TPP

Biden’s Japan Visit Protested By Thousands Opposing TPP

December 4, 2013 Staff, www.dailyeconomic.com Resist! Japan, TPP

Washington has spearheaded negotiations, describing the TPP as creating “gold standards” for the 21st century economy by taking into account fast-changing sectors such as intellectual property. But there is significant resistance in some participating countries, and outside observers are sceptical that such a diverse field can reach accord before the New Year. Opposition is fierce in Japan, where cossetted industries such as agriculture and auto-making fear they have much to lose if steep barriers to participation are lowered. Around 3,000 demonstrators, mostly farmers, rallied at a Tokyo park against the pact, which they say would deal a terminal blow to Japan’s largely geriatric farming community. Participants wearing hairbands with the slogan: “Take a firm stand on TPP,” marched through streets near the prime minister’s office, where Biden and Abe were to hold talks.

Activists To US Negotiator Of Toxic Trade Treaty: Bully

December 3, 2013 Staff, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Government, Health Care, TPP

A dozen activists at the U.S. Trade Representative Building in Washington, DC today demanded to see Stan McCoy, the lead negotiator of the intellectual property rights section of the trade treaty called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). While McCoy, the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, wouldn’t meet with the protestors, a USTR staff member listened to their concerns about secrecy surrounding TPP negotiations, its preference for corporate interests and McCoy’s “bullying” tactics. The delivery of the petition and protest at the USTR Building was part of an International Day of Action Against Toxic Trade Agreements to stop the progress of TPP negotiations. It coincides with the first day of World Trade Organization meetings in Bali, Indonesia. TPP negotiations will take place at the end of those meetings. The Flush The TPP! Campaign coordinated the petition effort.

Seattle WTO Collapsed 14 Years Ago: Lessons For Today

December 2, 2013 David Solnit, www.popularresistance.org Strategize! Finance and the Economy, Government, TPP, Wars and Militarism, WTO

On Dec 3, 1999 the 1%'s plan for how to run the global economy collapsed in Seattle, amidst teargas in the streets and jails full of hundreds of people from North America's newly emerging global justice movement. The World Trade Organizations negotiations had collapsed in failure as a result of a week of mass direct action and protest in the streets that shut down the entire first day of the WTO Ministerial on November 30 together with the refusal of Global South countries--under pressure from strong movements at home--refusal to comply with the plans of the elites in the rich countries. 14 years later, the value of looking back is to see how people power can work and to pull lessons for today. The best analysis of the week long street/info battles was written by Paul deArmand; Black Flag Over Seattle, later republished as part of Networks and Netwars by the RAND Corporation.

US Push On Intellectual Property In TPP Violates International Norms

December 2, 2013 Carolina Rossini and Burcu Kilic, www.america.aljazeera.com Educate! Corporatism, TPP

Since Wikileaks made the intellectual property (IP) chapter public, multiple organizations have provided extensive and detailed critiques. According to these analyses, the text demonstrates U.S. preference for increasing protections on existing copyrights and patents over balanced policies that promote global innovation, creativity and political freedom. The disclosures especially suggest the inordinate influence of the motion picture and pharmaceutical industries. In the first brief interview commenting on the leak, the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman defended the proposal saying it is within the bounds of U.S. law. He happened to make this comment while touring Paramount Pictures studios in Los Angeles. Further analysis of the IP chapter shows that it violates international consensus on several important issues.

Popular Resistance Newsletter – We Are In A Class War

November 28, 2013 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Climate Change, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Poverty, TPP, Worker Rights and Jobs

The struggle of working Americans takes center stage as Black Friday protests cover the country. The struggle for wages that do not leave families impoverished is one that affects us all and highlights the unfair economy created by a class war waged by the wealthy for decades. The ‘Walmartization’ of the US economy has created a downward spiral in wages and destroyed small businesses and communities while heightening the wealth divide that is at the root of so many problems. The people are fighting back and the elites recognize it. There is fear in the investor class as they see people organizing and mobilizing. Corporations are now investing more time and money in preparation to protect themselves from investor actions and legal challenges. The actions of corporations and governments against the people are a sign of their fear, and a sign of our unrealized strength.

Obama, Pelosi And Reid Greeted By Anti-TPP Protesters In LA

November 28, 2013 Lauren Steiner, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Democracy, Finance and the Economy, Food and Agriculture, Health Care, Internet Freedom, TPP, Video

On November 25th, Barack Obama came to Beverly Hills for a high dollar fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees at the Beverly Park homes of former basketball star Magic Johnson and billionaire media mogul Haim Saban. Tickets started at $2500 a person for the reception and $16,200 a person for the dinner. 250 protesters were there to greet Obama and tell him to flush the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Below is how the day and night went in pictures. The TPP is a global trade agreement being secretly negotiated by the US Trade Representative with 600 transnational corporations and industry trade groups, will affect nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives. If passed, it will undermine state, local and federal laws, including those governing food safety, environmental protection, internet freedom, worker rights, democratic sovereignty, healthcare and drug prices, and banking and finance regulation.

Globalized Corporate Trade Fails Again: WTO Stalls

November 27, 2013 Lauren Airey, www.shopfloor.org Educate! Corporatism, Democracy, Economic Democracy, TPP, WTO

The approach of global trade is not working for most people in the world. The failure of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to move forward is one more example of a failed approach. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Atlantic version, TAFTA, are additional examples. The WTO and these trade agreements pursue a path that puts profits ahead of the necessities of the people and the planet. They have expanded the wealth divide, destroyed the environment and undermined the rights of workers. Unlike the spokesperson from the United States in the article below, we are pleased to see this failure. Our view is that an entirely new approach is needed to international trade. We need to change the goals of trade and the method of reaching agreements on trade. The new goals should be one of cooperation, not domination; it should put the people and planet before process. The approach to achieve trade for the benefit of people and planet should not be one of secrecy and participation by transnational corporations, as the current approach takes but rather one of transparency and participation of civil society in creating economic democracy. These negotiations are creating international laws, the people affected by those laws should participate in making them.

