13 Cities Mobilized to Shine a Light on TPP: “Don’t Fast Track a Train Wreck – FLUSH the TPP!”

[marmar]

13 Cities Mobilized to Shine a Light on Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership “Trade” Deal Telling Congress “Don’t Fast Track a Train Wreck – FLUSH the TPP!”


On Tuesday evening citizens in Seattle and 12 other cities appeared on overpasses and roadsides to pull the Trans-Pacific Partnership, aka TPP, out of the shadows and into the light of public scrutiny. From Dallas to DC, San Diego to Seattle, Tucson to Detroit, Baltimore to Bellingham, Spokane to Chicago people took their messages to interstate overpasses, prominent monuments, and busy city streets using coordinated daytime and nighttime, high visibility tactics.


[font size="1"]Baltimore, Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles stadium[/font]

They deployed giant banners saying No New NAFTA, mobilized LED light panels saying “(thumbs up) Democracy, STOP The TPP,” and projected with spotlights messages like “Don’t Fast Track A Train Wreck.” These coordinated citizen’s actions coincided with ongoing TPP negotiations taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah from November 12-24 and today’s anticipated release by Congressperson Rosa DeLauro and George Miller detailing the growing opposition to “Fast Track” among Congress, and preceded today’s surprise release by Wikileaks of a leaked chapter of the secretive “TPP” agreement.

The TPP has been called NAFTA on steroids, a “Corporate Coup,” and concerned citizens from across the nation are calling on Congress to “Flush It!” and to oppose President Obama’s request to renew “Fast Track” authority to commit our country to this secretive agreement that has less to do with trade, than it does with dismantling any domestic policies that undermine future profits for transnational capital and corporations.


[font size="1"]San Diego overpass[/font]

Bill Moyer, Executive Director of the Backbone Campaign stated “Only a bought a sold government would sign a treaty that sacrifices our capacity as communities and country to pass laws for workers benefit, and the protection of our communities and our natural resources.” ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.popularresistance.org/flush-the-tpp-visibility-actions-shining-a-light-on-secret-corporate-coup/

[cali]

1. good. More people need to know about the TPP

[Savannahmann]

2. In this case, we're in a pickle.

There is little chance to dissuade the administration from negotiation, and then approval of the TPP. The only threat we could hold over the administration is election, they would lose from lack of our support if they signed it. But there are no more elections in President Obama's future, and let's be honest when we say that VP Biden doesn't have a chance in 2016, so pressure on him is just as worthless.

So what leverage do we have? The pickle is that President Obama will sign the TPP. But the Constitution gives us an out. There the Democrats hold the majority, and there people are concerned about their political future. They won't vote for this if it means they will lose their next election. So stopping the TPP at the Administration level, is a dead horse. We're doing the right thing though, because we're going to need public pressure to get it stopped. The election in 2014, we should hold our elected officials to the fire, and tell them outright unless they pledge to oppose the TPP we won't vote for them. Some things are that important, and I think this is. But this is the other part of the pickle, we might be cutting our own throats regarding electoral victory at the same time.

As I said, we're in a pickle.

[cali]

4. there is a fair chance that the TPA (Trade Promotion Authority) won't be passed

and the pressure we need to apply isn't on the admin, it's on members of the House. (The Senate is pretty hopeless as far as the TPA)

I don't see how this could harm dems in upcoming elections.

[xchrom]

3. du rec.

[rdharma]

5. Expose the TPP! And take note of the corporate "Democrats" who are pushing the TPP!

http://www.exposethetpp.org/

[rhett o rick]

6. Thanks for posting. In the Progressive Group we are trying to keep the

lastest info on the TPP listed.

www.democraticunderground.com/126999