, and property destruction, saying that `the real violence lies behind that wall with the 34 political leaders and their spin doctors and their corporate friends who bought their way in.’"
If activistcash.com is less than impressed with Barlow as a Canadian activist, they should check out Canadian rabble queens Judy Rebbick and Naomi Klein to mention just two.
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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