Mike Dolan

[There will be a roundtable discussion with Mike Dolan from 4-5 pm on Jan 26 at the Avery House Library. Contact the Y at x6163 to sign up.]

Mike Dolan
Global Trade Watch

Mike Dolan is a veteran organizer with extensive grassroots experience throughout the country. He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Global Trade Watch team at Public Citizen - founded by Ralph Nader in 1971- and Field Director of the Citizens Trade Campaign, a national coalition of labor, environmental, consumer and family farm groups which oppose the corporate driven so-called 'free trade' agenda characterized by the NAFTA and GATT agreements. Mike and the CTC activist network were instrumental in the defeat of 'Fast Track' trade negotiating authority in the 105th Congress, as well as the Multilateral Agreement on Investments in 1998. More recently, Mike was the lead organizer in the campaign to stop the new WTO Ministerial round in Seattle. Mike and CTC again brought an army of informed citizen voices to challenge the forces of corporate globalization and won.

Mike has managed field operations in a number of electoral campaigns, including targeted congressional races in California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Nebraska. He was the Field Director for the CDP during the early 90's. During the '92 election cycle, Mike was the National Field Director for Rock The Vote and an architect of the movement which produced the largest turnout of young voters since the passage of the 26th Amendment. In addition to his organizing skills, Mike has a law degree and has practiced law - litigation with an emphasis in labor relations - in the Midwest during the 80's.

"We want trade agreements that make human rights and labor rights as important as copyrights." - Mike Dolan