Sovereignty

Hypotheticals On The TPP

May 17, 2015 BadBoyScientist, www.dailykos.com Resist! Democracy, Sovereignty, TPP, Trade

This isn't as much a diary as a few questions to start a discussion. Supposing the TPP gets rammed through and American states, counties and cities lose some of their autonomy to the 'Star Chamber' of multinationals. I suspect they won't like it - and their constituents won't like it. 0) Can state and local governments practice 'civil disobedience' to protest an unjust law? 1) Could a state use this as a basis to secede from the United States since it will be placing the State under 'foreign rule' with no way to petition this 'shadow gov't'? 2) Could a city or state just ignore the ruling of this 'court'? I mean, how much power does that court have? Who enforces it? What could they do if a state said "Try to stop us from prohibiting the sale of those products and good luck collecting your settlement from us."

Tribes “Disrespected” By Officials In Grizzly Fight

May 11, 2015 Sara Atiqtalik, www.goaltribal.org Educate! Animal Rights, Indigenous Rights, Racism, Sovereignty

CODY, WY. 05-08-2015 -- James Walks Along was forced to abandon an address to the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee (YES) of the joint federal and state Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) by Brian Nesvik, IGBC Chair and Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) Wildlife Division Chief, at the committee’s meeting in Cody, Wyoming on April 30, 2015. “This has never happened before,” said James Walks Along, the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Northern Cheyenne Nation. “I was shocked by the disrespect I was shown.” The YES-IGBC is a joint federal and state agency cross-jurisdictional body that takes the lead on grizzly bear management in Greater Yellowstone. In 2013 the YES-IGBC voted to delist the Yellowstone grizzly bear from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and supports opening trophy-hunting seasons on the grizzly.

Release The TPP Text: Light Brigade And Sit-In

December 5, 2014 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Petitions and Online Actions Democracy, Sovereignty, TPP, Transparency

In Australia and New Zealand last month, tens of thousands of people turned out to protest the TPP. Most of the anti-TPP protests in Japan have been attended by thousands of people too. Can we do the same in Washington,DC? The more of us who show up, the stronger our message will be to the negotiators and the administration that the era of trade deals that undermine our democracy and sovereignty and that threaten human rights and the future of the planet is over. It's time to stop trying to sneak these corporate give-aways through Congress and move to an era of trade that works for everyone, that protects people and the planet rather than destroying them. Our focus while the trade negotiators are here is to release the text of the TPP to the public so we can understand what is being written in our name.

The Other Spotlights On Fighting Hunger

October 15, 2014 Rekha Basu, www.desmoinesregister.com Create! Food and Agriculture, Hunger, Poverty, Sovereignty

The World Food Prize is being awarded this week at a glitzy event that draws international dignitaries to Iowa and showcases Norman Borlaug, the Iowa native who founded the Green Revolution. Also being awarded are the Food Sovereignty Prize and Strong Feisty Woman Award, which honor grassroots efforts to fight hunger. These other awards also challenge the premise of the World Food Prize, with its reliance on high-yield, genetically modified seeds. These groups, which include Occupy the World Food Prize, say the GMO model can actually increase hunger, and the goal should be to make it easier for people to produce food. The difference in approaches is well illustrated by the people being honored.

Tribe In North Carolina Bans Fracking

September 28, 2014 Holly Kays, www.smokymountainnews.com Resist! Fracking, Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has joined a growing number of local governments opposing the state legislature’s decision to allow hydraulic fracturing, called fracking, in North Carolina. Earlier this month, tribal council passed a resolution outlawing the practice on tribal lands, a force of authority stronger than what county and municipal governments possess. The June legislation that lifted the state’s moratorium on fracking included a clause keeping local governments from outlawing the practice in their jurisdiction, so their resolutions are an expression of opinion rather than an act of law. But the Eastern Band is a sovereign nation, so the tribal council is able to completely prevent drilling on Cherokee land.

Berkeley Says No To Corporate Trade Takeover

September 12, 2014 Phoebe Anne Sorgen and Ruth Caplan, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Democracy, Sovereignty, TAFTA, TPP

The resolution declares Berkeley to be a TPP and TAFTA Free Zone where Berkeley will not recognize trade provisions and tribunal rulings related to these agreements. Specifically, it states: “to every extent allowable by law, rules which do not promote the interests of workers, protect the environment, and improve the quality of life in all participating countries and which were negotiated without transparency as well as meaningful congressional and public input, and related tribunals’ rulings, will not be recognized.” The City Council resolution, which follows similar resolutions passed by Dane County WI and Madison WI on the TPP, encourages communities to take “peacefully powerful actions for self-determination such as becoming TPP/TAFTA-Free Zones.”

Global South Calls For Respect Of Sovereignty & Economic Justice

July 15, 2014 Staff, www.g77.org Organize! Democracy, Environment, Inequality, Poverty, Racism, Sovereignty, wealth inequality

1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the member States of the Group of 77 and China, have gathered in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Plurinational State of Bolivia, for the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Group. 2. We commemorate the formation of the Group of 77 on 15 June 1964 and recall the ideals and principles contained in the historic Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Developing Countries, signed at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), held in Geneva. 3. We recall that the first ever statement of the Group of 77 pledged to promote equality in the international economic and social order and promote the interests of the developing world, declared their unity under a common interest and defined the Group as “an instrument for enlarging the area of cooperative endeavour in the international field and for securing mutually beneficent relationships with the rest of the world”.

