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handmade34

(22,758 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2015, 08:51 PM Apr 2015

April 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 don’t 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/

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
Kicking AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1
K&R marmar Apr 2015 #2
!!! Say NO to the TPP tomorrow, MONDAY via Bernie's Petition & calling your 2 US Senators offices appalachiablue Apr 2015 #3
... handmade34 Apr 2015 #4
K&R! Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #5
KICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! newfie11 Apr 2015 #6
... handmade34 Apr 2015 #7
I will definitely do something this week. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #8
kick Faryn Balyncd Apr 2015 #9
Thanks for the links. sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #10
K&R! Phlem Apr 2015 #11
Yep, they want to push it through the week people are doing taxes... cascadiance Apr 2015 #12

appalachiablue

(41,182 posts)
3. !!! Say NO to the TPP tomorrow, MONDAY via Bernie's Petition & calling your 2 US Senators offices
Sun Apr 12, 2015, 10:29 PM
Apr 2015

in DC tomorrow, MONDAY. Call the US Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 to reach your Senators DC Offices.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
8. I will definitely do something this week.
Sun Apr 12, 2015, 11:11 PM
Apr 2015

Like call my members of Congress. Thanks for posting this reminder.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
12. Yep, they want to push it through the week people are doing taxes...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 03:37 PM
Apr 2015

... 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.

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