Proposing a NAFTA-style trade deal is bad enough — proposing one with the deadliest country in the world to be a union member is an outrage. The number of assassinations of Colombian trade unionists increased from 39 in 2007, the year the FTA was signed, to at least 51 in 2010. Things are getting worse, not better. Please act now to oppose the Colombia FTA and other pending trade deals.
Statements on the Colombia FTA
Read our latest on the Colombia FTA
Reports, Factsheets & Talking Points
Letter to President Obama on Continued Violence in Colombia AFL-CIO, September 26, 2011
Letter on Continuing Violence in Colombia AFL-CIO, August 4, 2011
Murder and Impunity of Colombia Trade Unionists USLEAP, June 2011
Resources for Opposing the US-Colombia FTA Latin America Working Group, July 2011
Letter Calling for Congressional Investigation on Potential Misuse of U.S. Aid, USW and CWA, August 24, 2011
Dear Colleague on Afro-Colombian Rights Congressman Hank Johnson, July 6, 2011
Letter on Unionists Assassinated So Far This Year United Steelworkers, June 29, 2011
List of 104 Labor and Human Rights Activists Murdered During the First 10 Months of the Santos Administration Justice for Colombia, June 2011
Civil Society Letter (430 groups) Opposing the Colombia FTA WOLA, June 2011
Letter Opposing the Colombia FTA Communications Workers of America, July 5, 2011
Letter Opposing the Colombia FTA Service Employees International Union, July 5, 2011
Letter Opposing All Three FTAs United Steelworkers, June 20, 2011
Letter Opposing All Three FTAs International Brotherhood of Teamsters, June 15, 2011
As Goes Telefonica: The Colombia FTA & Action Plan Communications Workers of America, June 2011
Colombia Telefonica Case Study Communications Workers of America, May 2011
The Colombia FTA: Bad for the Environment Friends of the Earth, May 2011
Colombia’s Displacement Crisis in 2010 Latin America Working Group, April 25, 2011
Religious Groups Oppose Colombia FTA Interfaith Working Group on Trade & Investment, April 15, 2011
Obama’s “Labor Action Plan” for Colombia Woefully Inadequate USLEAP, April 13, 2011
Action Plan with Colombia Does Not Resolve Ongoing Human Rights Crisis TransAfrica Forum, April 8, 2011
Colombia “Action Plan” Not Good Enough Citizens Trade Campaign, April 6, 2011
Talking Points on Violence Against Trade Unionists and Impunity USLEAP April 2011
Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists: Fact vs. Myth USLEAP, March 2011
Colombia: Falling Further Behind in the Fight Against the Impunity of Anti-Union Violence USLEAP, December 22, 2010
The Likely Impact of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement on Colombian Workers Demos, May 18, 2010
Truth Behind Bars: Colombian Paramilitary Leaders in U.S. Custody
Systematic Violence Requires Strategic Justice: Ongoing Impunity in Assasinations of Trade Unionists in Colombia USLEAP 2008 Annual Impunity Report
Ten Years of “Plan Colombia”: Bogota leases military real estate to the Obama Administration Council on Hemispheric Affairs, August 5, 2009
Parlimentary DeclarationEU, October 23, 2008
Free Trade with Colombia: McCain’s Misguided Campaign Council on Hemispheric Affairs, June 27, 2008
AFRO-COLOMBIANS: AUTONOMOUS RIGHTS UNDERMINED: Systematic Repression and the U.S.– Colombia Free Trade Agreement TransAfrica Forum, May 1, 2008
So Far to Go: Human Rights in Colombia Latin America Working Group Education Fund, April 2008
Workers’ Rights, Violence and Impunity in Colombia AFL-CIO, January 9, 2008
Trade Deficit in Food Safety Global Trade Watch, July 2007
Colombia: Killings, arbitrary detentions, and death threats — the reality of trade unionism in Colombia Amnesty International, July 3, 2007
Colombia Fact Sheet: Murder and Impunity of Colombian Trade Unionists Under Uribe USLEAP, December 2009
Opposing the FTA with Colombia: Talking Points on Violence Against Trade Unionists and Impunity USLEAP, November 2009
General Background on the Colombia FTA Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
Colombia FTA: Background on Investor Rights Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
The Colombia FTA: Background on Agriculture Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
The Colombia FTA: Background on Illegal Drug Production Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
The Colombia FTA: Impact on Food and Food Safety Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
The Colombia FTA: Environmental Concerns Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008
Violence Against Colombia Trade Unionists and Impunity: How Much Progress Has There Been Under Uribe? USLEAP, April 2008
Fact Sheet: Murders of Trade Unionists and Impunity Under UribeUSLEAP, April 2008
Talking Points: Colombia’s Horrific Labor Abuses Are Among a Long List of Reasons to Oppose the Colombia FTA Public Citizen, June 5, 2008