Does Kingdom Of Hawaii Still Exist?

May 29, 2014 Australia Network News, www.abc.net.au Educate! Hawaii, Law, Sovereignty

The CEO of the Hawaiian Affairs Office (OHA) has retained his job and gained public support to challenge the US on whether the Kingdom of Hawaii still exists as a sovereign country. Kamanaopono Crabbe sparked an internal crisis when he sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, asking for a ruling on whether the Kingdom of Hawaii still legally exists. The letter, which was quickly rescinded by the OHA's trustees, was prompted by the US Government's acknowledgment that the overthrow of the kingdom in 1893 was illegal. Political scientist Dr Keanu Sai, from Windward Communtiy College in Honolulu, told Pacific Beat the OHA board thought Dr Crabbe had violated their policy by sending the letter without approval, but later realised they were mistaken. "[Dr Crabbe] was not in violation of any policy of the board but rather was operating on his diligence and risk management," Dr Sai said. Mr Crabbe has now won the support of the OHA trustees, who have moved to send the letter again and retain him in his role as CEO. "They're in full support and they say that his questions definitely do have merit."

EU Rejecting Core Of TAFTA, Unwilling To Cede Protection

January 22, 2014 BBC News, www.bbc.co.uk Educate! Sovereignty, TAFTA

Last week 10 European NGOs issued a joint statement raising doubts about the TTIP's mechanism for legal disputes, called the "Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)". The statement said there was a risk the mechanism could "open the gates for multinationals and investors to sue EU member states if new environmental or health legislation is introduced that adversely affects their business prospects". It warned of a "chilling" effect - the fear that legislating in certain areas of public health or the environment could trigger expensive lawsuits with US companies.

Ten Days To Stop Fast Track And The TPP!

January 22, 2014 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Democracy, Sovereignty, TPP

January 22 marks the beginning of a ten day push by groups who work on a wide variety of issues to stop Congress from granting the President Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). These groups are working together because all of our work to protect people and the planet will be undermined if the TPP is signed into law. Why? Because the TPP will give corporations the right to sue governments even down to the local level for loss of expected profits (read billions of dollars) if laws to protect people and the planet interfere with profits.

Victory For BC First Nation Logging Blockade

January 1, 2014 James Keller, www.vancouversun.com Resist! Indigenous Rights, Logging, Sovereignty

The British Columbia government didn’t properly consult with a northern First Nation community about forestry activity and then failed to warn a logging contractor about an imminent blockade, according to a court judgement that orders the province pay the company $1.75 million. One lawyer involved in the case says the judgment, which follows several years of legal proceedings that included a trip to the Supreme Court of Canada, should serve as a yet another warning to the provincial government about the need to meaningfully consult with First Nations over resource development.

Celebrating 20 Years Of Indigenous Strategies For Self-Defense, – Determination

January 1, 2014 Simon Sedillo, www.soaw.org Strategize! Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, Zapatistas

The Escuelita model is the latest of the Zapatista strategies to counter a military political economy that has systematically devalued and excluded Mexico’s indigenous people from a peaceful life with liberty, dignity, and justice. Throughout the Americas, public education models have not only excluded indigenous communities from access but, even more damaging, they have excluded indigenous world views and methods of politics and economics from entering the debate about sustainable public development. Indigenous women are the primary carriers of this traditional knowledge. In the face of the neoliberal military political economy entire sectors of society are treated as disposable variables in an equation for profit where workers, students, peasants, young people, women, people of color, poor people, indigenous communities and in particular indigenous women are militarily targeted for exclusion.

Day Of Rage: Prawer Plan Protests Met With Extreme Brutality

December 1, 2013 Staff, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Sovereignty

Clashes between protestors and police took place during a Day of Rage against the Prawer Plan that will displace over 40,000 Bedouins from their villages at El Naqab (Negev) area at the south of Israel in the largest ethnic cleansing since 1948. Resistors, including children and teens, in El Naqeb (Negev) were met with extreme brutality from riot police. Hundreds of Israeli shielded cops using tear gas, rubber bullets, water canons and stun grenades, clashed with Bedouin activists and supporters near & inside the town of Hura. Over 25 protesters were detained. For facts-and-figures about Prawer Plan read here: http://prawerwontpass.wordpress.com/facts-and-figures/

Israeli Police Attack Large Anti-Prawer Protests In Haifa

November 30, 2013 Staff, www.maannews.net Resist! Israel, Palestine, Sovereignty

Hundreds of protestors participated in a large demonstration in Haifa on Saturday against the Prawer Plan as part of a global "Day of Rage." Many protesters were detained as Israeli police violently dispersed the crowds in the northern Israeli city, and clashes continued into the evening. Protests took place on both sides of the Green Line as well as worldwide, as Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals protested in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and in at least 14 other countries in Europe and the Arab World against the plan to forcibly relocate tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouins. Israeli forces dispersed protesters in Haifa with water cannons and detained many others after Israeli police claimed that protesters threw rocks at them.

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