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Activists Block DC Interstate With ‘Stop Trumpism’ Message

November 15, 2016 Mark Hand, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Corporatism, Donald Trump, TPP

By Mark Hand for DC Media Group. Protesters converged on downtown Washington, DC, again on Nov. 14, but this time it wasn’t all about the election of Donald Trump as president. Many came to the nation’s capital to celebrate the defeat of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), although some fear Trump could backtrack on his campaign promise to oppose the regional trade deal. As part of the day of action, protesters blocked I-395 in D.C. for more than 30 minutes with an enormous banner which read, “Stop Trumpism.” The protesters maintained the protest action was not an endorsement of Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton. One of the day’s goals was to empower people disillusioned with the two-party political system, including Bernie Sanders supporters, by providing them with examples of activism beyond the ballot box, said Veronica Murray, a Massachusetts resident, who was one of the activists who blocked the freeway with the “Stop Trumpism” sign.

TPP Beaten Back By The People, Build On People Power Now

November 13, 2016 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org Resist! TPP

By Andrea Germanos for Common Dreams. The defeat of the TPP was due to a multi-year campaign by a broad coalition of movements. No matter who was elected president, the TPP was on its way to defeat in the lame duck. Both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have been saying for months that the votes were not there to ratify it. The corporate media is not giving credit to the movement -- do they ever? -- and are claiming it was because of Trump's election. Those who have followed the TPP for the last five years know the reality -- people power defeated corporate power. Of course, that is not a message the corporate media wants people to know. See The TPP Is Dead: The People Defeat Transnational Corporate Power. Today we are at an action camp making preparations for protests that will begin tomorrow to celebrate the people powered victory and build on it. The first protest begins at 11:00 AM at Freedom Plaza and the second across from the US Supreme Court at 5:3- PM. Join us.

No, Trump Didn’t Kill The TPP — Progressives Did

November 12, 2016 Arthur Stamoulis, www.medium.com Resist! Congress, Donald Trump, TPP

By Arthur Stamoulis for Medium - If you read the headlines, Donald Trump’s election has killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The headlines have it wrong. Donald Trump didn’t kill the TPP. Assuming we see the fight through to the bitter end, it’s the cross-border, cross-sector, progressive “movement of movements” that will have defeated the TPP. While overshadowed by the horror of Trump’s election, this victory will be one of the biggest wins against concentrated corporate power in our lifetimes, and it holds lessons we should internalize as we steel ourselves for the many challenges we face heading into the Trump years.

Newsletter: Time For Boldness, Clarity & Assertiveness

November 11, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Bigotry, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Climate Change, Democracy, Donald Trump, Fair Trade, Hillary Clinton, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Living Wage, oligarchy, Racism, TISA, TPP, Trade, TTIP, War crimes, Wars and Militarism, Women's Rights, Worker's Rights

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. In this moment, the movement for economic, racial and environmental justice needs be bold, clear and assertive in putting forth an agenda that will serve the economically dispossessed, those under attack by militarized police, immigrants facing detentions and deportations and demonstrate policies that ensure economic security. Where Trump is right, as in detente with Russia, the movement will support him against the neocons and humanitarian war supporters; and we will push him further for an end to war as the primary tool of foreign policy. Both parties are confronting major fissures, leadership challenges and questions about where they go from here. Their confused leadership provides an opportunity for the popular movement to fill the leadership void with policies that put people, planet and peace over profit.

White House Gives Up On Passing The TPP

November 11, 2016 Vicki Needham, www.thehill.com Resist! Human Rights, TPP, Trade, Worker Rights

By Vicki Needham for the Hill. The Obama administration’s won’t pursue passage of its signature Pacific Rim trade deal, dealing a major blow to President Obama’s legacy. Any hope of passing the sweeping 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) quickly faded after Donald Trump’s surprise victory on Tuesday and pronouncements by congressional leaders that the pact would not be considered during the lame-duck session. Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton each opposed the agreement during their campaigns, endangering the already slim chances that Congress would cobble together enough support to pass the historic agreement before the end of Obama's presidency. The long-shot trade agreement faced widespread Democratic opposition on Capitol Hill and the environment for passing the deal only grew more toxic during the presidential campaigns.

Actions To Finish Off The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)!

November 10, 2016 Flush the TPP, www.popularresistance.org Resist! #NoLameDuck, Congress, Obama, TPP, Trade, Trump

By Flush the TPP. We have been fighting the TPP for the past 5 years. The work of activists across the country and in solidarity with activists around the world succeeded in pushing the TPP fight into an election year and making it politically toxic. We were told two years ago that voters didn't care about trade, yet it was the TPP that played a critical role in the Democrat's loss in the elections. Voters supported Trump to protest the Democrat's support for the TPP and failure to address the needs of working people and the poor. Now we are in the battle of the year: President Obama says that he will do all that he can to ratify the TPP before he leaves office. Trump opposes the TPP. Members of Congress who have lost their seats or are retiring are not accountable to voters. We can stop the TPP if we take action now to prevent its ratification in the lame duck session of Congress!