Why We Oppose the Colombia FTA AFL-CIO
Colombia Continues to be a Deadly Country in which to be a Trade Unionist AFL-CIO
Colombian Unionists In All Sectors Oppose the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement AFL-CIO
Workers’ Rights in Colombia AFL-CIO
IBEW Legislative Fact Sheet on Trade August 2007
U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Witness for Peace Fact Sheet
FLOWERS: Labor Rights Violations, Pesticide Poisoning, and Poverty Wages Witness for Peace Fact Sheet
Colombia: Violence Against Workers Witness for Peace Fact Sheet
Colombia: Forced Eradication and Fumigation of Coca Crops Witness for Peace Fact Sheet
U.S. Multinationals in Colombia: Profits and Plundering Witness for Peace Fact Sheet
Miller and McGovern Letter to USTR on Attempted Assassination of Labor Rights Lawyer Hernan Dario May 18, 2010
Miller to Uribe: Colombia Must Improve Investigations and Prosecutions of Labor Killings Education & Labor Committee, Congressman George Miller, Chairman, September 15, 2008
Hare opposes yoking trade assistance, Colombia Press release submitted by Rep. Phil Hare, Quad-Cities Online, July 22, 2008
Brown, Senators Call on Bush Administration to Address Ongoing Violence in Colombia Office of Senator Sherrod Brown, July 1, 2008
Michaud Joins U.S. and Colombian Labor Leaders to Speak Out Against Colombian FTA Office of Congressman Mike Michaud, May 14, 2008
Economic Relief Must Come First Congresswoman Betty McCollum, April 15, 2008
Colombia FTA Statements Office of Congressman Mike Michaud, April 10, 2008
Statement on Suspension of Fast Track Procedures for Consideration of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Office of Congressman Tom Allen, April 10, 2008
Standing Up for Workers, Patrick Murphy Opposes Colombia Trade Deal Office of Congressman Patrick Murphy, April 10, 2008
Solis Statement on Colombia Free Trade Agreement Office Congresswoman Hilda Solis, April 10, 2008
McCollum: Economic Relief for Americans Must Come before President’s Colombia Trade Deal Office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum, April 10, 2008
Kaptur Introduces Bill Opposing Colombia Trade Deal Office of U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur, April 8, 2008
Blumenauer Issues Statement on U.S.-Colombia FTA Office of U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, April 7, 2008
Dorgan: Bush’s Trade Policies Have Failed; Colombia Free Trade Agreement Is More of the Same Office of Senator Byron Dorgan, April 7, 2008
Statement on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Office of Congressman Tom Allen, April 7, 2008
Senator Sherrod Brown Calls Proposed Colombian FTA Betrayal Of Middle Class Office of Senator Sherrod Brown, April 7, 2008
Snowe Voices Opposition to U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement Office of U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, April 7, 2008
Sutton Statement on U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Office of U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, April 7, 2008
Past Organizational Statements
Colombia FTA and Trade Union Violence US LEAP, December 21, 2009
USTR Receives Public Comments Concerning the Pending Colombia and Korea Free Trade Agreements
AFL-CIO Comments to USTR on the Colombia FTA
TransAfrica Forum comments to USTR on Colombia FTA
CTC Comments to USTR on the Colombia FTA
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On Increase of Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists, September 10, 2008
Hoffa Blasts McCain Trip to Colombia, Refusal to Address Human Rights Issues Teamsters Press Release, July 2, 2008
Letter to President Bush Concerning Violence in Colombia and the FTA Sens. Sherrod Brown, Byron Dorgan, Robert C. Byrd, Debbie Stabenow, Bob Casey, and Sheldon Whitehouse, July 1, 2008
Colombia: McCain’s Visit Should Focus on Democracy and Rights Human Rights Watch, June 30, 2008
Letter to Senator John McCain Human Rights Watch, June 27, 2008
Extradited Paramilitary Leaders and the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Human Rights Watch, May 20, 2008
Oppose the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Amazon Watch, Earthjustice, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, May 15, 2008
Letter to the House of Representatives on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement Teamsters, April 29, 2008
CTC Supports Reasserting Congressional Authority Over Trade Citizens Trade Campaign, April 11, 2008
NFU Statement: Colombia FTA is Wrong Move at Wrong Time National Farmers Union, April 8, 2008
Domestic Manufacturers Say Colombia Deal Will Worsen Recession United States Business and Industry Council, April 8, 2008