Tell USTR Stan McCoy To Stop Trading Away Lives For Profits In The TPP

November 24, 2013 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Health Care, TPP

This week, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators have been meeting in Salt Lake City to hash out the final details of the TPP before the end of the year. They have been 'welcomed' with daily creative protests. We understand that the protests are giving negotiators from other countries the courage to stand up to the US. However, word leaked out yesterday that the US negotiators are using outrageous bullying tactics to force other countries to accept exorbitant patent protections that will keep the cost of healthcare and medical treatments high and out of our reach. This hurts everyone! The bullying is being led by Stan McCoy of the Office of the US Trade Representative. As a former employee of Covington and Burling, the world's largest defender of Pharma's profits, McCoy is accustomed to doing whatever it takes to protect his clients profits, even at the expense of human suffering and lives.

Report: US Bullying At TPP Negotiations For Big Pharma Profits

November 23, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Corporatism, Health Care, TPP

A key dispute in the TPP negotiations is the patents on pharmaceutical drugs and medical procedures. Long patents inflate the profits of the pharmaceutical industry by not allowing less expensive generic drugs on the market. This means that people around the world will not be able to afford critical, often life-saving, drugs and medical procedures. It also means that countries like Japan, Australia and New Zealand that have national health care systems will see the cost of healthcare rise to a breaking point, undermining some of the best health systems in the world. To get its way, Stan McCoy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, is chairing the meetings on intellectual properties and medicines. He has been using bullying tactics to force countries to agree to positions that will harm people in the countries negotiating the TPP.

Protests Embolden TPP Delegates To Resist Controversial American Proposals

November 22, 2013 Staff, PopularResistance.org Resist! TPP

Boisterous protests outside the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Salt Lake may not have much influence on the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, but they are drawing interest from some of the 11 other delegations. It appears that the growing American domestic opposition to the TPP could be bolstering attempts by some nations to stand up to 'bullying' by the U.S. Trade Representative. During protests outside the Grand American Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday, where talks are taking place, a number of delegates including some Latin American nations and Japan came out of the Grand American Hotel to watch the protests and take photos. A few delegates spoke with protest organizers, expressing gratitude and complained that the language of the TPP is a creation of the USTR being forced on the other nations. "The delegates I spoke to expressed gratitude for our work and affinity for our concerns about replacing human rights with investor rights," said Bill Moyer, executive director of the Backbone Campaign.

Popular Resistance Newsletter – Corruption Spurring Global Climate Revolt

November 22, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Indigenous Rights, TPP

Richard Smith writes in Adbusters: “Today, we are very much living in one of those pivotal world-changing moments in history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the most critical moment in human history.” The world has been rapidly approaching a crossroads not only on climate change but also on mass extinction, destruction of the oceans, poisoning of the air, land and water and deteriorating food quality and security. It is all connected. A global revolt has been building. It is time for a world-wide environmental justice revolt.The United Nations COP 19 climate summit fell apart because it is rooted in deep corruption. The overt domination by polluting industries is highlighted by Michael Klare who wrote :“few governments are as yet prepared to launch the sorts of efforts that might even begin to effectively address the peril of climate change, they will increasingly be seen as obstacles to essential action and so as entities that need to be removed. In short, climate rebellion.”

High Flying Protest Puts Message Before TPP Negotiators

November 21, 2013 Backbone Campaign, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy, TPP

Protestors outside the Trans-Pacific Partnership meetings in Salt Lake took to the skies to get their message to negotiators this morning. At approximately 10:00 AM organizers with the Backbone Campaign used weather balloons to lift a 75-foot banner reading "TPP: What Are You Hiding?" up the exterior of the Grand American Hotel where negotiations are taking place. "If the Trans Pacific Partnership is really a good deal for Americans why won't the Obama Administration release the details to journalists or even Congress?" Said Bill Moyer, executive director of the Backbone Campaign. "If TPP negotiators were listening to the public or congress instead of their corporate advisors we wouldn't have to go to the trouble of using weather balloons to ask them what they're hiding."

TPP Protests Planned For Obama, Pelosi, Reid Fundraisers

November 21, 2013 Lauren Steiner, www.laprogressive.com Resist! TPP

On Monday, November 25, as many as 500 people will be the first to take the public protests of the secret trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) directly to the President, the Senate Majority Leader and the House Minority Leader when they come to town for two high dollar Democratic Party fundraisers. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (#TPP), a global trade agreement being secretly negotiated by 600 multinational corporations and industry trade groups, will impact nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives. If passed, it will undermine state, local and federal laws, including those governing food safety, environmental protection, internet freedom, worker rights, democratic sovereignty, healthcare and drug prices, and banking and finance regulation.

Protestors Disrupt Second Day Of TPP Negotiations With “Noise Brigade”

November 21, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! TPP

Protestors with "The TPP Welcoming Committee" attempted to interfere with the second day of negotiations around the Trans-Pacific Partnership this morning. Several dozen protestors converged on multiple entrances of the Grand American Hotel banging on pots and pans and blowing into noisemakers. "The negotiators in this building need to stop listening to corporate advisors and start listening to their own citizens," said Melanie Martin, an Organizer with Peaceful Uprising. "Until they show us what they're hiding and release the text of this agreement we're going to drown out those corporate voices." Protestors carried a 20 foot banner reading "Stop the TPP Corporate Coup Against People And Planet" to the front doors of the hotel.

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