Report: Environmental Abuses Of TPP Countries Raise Doubts

November 6, 2016 Staff of the Sierra Club, www.sierraclub.org Educate! Environment, TPP

By Staff for the Sierra Club. Our new research finds that TPP countries are continuing to permit and even facilitate serious environmental degradation in the very conservation areas that the TPP seeks to address. In some TPP countries, these environmental abuses are actually increasing. The fact that TPP countries are acting as if the deal would require no reduction in such abuses casts further doubt on the notion that the TPP would lead to increased environmental protection. Indeed, the more likely result would be increased degradation in the conservation areas mentioned by the TPP, given that the deal’s weak environmental provisions fail to compensate for conservation threats posed by TPP tariff cuts on sensitive goods like shark fins, palm oil, elephant ivory, and fish.

Ruling Coalition Gives Up Trying To Pass TPP-Ratifying Bill

November 5, 2016 Tomohiro Osaki, www.japantimes.co.jp Educate! Japan, Legislation, TPP

By Tomohiro Osaki for The Japan Times - After a new round of calls for the resignation of Japan’s gaffe-prone agricultural minister, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition on Wednesday gave up trying to pass a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement through a special Lower House committee. The failure by the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition to adopt the bill at the committee tasked with TPP deliberations — a key step toward its passage through the Lower House plenary session...

Message To Rep. Ryan: 80% Of Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP

November 4, 2016 Danielle Endvick, www.wisconsinfarmersunion.com Resist! Farming, Food and Agriculture, TPP, Trade Deal, Wisconsin

By Danielle Endvick for Wisconsin Farmers Union - CHIPPEWA FALLS - Responses to a recent survey sent out by Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) indicate dairy farmers throughout the state are against passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form. The survey, which was sent to all dairy producers in Wisconsin, is the first of its kind to ask dairy farmers directly about their views on the TPP.

Restoring Trust In Our Trade Policy

October 27, 2016 Stan Sorscher, www.huffingtonpost.com Strategize! CAFTA, NAFTA, TPP

By Stan Sorscher for The Huffington Post - I’m in favor of trade. I don’t know anyone opposed to trade. A better question is, “How should we manage globalization?” We’ve lost trust in our approach to globalization. The Brexit vote in Europe was a vote of no confidence. Millions of voters in our presidential campaigns send a similar message. Globalization is not working for us.

TPP And Free Trade: Time To Retake The English Language

October 27, 2016 Dean Baker, www.truth-out.org Educate! Free Trade, TPP, Trade Deal

By Dean Baker for Truthout - The proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are planning to do a full court press in the lame duck session of Congress following the election. We will be bombarded with speeches and columns from President Obama and other illustrious figures telling us how it is important to approve the TPP for a variety of reasons. We can be certain that one of the reasons will be the inherent virtues of free trade. They will not be telling the truth.

‘Final Death Blow’ To Pro-Corporate Deal

October 23, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! CETA, TPP, Trade, TTIP

By Lauren McCauley for CommonDreams. Dealing what campaigners say is the final "death blow" to the pro-corporate Canada-European Union trade deal, negotiations collapsed on Friday after representatives from the Belgian region of Wallonia refused to agree to a deal that continues ignore democracy in favor of multi-national corporations. Canada's International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland reportedly walked out of talks with the Wallonia delegation, which had ruled to maintain their veto against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) after the parties reached a stalemate over the controversial Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. "We made new significant progress, especially on the agriculture issues, but difficulties remain, specifically on the symbolic issue of arbitration, which is politically extremely important," Wallonia president Paul Magnette told the regional parliament. ISDS permits companies to sue governments over perceived loss of profits due to regulations or other laws. Magnette had told reporters Thursday that the delegation had particular concerns over "matters affecting U.S. companies in Canada which will benefit from the system."

El Salvador Ruling Offers A Reminder Of Why TPP Must Be Defeated

October 22, 2016 Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, www.thenation.com Educate! El Salvador, TPP

By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh for The Nation - If you needed one more reason to take sides in the last great fight of the Obama years, that of the corporate giveaway package known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), here it is. Last week, the tribunal at the center of the proposed TPP ruled against a global mining firm that sued El Salvador, but only after seven years of deliberations and over $12 million spent by the government of El Salvador.

Ryan Rules Out Lame-Duck TPP

October 12, 2016 Edmund Kozak, www.theguardian.com Educate! Congress, TPP

By Edmund Kozak for PoliZette - Paul Ryan said Friday there would be no lame duck attempt to foist the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the American people. “We’re not going to bring this up in [the] lame-duck [session],” Ryan said Friday morning during an appearance on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” “I can say that safely because even if we wanted to … we don’t have the votes,” Ryan added. Ryan stressed that he and the House GOP do not want to resurrect the TPP in its current form.

TPP Trade Deal: Plain Packaging Challenge Triggered ‘Hysteria’

October 12, 2016 Katharine Murphy, www.theguardian.com Organize! Congress, TPP, Trade Deal

By Katharine Murphy for The Guardian - The legal counsel to tobacco giant Philip Morris has told a parliamentary committee that people have responded hysterically to a landmark legal case challenging Australia’s plain packaging laws. Philip Morris, in the first investor-state dispute ever brought against Australia, used a 1993 investment agreement between Australia and Hong Kong to challenge the then Labor government’s plain packaging laws.

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