US: Reject Colombia Free Trade Deal Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2008
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On U.S. – Colombia Free Trade Agreement April 7, 2008
The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement: Just say No! MADRE, April 1, 2008
Voting Against the FTA is the right decision Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Polo Democrático Alternativo, March 24, 2008
Statement on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, March 12, 2008
Religious Organizations Oppose U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment, March 7, 2008
Letter to the House of Representatives on the Rule Change Teamsters, April 10, 2008
NDN President Rosenberg Challenges Bush’s Strategy on U.S.-Colombia FTA NDN, April 8, 2008
USW Calls on Congress to Reject Colombia FTA United Steelworkers, April 07, 2008
Teamsters Will Strongly Oppose Colombia Trade Agreement: Hoffa Says Bush Again Turns His Back On Workers Teamsters, April 07, 2008
Letter to President Uribe denouncing recent violence against human rights defenders and labor unionists Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, Refugees International, Lutheran World Relief, Washington Office on Latin America, Jesuit Conference, Latin America Working Group, Center for International Policy, U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project, US Office on Colombia, Mercy Corps, Fellowship of Reconciliation, United Methodist Church: General Board of Church and Society, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Center for Justice and International Law, Center for Justice and International Law, Witness for Peace, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Central Committee, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Colombia Human Rights Committee, Church of the Brethren Witness/Washington Office, March 26, 2008
Letter to Senate saying the AFL-CIO is “unalterably opposed” to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement AFL-CIO, November 7, 2007
Letter to House saying the AFL-CIO is “unalterably opposed” to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement AFL-CIO, November 7, 2007
Oppose Expansion of NAFTA/CAFTA National Latino Congreso, October 6, 2007
The United States Needs a New Pro-Environment Trade Policy Amazon Watch, American Lands Alliance, ForestEthics, Greenpeace USA, Rainforest Action Network, October 5, 2007
Afro-Descendants in Peru and Colombia Oppose the Free Trade Agreements with the United States November 7, 2006
Cover Letter AFRODES-USA, AFSC, WOLA, United Church of Christ, Global Rights, TransAfrica Forum, November 13, 2006
Also visit our Colombia FTA News Archive
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![The Obama administration has upgraded Malaysia’s status in the State Department’s “Trafficking in Persons” report in order to ease the country’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), according to human rights groups and others. “[Malaysia’s] […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_plunder_small-36x36.jpg "Ignoring Modern Day Slavery to Advance the TPP"){kind=small}
![Proponents of a corporate-driven Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) like to pretend that those who oppose race-to-the-bottom trade policies are somehow “anti-trade.” It’s an asinine accusation. The thousands of organizations and millions of […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SanFranTPPRound_0610-36x36.png "What the TPP Should Look Like"){kind=small}
![Highlighting just how deeply engrained opposition is to Fast Track legislation, Seattle City Council passed a resolution opposing Fast Track for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other pending trade […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SeattleResolution-36x36.png "Seattle City Council Unanimously Opposes Fast Track"){kind=small}
![When U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited Miami in March 2015 trying to build support for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Citizens Trade Campaign and its partners were there warning that the deal poses serious […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Miami1-36x36.jpg "Florida Isn’t Buying Citigroup Exec’s TPP Promises"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim met at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in March 2015 with a goal of pushing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to completion, […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TPP-secret-deal-36x36.jpg "Hawaii Islanders Protest Outside Secretive TPP Trade Summit"){kind=small}
