Good leftist discussion on free trade

Some of the most interesting conversations on free trade are currently happening at the TPMCafe. A good example is the discussion that ensued a post by David Sirota (Do free traders think the American is stupid?). Not that the original post is of very high quality, but the discussion that follows shows fairly well the various opinions - although not always in an extremely polite fashion - typical of the debate on the left on free trade.

As I said in my comment, a list of opinions from the American public doesn't tell us if they're informed on a certain issue. It's using statistics to impress an audience, but failing to make a point. Too bad.

Alan Blinder's post (Progressives should be for progress) is also worth reading.