Next Phase Of TPP Resistance

The mobilization to stop the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) in DC from November 14 to 18 was a great success!

Hundreds attended the arts build and training camp and many times more took to the streets. Three energetic and colorful marches and rallies over two days shut down the US Trade Representative’s Office, stopped at the White House, took over the front door of the US Chamber of Commerce, swarmed the lobby of Morgan Stanley, shut down streets and the entrance to Monsanto and performed actions of solidarity in front of embassies of TPP countries. On the third day, a group visited Congressional leaders to deliver TPP toilet paper rolls.

The National Journal reported:

For the U.S. pres­id­ent, it must have been tempt­ing there in the five-star Sofitel Phil­ip­pine Plaza Hotel, with its spec­tac­u­lar views of Ma­nila Bay and its lush trop­ic­al land­scap­ing, to mo­ment­ar­ily for­get that not every­body back home is cheer­ing.

For 8,600 miles away, back un­der gray, threat­en­ing skies in Wash­ing­ton, there were vivid re­mind­ers that the do­mest­ic crit­ics who con­demn the TPP trade deal aren’t go­ing to be quiet, something quite evid­ent to the com­muters stuck on roads snarled by plac­ard-bear­ing pro­test­ers. Or­gan­ized by a co­ali­tion of 63 or­gan­iz­a­tions op­posed to free-trade deals, the D.C. protests fea­tured a block­ade of the of­fices of the U.S. Trade Rep­res­ent­at­ive and a march out­side the U.S. Cham­ber of Com­merce.

After a brief rest, we are ready to build the next phase!

We expect the leaders of TPP countries to sign the agreement in early February. After that, it could head to Congress if leadership believes there are enough votes.

Here are three things you can do:

1. Sign the petition to Congress (we will deliver it around the time of the signing). CLICK HERE TO SIGN.

2. Join the TPP Resistance calls. The weekly calls resume on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific. We will discuss the next series of street actions and what people can do personally to protest the TPP. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

3. Spread the word. Tell everyone you know about the TPP and how it will impact each of us in our daily lives. Visit FlushtheTPP for more information and tools.