![Fair trade activists set off on a two-day “Fair Trade or BusTour” across the Pacific Northwest in February 2015 to raise awareness of the risks of fast-tracking the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TacomaActivists-36x36.png "Fair Trade or BusTour"){kind=small}
![Leaked texts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement continue to reveal a bonanza of special rights for big corporations. Most recently, on August 4, 2015, Knowledge Ecology International […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TPPLA11-36x36.jpg "Leaked TPP Texts Reveal a Bonanza of Special Rights for Corporations"){kind=small}
![Nearly 600 organizations, together representing millions of Americans, have sent a joint letter to Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing their steadfast opposition to Fast Track and outlining the minimum requirements […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DontFastTrackJobsOverseas-36x36.jpg "Smart Track Can’t Be Fast Track in Disguise"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates delivered over 10,000 petition signatures adhered to old-fashioned 5.25″ floppy disks to Senator Ron Wyden’s offices throughout Oregon this March. The petition, spearheaded by the Oregon Fair […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FastTrackIsAFlop-36x36.jpg "Fast Track’s as Outdated as a Floppy Disk"){kind=small}
![Fast Track legislation that would allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade proposals to be rushed through Congress has been met by a tidal wave of resistance. The so-called […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-92-36x36.png "Fast Track Down, But Not Out"){kind=small}
![As negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim gathered in Salt Lake City for a five-day summit aimed at moving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement to conclusion, Utahns were […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Picture-47-36x36.png "Salt Lake TPP Round the Most Secretive Yet"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates are praising the release of a new letter voicing Congressional opposition to Fast Track, a policy-making process that allows trade pacts to circumvent ordinary Congressional review, amendment […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FastTrackDC-36x36.jpg "Congress Voices Bipartisan Opposition to Fast Track"){kind=small}
![As closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) opened just across town, consumer, environmental, family farm and labor advocates gathered at the Washington, DC offices of the Sierra Club […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/taftapartay-36x36.jpg "Civil Society Raises TAFTA Concerns"){kind=small}
![YOU’RE INVITED: Citizens Trade Campaign hosts monthly briefing calls by national and international advocates and campaigners for activists throughout the country to arm themselves with the latest information on the […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD_FoodSovereignty_small-36x36.jpg "ACTIVISTS START HERE: The TPP & Fast Track Organizer’s Toolkit"){kind=small}
![Troubled by continued secrecy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement , over 400 civil society organizations representing more than 15 million Americans have written to Congress urging that Fast […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RIPFastTrack-36x36.jpg "Hundreds of U.S. Organizations Urge Congress to Replace Fast Track"){kind=small}
![Hundreds of activists from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond gathered for a Cross-Border Rally and Organizing Summit to Defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) held at Peace Arch Park on […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TPPxBorderfb02-36x36.jpg "Cross-Border Organizing Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![As the 14th major round of closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in northern Virginia, Citizens Trade Campaign and our labor, environmental, consumer, public health, family farm and other social […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AllisonChin_small-36x36.jpg "Leesburg: No Back Room Deals for the 1%"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators and corporate lobbyists met at a swank San Diego hotel this July in an attempt to push the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) toward conclusion, labor, environmental and community organizations […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_ben1_small-36x36.jpg "San Diego and the Nation Greet TPP Negotiators"){kind=small}
