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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApril 18... Day of Action TPP
just attended conference call w/Bernie about TPP...
The latest rumor is that Fast Track legislation could be re-introduced the week of April 13th (something many are working hard to prevent!). If we dont detail Fast Track, the TPP and other pending pacts would be rubber-stamped, with potentially devastating consequences for working people, family farmers, indigenous peoples, small businesses and the environment in the United States and around the globe. Stoping Fast Track is the single most important contribution those in the United States can make to ending corporate trade agreements that threaten to:
Destroy livelihoods and accelerate the global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions
Further commodify agriculture, trample food sovereignty, hurt small farmers and contribute to forced migration
Enable new corporate attacks on democratically-enacted environmental and consumer protections
Undermine global economic stability by prohibiting effective regulation of financial markets
Reduce access to life-saving generic medications, increase the cost of prescriptions and restrict freedom on the Internet
http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2015/03/25/april-18th-national-day-of-action-against-fast-track/
Destroy livelihoods and accelerate the global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions
Further commodify agriculture, trample food sovereignty, hurt small farmers and contribute to forced migration
Enable new corporate attacks on democratically-enacted environmental and consumer protections
Undermine global economic stability by prohibiting effective regulation of financial markets
Reduce access to life-saving generic medications, increase the cost of prescriptions and restrict freedom on the Internet
http://www.flushthetpp.org/
https://www.stopfasttrack.com/
http://thefifthcolumnnews.com/2015/04/activists-on-fast-track-to-stopfasttrack/
http://www.citizen.org/TPP
http://www.prosperousamerica.org/
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April 18... Day of Action TPP (Original Post)
handmade34
Apr 2015
OP
!!! Say NO to the TPP tomorrow, MONDAY via Bernie's Petition & calling your 2 US Senators offices
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#3
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)1. Kicking
marmar
(77,097 posts)2. K&R
appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)3. !!! Say NO to the TPP tomorrow, MONDAY via Bernie's Petition & calling your 2 US Senators offices
in DC tomorrow, MONDAY. Call the US Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 to reach your Senators DC Offices.
handmade34
(22,758 posts)4. ...
Omaha Steve
(99,768 posts)5. K&R!
newfie11
(8,159 posts)6. KICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
handmade34
(22,758 posts)7. ...
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)8. I will definitely do something this week.
Like call my members of Congress. Thanks for posting this reminder.
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)9. kick
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)10. Thanks for the links.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)11. K&R!
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)12. Yep, they want to push it through the week people are doing taxes...
... and worried about the tax penalties they are having to pay for all of the retirement funds they had to cash in when their savings have been blown away. Wish I could do more today, but am side tracked on a lot of things like that this week.