![Leaked Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement Texts Reveal U.S. Pushing Extreme Pharmaceutical Corporation Demands that Would Undermine Consumers’ Access to Affordable Medicine Obama Administration Positions Roll Back Initial 2007 Reforms Made […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_6739-36x36.jpg "Leaked Trans-Pacific FTA Texts Reveal U.S. Undermining Access to Medicine"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from around the Pacific Rim gathered in Chicago and southern California to hammer out the details of a massive new trade deal, CTC and our allies were […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VictorTPP-36x36.jpg "Help Prevent a NAFTA of the Pacific"){kind=small}
![The Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition held a demonstration outside Congressman Jason Altmire’s office yesterday, calling on him to oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Read the results of their action […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/PA_Photo-36x36.jpg "Pennsylvania Protest a Success"){kind=small}
![Over 150 labor activists filed into Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s office today urging him to “Make the Link” between Free Trade Agreements, job loss and state budget shortfalls. After a […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Link_Jackie-36x36.jpg "Portland Congressman Urged to “Make the Link”"){kind=small}
![Washington state labor, social justice, faith, students and community members held a rally in Seattle today calling on Congressman Jim McDermott and the rest of the state’s Congressional delegation to […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/FTACarSkit-36x36.png "Seattle to Congress: We Don’t Buy It!"){kind=small}
![Check out this excellent piece from today’s StarTribune by the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition‘s Jessica Lettween: Free trade agreements jolt the economy, but not in a good way Proponents of […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/MinnesotaFTC-36x36.jpg "Minnesota OpEd Slams FTAs"){kind=small}
![Members of North Texas Jobs with Justice, Communications Workers of America Local 6215 and the Sierra Club held a vigil outside the Dallas A Maceo Federal Building this afternoon to […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hallnancydowntown-36x36.jpg "Dallas Speaks Out Against Job-Killing FTAs"){kind=small}
![Last week, the California Democratic Party endorsed a resolution opposing the FTAs with Korea and Colombia. It was one of just 11 (out of about 90) to be brought before […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cdplogo-36x36.jpg "California Dems Oppose Pending Trade Deals"){kind=small}
![Members of the Maine Labor Council- United Steelworkers, who represent over 3,000 papermakers across the state, issued an invitation today to President Barack Obama and Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KeepMaineJobs-36x36.jpg "President Invited to Walk in Millworkers’ Shoes"){kind=small}
![Here are twelve things you need to know about the Korea Free Trade Agreement, the biggest of the FTAs passed by Congress in October 2011… The Korea Free Trade Agreement […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KimRally-36x36.jpg "The Korea Free Trade Agreement Means More Offshoring"){kind=small}
![On Monday, April 18th, NY CTC Director Brooke Newell addressed a group of over 100 people participating in a nationwide tax day campaign called “Make Them Pay”. The rally, held in […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MakeThemPay2-36x36.jpg "Panama FTA Empowers Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![On April 13, Panama’s National Assembly approved a new Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the United States, in an attempt to win approval of the Panama Free Trade Agreement […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BillMagorian-36x36.jpg "The Panama Free Trade Agreement Is a Gift to Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, working closely with State Senator Maralyn Chase and the Washington State Labor Council, has successfully beaten back a measure in the state legislature calling on Congress […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BeatBack-36x36.jpg "WFTC Beats Back Measure in Support of Korea FTA"){kind=small}
![Displaced high-tech workers and fair trade advocates held a rally outside the main gates of Intel’s Ronler Acres facility in Hillsboro, Oregon to voice their opposition to the Obama administration’s […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MitchBesseratIntel-36x36.jpg "Displaced Tech Workers Oppose Korea Trade Agenda"){kind=small}
![Tim Robertson, Director of the California Fair Trade Coalition, had an op-ed in today’s San Francisco Chronicle pointing out the folly of looking at export projections while ignoring the import […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SanFrancsicoChronicle-36x36.jpg "San Francisco Op-Ed Warns Against Fuzzy Math"){kind=small}
